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• WALKING CHALLENGE WRAP UP!
  Wednesday, May 16th - Be sure to enter all of your steps by the end of the day on Wednesday!
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  Friday, May18th - Immediately following the Staff Appreciation Awards (approx 10AM), Walk with the Chancellor! Route: Ford Center to the Grove to the Circle and back to the Ford Center.
  All employees are invited to join the Chancellor for this walk on our beautiful campus!

• The Annual Staff Performance Appraisals window is closed!
  Supervisors and Managers, please note the following dates:
  Jan - Feb 2013 - Depts provide updated organization charts
  March 1, 2013- April 30, 2013 - Window open to create and submit appraisals and review work performed March 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013. Read more

• Walking Challenge! For every five days that you make the goal of 6,000 steps and record your steps at StartWalkingNow.org your name will be entered into a prize drawing! $100 gift card up for grabs for five lucky winners!
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• 2012 Chick-fil-A Leadercast
  The University hosted the Chick-fil-A Leadercast broadcasted from Atlanta direct to Oxford, MS on May 4. The program offered a unique opportunity to learn from some of the top leadership and business thinkers in the world, including Soledad O’Brien, Patrick Lencioni, John Maxwell, Marcus Buckingham and others! Watch for more information in 2013.
  
  
• Spring HR Newsletter
  Read more about an update to the health insurance wellness program, staff performance appraisals, the employee health fair, and the upcoming Chick-fil-A Leadercast!
  
  
• Annual Reminder
  Your annual reminder memo has been distributed for your convenience. Review the reminder carefully for deadlines.
  

• Contract dates reminder
  The academic contract dates for 2012/2013
  
  

• COMPASS Moving in the Right Direction - Click the box below to learn more about the University's Mentoring Program

• New - Online access to explanation of benefits!
  

The State Health Plan provides on-line access to explanation of benefits and other benefit information through the myBlue site.  Click here for instruction on creating an account.

• Nursing Mothers Policy - In compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), which took effect when the PPACA was signed into law on March 23, 2010, the University is required to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk as well as provide an appropriate location to express breast milk.  The new policy is located in the University's Policy Index. Designated Locations
  
  

• Telephone Directory Verification – New!  Update your address/number online at myOleMiss. Visit myOleMiss to verify your contact information:
  • Office address and/or phone number
  • Home address and/or phone number*
  • Emergency contact person, emergency address and emergency phone number

  More information can be found at myOleMiss on the "Employee" tab.