Campus Journal: Dec. 12, 2003

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FYI

Important notice
from UNH Payroll
and HR offices
Due to the holiday schedules at each of the USNH campuses, payroll checks for operating staff and hourly employees for the work period of Dec. 6 - 19 will be paid earlier than normal. Checks that would normally be dated Dec. 26, will be dated and distributed Monday, Dec. 22. Payroll checks for salary employees for the work period of Dec. 20 - Jan. 2 will be paid as normal Friday, Jan. 2. Direct deposit will be processed to employee bank accounts Jan. 2. Paychecks normally distributed to employees via U.S. Mail will be mailed Wednesday, Dec. 31, to ensure delivery on Friday. Paychecks that are sent to employees via campus mail can be picked up at UNH Mail Services Friday, Jan. 2, from 9 to 11 a.m. Any checks not picked up will be distributed Monday, Jan. 5.

HR announces
holiday closings
The university will close at noon (12 p.m.) Dec. 24. Status employees will be released with pay for the remainder of the day. Staff scheduled for annual leave on that day are not required to use their earned time/annual leave for the portion of their work day following the noon closing. Staff designated as essential personnel may take the time worked after 12 p.m. at another time mutually agreeable to the supervisor and staff member. This release time applies only after 12 p.m. Dec. 24. The university will be closed for the entire day Dec. 30 and Dec. 31; staff use earned time/vacation time.

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TOP STORIES
Dec. 12, 2003, Edition

USNH proposal would expand family leave
USNH has proposed a family leave policy that would allow UNH staff to use sick time to take care of an ill family member. The policy also would provide adoptive parents the same FMLA-related parental leave benefits as birth parents, and expand paid leave for new birth and adoptive parents by four weeks, including four weeks for nonbirth parents. (12-12-03) More >>>

Salyer receives fellowship for new research
UNH legal and social historian Lucy Salyer has been awarded two yearlong fellowships to begin work on a project that looks at the history of citizenship policy in the United States during the early 1900s. (12-12-03) More >>>

Happy Holidays!

Paul Fisher, associate professor of plant biology, speaks at the unveiling of a 12-foot-high “tree” with 40 varieties of potted poinsettia and 175 plants. The tree is on display in the N.H. Legislative Office Building through the holiday season. UNH is a leader in poinsettia research and its Cooperative Extension provides services to growers in New Hampshire to improve crop quality and increase profit. Also pictured, from left, are Rick Simpson, president of the NH Plant Growers Association; Rep. Michael Whalley, deputy speaker of the House; Sen. Thomas Eaton, president of the NH Senate; and Ann Weaver Hart, UNH president. (Sharon Keeler/Media Relations)

Project FRESH group puts the 'team' in teamwork
One of the first signs to most faculty and staff that UNH was implementing new human resources and finance systems was when paychecks took on a different look earlier this year. For those who have been part of Project FRESH — USNH’s project to replace the aging finance and human resources administrative computing applications — the new look of paychecks was just one moment in years of work on new integrated, systemwide Banner finance and human resources systems. (12-12-03) More >>>

(Katelyn Dolan/Media Relations)

A Community Leader

Aaron Friedman receives the UNH Student Community Leader of the Year award last week at a black tie event sponsored by the university’s Community Development Program. Presenting the award are students Meaghan Sullivan (center) and Jessica Harring (right).

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