News and Announcements Stay up to date with the most recent updates to HR policies and stories about your colleagues. HR Stories 11/19/2024 Got Sustainability? ̽̽ Researchers Test Ways to Green-Up Dairy Farming Joshua Faulkner squats in a corn field, scooping out the insides of a hole. He holds a handful of... 10/03/2024 Dr. Marie C. Vea Receives Award for Inclusive Excellence Dr. Marie C. Vea was honored with the 2024 Dr. H. Lawrence McCrorey Award for Inclusive Excellence... 09/30/2024 Transformative Social Work Attracts New Faculty to ̽̽ Inspired by a distinctive focus on transformative social work practice, a group of accomplished... 08/15/2024 2023 Our Common Ground Staff Award recipient Ann Kroll Lerner broadens pathways to undergraduate research With a background in anthropology and archeology, Ann is interested in the way groups of humans... 07/29/2024 A new day with Francis Churchill, 2023 Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Francis Churchill has worked in the same office off Spear Street since 1993 and every spring, he... 06/21/2024 Meet Mary “Penni” French, Our Common Ground Staff Awardee and Committed Problem-Solver Mary “Penni” French has worked as an academic office coordinator for the computer science... 06/03/2024 Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Michael Hill, Jr.: Meeting students where they are at The reception room in the Center for Health and Wellbeing/Living Well space in the Davis Center has... 05/15/2024 Transformative Social Work Book Depicts the Power of Curiosity, Mindfulness and Change After packing her bags in whirwhind, Danielle Jatlow flew to Florida to visit her ailing... 04/05/2024 Meet Tammy Bender, President’s Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Sometimes, Tammy Bender is an academic advisor, helping students choose classes for an upcoming... 03/26/2024 Meet Jean Evans, President's Our Common Ground Staff Award winner For Jean Evans, ̽̽ is not just a job – it’s a family tradition. Her... HR Announcements 01/17/2025 Discrimination and Harassment Training Goes Live this Week The ̽̽ Office of Equal Opportunity is issuing the annual refresher course entitled “Preventing... 01/08/2025 Medical Insurance Card Notice ̽̽ Human Resources recently learned that our medical insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield of... 12/16/2024 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Review & Update The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to request employees to verify or submit the... 12/06/2024 United Academics Full-Time Faculty Ratify Bargaining Agreement After reaching a tentative agreement on November 22, 2024, a contract between the University of... 11/26/2024 ̽̽ and United Academics Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract BURLINGTON – ̽̽ has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement...
