The Catholic University of America

Announcements

Please call The Office of Human Resources at tel: 202-319-5050 for additional information.

Happy New Year! Additional Holiday Added for 2012
Need some good news?! President Garvey has approved the addition of one more paid holiday for the 2011/2012 academic year. Because New Year’s Day is on a Sunday during 2012, CUA will recognize Monday, January 2, 2012 as a paid staff holiday.Enjoy!

New Employee Orientation 2012
Newly hired staff are required to complete orientation at the beginning of their employment. Orientation occurs every other Thursday in Leahy Conference Room 100 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. There is a one hour lunch break at 12:00pm. Contact your HR representative if you have any questions.
2012 New Employee Orientation Schedule

Mandatory Campus Wide Training
Beginning June 1, 2011 all CUA faculty, staff  and student workers will be required to complete two important trainings FERPA (protecting student academic privacy) and Harassment Prevention (fostering an environment of respect and fairness). Each training is delivered online, at your convenience, 24 hours per day and can be easily accessed from a PC or laptop with internet connection. Both training sessions can be completed in less than an hour. CUA employees must repeat each training program every two years. To take the training, click on the links or visit the HR Training Pages.

TIAA-CREF Counseling Sessions - Spring 2012
A representative from TIAA-CREF will be on the CUA campus to provide one-on-one counseling sessions for employees on:

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Caldwell Hall, Room 154
Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Caldwell Hall, Room 154
Tuesday, March 15, 2012      Caldwell Hall, Room 154

While the sessions are free, an appointment is required. Please call the Meeting Request Center number at tel: 1-800- 732-8353 to schedule an appointment. If you have any questions regarding the counseling session, or would like more information about your CUA retirement benefits, please contact the Office of Human Resources at 202-319-5050. All sessions will take place from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM unless otherwise noted.

Fitness Classes
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the following classes offered by the Eugene I. Kane Student Health and Fitness Center:

  • Zumba: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 5:10 p.m. in the DuFour Dance Studio
  • Spinning: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the fitness center
  • Butts & Guts': Monday at 6:45 p.m. and Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the fitness center
  • Yoga: Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the fitness center
  • Abs: Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the fitness center
  • Yin Yoga: Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in Caldwell Auditorium
  • Turkey Tone-Up: Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. in the Dufour Dance Studio
  • Yoga Fundamentals: Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the fitness center 

For more information, contact Wendy White, Fitness Director, at tel: 202-319-5705 or whitew@cua.edu.

Personnel Requisition Form (PRF) has a New User-friendly Training Section
Our Personnel Requisition form (PRF) now includes a new “Training” section. For those supervisors and managers who are accustomed to discussing their training needs after they have updated their position description and submitted a PRF, the delay is over. You will now have the ability to indicate your training needs ahead of time. The new training section will allow you to check-mark a general pre-determined list of training items and activities already in place. Don’t see your training need? Let us know! The Office of Human Resources will continue to be on hand to assist you. For more information, contact us or call our main office at tel: 202-319-5050.

Annual University Service Awards Dinner
The annual 10 and 20 Year Service Awards Dinner will be held this academic year on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. At the dinner the president pays special tribute, and thanks those university staff and faculty who have provided ten or twenty years of continuous service to the community. Those to be honored this year will have been employed full-time at the University for ten or twenty continuous years beginning on September 1, 1991 and September 1, 2001, respectively. Invitation to this year's honorees, along with faculty and staff who have previously celebrated their twenty years of service and continue to serve the university community, have been mailed to their campus addresses. If you believe that you qualify to be honored at this year's dinner and do not receive an invitation by the end of October, please contact the President's Office at tel: 202-319-5100.

For further information, contact Suzanne McCarthy, assistant vice president for university relations for university events at tel: 202-319-5100 or mccarths@cua.edu .

2011-2012 Tuition Exchange Application Posted

Tuition Assistance Policy Revised
Faculty and staff who participate in the CUA Tuition Assistance benefit are asked to thoroughly review the newly revised policy.

For more information, contact Laurie Borman in the Office of Human Resources at tel: 202-319-4174 or call the human resources office at tel: 202-319-5050.

Notice to Exempt Employees Regarding Change to Vacation Policy
As you may be aware, the revised vacation policy allows exempt employees to carry over up to a maximum of 21 days into the next fiscal year. All carry over vacation days in excess of seven must be used by August 15th within the new vacation year. Any days remaining in excess of the seven allowable carry over days will be forfeited as of August 15th and not carried forward.

Because of this change, beginning in September, your "Start Balance" will include all hours that were accrued between May 1 and August 31, plus up to the seven days of allowable carry over. At this same time, your "Earned Year to Date" will include hours that were accrued September 1 through April 30. Please note that your "End Balance" will continue to reflect your available leave. Please feel free to contact the Office of Human Resources at tel: 202-319-5050 with any questions.

Revised Form I-9- New, Effective April 3, 2009!
This is a reminder that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has revised the Form I-9. This new form is for use beginning April 3, 2009. All persons on campus who are authorized to fill out I-9 forms for new CUA employees must discard all unused copies of the old version and use the new I-9 form effective immediately. As an ongoing reminder, the current Form I-9 is always available on the Forms and Applications page of the HR website. If you have any questions regarding the employment eligibility verification process or the new Form I-9, please feel free to contact the Office of Human Resources at tel: 202-319-5050.

Federal and District of Columbia Labor Law Posters
Federal and District of Columbia Labor law posters are now available for viewing on line, in addition to being posted on campus. Please click on the following links or visit the Forms and Applications page to open a  PDF of these posters.

Please contact HR at tel: 202-319-5050 with any questions.