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| Five Steps within Five Minutes | In an October 19 email, Eric Weaver, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, explained that a new policy requires all USRA employees, and certain other individuals, to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic and must submit proof of vaccination as soon as possible - no later than Wednesday, November 24, 2021. It should take less than five minutes to complete the five easy steps: from downloading the App to logging out.
Also, don’t forget your flu shot to help keep yourself and others healthy this season too!
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| Open Enrollment Starts November 3 | | 2022 Open Enrollment will be from November 3 until November 17, 2021. Now is a good time to review your current benefits and information on ADP. Live Open Enrollment presentations are scheduled for Thursday, November 4 at 1 p.m. EST and Tuesday November 9 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Recorded Open Enrollment presentations are available for all USRA employees and for USRA employees in California— see Jennifer Kim’s email from October 28 for more details. Within that email you will also find a benefits guide for all USRA employees and a benefits guide for employees in California. If you have questions about Open Enrollment or accessing ADP, please send an email to the Benefits Team at benefits@usra.edu or reach out to your HR Business Partner. | | |
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| | Is Your Performance Review Behind Schedule? | Here’s the schedule to follow for the Performance Review cycle: - October 6: Self-Assessment submitted in Performyard
- October 7: Managers sign-off on Self-Assessment
- October 7: Performance assessment forms launched to managers
- November 12: Second-level review sign-off complete
- November 22: Compensation system open
- November 30: Deadline for Review Delivery to employees. This includes the employee sign-off.
- December 21: Finalize all FY 2022 Goals, including manager sign-off.
Questions?
- For help with the process, contact your HR Business Partner
- For Performyard help, contact: Angie Quaranta or your HR Business Partner
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| | Is Your Compliance Training Up-to-Date? | | Your performance review process probably asked you if you’ve completed required compliance trainings. If you have past due compliance trainings, they will appear at the top of your screen when you login (with your USRA email only) to ULearn. If you want to review past completed trainings go to the top right menu and click on [your name]> click on Compliance > click on [your name] in the top right again > click on Training History. Contact Anne Nakaar or Angie Quaranta for questions. | |
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| | Lunar Crater Named After USRA Scientist Paul Spudis | The International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature recently approved a crater name--Spudis crater--in honor of Dr. Paul Spudis, a Universities Space Research Association scientist who worked at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) for 22 years (1990-2002, 2008-2018). Spudis crater is located near the Moon’s south pole and is 13 kilometers in diameter.
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| | SOFIA Enabling Major Scientific Discoveries | During the past year, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has enabled several outstanding and unique scientific discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, and earth science -- from observing the Solar System, to observing galactic and extragalactic centers, star formation and supernovae. SOFIA, whose science mission operations are managed by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) “continues to make significant contributions and its seminal findings have been published in high impact refereed scientific journals,” said Margaret Meixner, USRA Director of SOFIA Mission Operations.
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