Human Resources Newsletter
March 2008
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Walk Yah! Yah!
A New Employee Walking Program
Kick Off March 19, going through May 11
Registration will include a FREE pedometer to employees who participate in St. Olaf's health insurance plan with Blue Cross/Blue Shield! (Employees not covered by St. Olaf's BCBS health plan will be able to register and join the program for a nominal fee.)
STEP OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND GET MOVING!
Click HERE for more details!
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to the following new St. Olaf employees:
Kate J Olson, Lilly Evaluation Consultant (temp)
Gary Hein, Facilities (temp)
Melynda Paul, Facilities (temp)
Mai Kou Xiong, Academic Advisor, ETS (temp)
Tanya Smith, Stewardship Coordinator
Roxanne Sandoval, Administrative Assistant - Financial Aid
Hiring a Current Student or Graduating Senior for Summer Work?
This is a reminder to those offices who are planning to hire a current student or graduating senior to do summer work or finish a research project. All of these students must be hired as temporary employees. You will need to fill out a Summer Work Authorization Form, please contact the Office of Human Resources to complete the summer hire process.
Performance evaluations for all full and part-time staff employees are due on or before April 30th. Please visit the HR website for links to evaluation forms and other useful preparation tools for both employees and supervisors.
The following employees were recently honored for years of service milestones reached between September 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007. Congratulations and Thank You to this year's honorees:
Forty Years
LaVern Rippley, German
Mary Steen, English
Thirty-Five Years
Charles Forsberg, Music
Edward Langerak, Philosophy
Samiha Peterson, Sociology/Anthropology
Samuel Schoenbauer, Facilities
Thirty Years
Wendy Allen, Romance Languages - French
Beth Christensen, Library
Andrea Een, Music
James Farrell, History
Theodore Johnson, Biology
Gary Kruse, Facilities
Naurine Lennox, Social Work & Family Studies
James May, Classics
David Schodt, Economics
Susan Schoenbauer, Facilities
Martha Wallace, Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
Robert Yahnke, Facilities
Twenty-Five Years
Katherine Baker, Registrar's Office
John Barbour, Religion
Donna Brakke, Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
John Campion, IIT
Dan Dressen, Music
William Dugan, Facilities
Robert Entenmann, History
Karl Fink, German
Alice Hanson, Music
Bruce Hanson, Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science
Janis Hardy, Music
Amy Kolan, Physics
Ann Leming, Education
Kristina MacPherson, Library
Bruce Nordstrom-Loeb, Sociology/Anthropology
Barbara Reed, Religion
Corinne Schmitz, Bookstore
Twenty Years
Anthony Becker, Economics
Kenneth Beckers, Facilities
Fred Behr, Public Safety
Susan Carlson, Ctr for Integrative Studies
Ron Gallas, Art and Art History
Karen Gervais, Philosophy Department
Daniel Hagen, Exercise Science
Michael Heil, Facilities
Joan Hepburn, English
Dennis Johnson, Music Department
Rebecca Judge, Economics
Julie Larson, Bookstore
Colleen McShane, Payroll Department
Mark Schelske, Education
Rose Schendel, Business Office
Phyllis Stuckmayer, Office of the Provost
Corliss Swain, Philosophy
Pin Pin Wan, Asian Studies
Anne Von Bibra Wharton, Dance
Fifteen Years
Jennifer Bothun, Foreign Languages
Bruce Dalgaard, Economics
Darla Frandrup, Psychology
James Hanson, Religion
Janis Johnson, TRIO
Robert Kasel, Facilities
Kenneth Kaul, Facilities
Harold Keilen, Facilities
Mike Martinez, Facilities
Paul Ousley, Music
Karen Renneke, Chemistry Department
Barbara Schmidt, Dean of Students Office
Mary Walczak, Chemistry
Ten Years
Kathryn Ananda-Owens, Music
Carolyn Anderson, Sociology/Anthropology
Linda Berger, Music
Maggie Broner, Romance Languages - Spanish
Irene Budin, Facilities
Susan Couture, Education Department
Sean Goldsworthy, Exercise Science
David Hagedorn, Music
Susan Hill, Foreign Languages
Martin Hodel, Music
Pamela Hoffmann, Public Safety
Paul Jackson, Chemistry
Brenda Keilen, Facilities
Jennifer Koenig, Pastor's Office
Kendra Odd, Public Safety
Rebecca Otten, Principal Gifts Office
Nancy Partin, Pastor's Office
Jose Payes, Facilities
Steven Poole, Telecommunications
Stephen Rholl, IIT
Miriam Scholz-Carlson, Music
Jennifer Schultz, Religion Department
Janet Thompson, Advancement/College Relations
Larry Zimmerman, Music
Five Years
Becky Ambrasas, Admission Office
Valerie Bollinger, Christmas Festival
Maurice Brown, Facilities
Christopher Brunelle, Classics
John Case, Facilities
Patrick Ceas, Chemical Hygiene
Darla Ceplecha, Facilities
Deborah Clark, Social Work & Family Studies and IGS.
Anne Donahue, Admission Office
Mary Douglass, Health Service
Jason Engbrecht, Physics
Elizabeth Galbraith, Religion
Rika Ito, Asian Studies
Kelly Kloos, IIT
Stephen Krassin, Facilities
Karil Kucera, Asian Studies and Art History
Tony Lindemuth, Facilities
John Mahal, Physical Education
Robert McCarthy, Exercise Science
Andrew Mullenmeister, Facilities
Gregory Muth, Chemistry
Brenda Norberg, Annual Giving
Rebecca Novotny, Bookstore
Jeffrey O'Donnell, Broadcast Media
Dan O'Neil, Facilities
Julie Pepin, Admission Office
Paula Schanilec, Center For Experiential Learning
Jeffrey Schwinefus, Chemistry
Steven Sigstad, Physical Education
Ariel Strichartz, Romance Languages - Spanish
Kristin Vatter, Student Activities Office
Bonnie Walters, Facilities
Sean Wesche, Dance Department
Julaina Wolkenhauer, Facilities
You can access information regarding this useful benefit here.
As always, we welcome any comments, questions or concerns.
Roger Loftus, Pat O'Brien,
Kristy Sybilrud, Sandy Boudreau and Rhonda Nelson