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January 10, 2012: Faculty/Staff News

General News | Faculty/Staff News | Student News | Athletics News

Winter Warm-up for the Soul Event Thursday

The second annual Winter Warm-up for the Soul, a mission morning for professional, clerical and maintenance personnel, will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Activities will be held on the fourth floor of the DeNaples Center and the Madonna della Strada Chapel. The event is being offered by the Division of University Ministries. To see a complete schedule of events, click here. Please join us for all or part of the day as you are able.

Live@edu Email Conversions Scheduled

The Planning & Information Resources Division is pleased to usher in with the new year the long-awaited and much anticipated new email service, Live@edu!

In preparation for the conversion, Microsoft Office 2010 (which includes Microsoft Outlook 2010) will be pushed via KBOX to all faculty and staff PCs in January. Microsoft Office 2010 will replace Microsoft Office 2007.

Email conversions for staff and faculty were scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 9. The master, departmental conversion schedule is now available. For your convenience, a second, searchable schedule listing individual names and conversion dates is also available.

Reminders will be emailed directly to individual email addresses as the scheduled conversion time draws near.

Additional information about the Live@edu conversion is available at www.scranton.edu/it_training.

Employee Wellness Classes for Intersession

There are plenty of Employee Wellness classes scheduled during this year's intercession period. To see a complete list of these events, click here. For more information or to register for a class, contact Cathy Mascelli at mascellic2@scranton.edu or ext. 4550, or visit www.scranton.edu/employeewellness.

Essential Training for Faculty & Staff

The Office of Equity and Diversity invites all staff and faculty hired within the last two years to attend essential Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. Training sessions have been scheduled for the following dates:

Thursday, Jan. 12

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Above scheduled at 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Evening sessions 5:30 - 7 p.m.

All sessions are scheduled in Brennan Hall, room 500. A light lunch will be served.

Managers are urged to remind their staff to schedule to attend. Separate sessions will be held for managers and supervisors.

To schedule your session, email diversity@scranton.edu.

OfficeMax Catalog Kick-off/Vendor Show Jan. 17

Please stop by and pick up your new 2012 OfficeMax Catalog for your office supply news on Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, in the DeNaples Center ballroom, room 407. There will be refreshments, door prizes and office supply samples.

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