Emergency Leave gets new name
Emergency Leave has been renamed Family Caregiving
Leave.
The new title better reflects the purpose of the
program, which is to make available to faculty and
staff the ability to use sick leave to care for an
ill or injured family member.
A maximum of five days
of sick leave—40 hours
of sick leave based on full-time employment, prorated
for part-time—per calendar year may be used
for the care of and necessary attention to ill or
injured members of an employee’s immediate
family. Departments may request appropriate verification
of the status of the ill or injured person.
Over the next few months, the term Emergency Leave
will be emoved from forms and revised to Family
Caregiving Leave.
Convocation, speech now separate events
University Convocation will be held at 7:30 p.m.,
Sept. 30, in Macbride Auditorium, MH. The annual
event recognizes faculty and staff excellence in
teaching, research, and service. UI President David
Skorton will speak briefly; a reception will follow
in Iowa Hall.
The formal address to the University community from
the president, traditionally given during the convocation
ceremony, now will be a separate event entitled the
President’s Keynote Address. It’s purpose
will be to set the tone for the academic year. Skorton
will deliver this year’s speech, “Inquiry,” at
4 p.m., Sept. 24, in the second-floor ballroom, IMU.
A reception will follow.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Another retiree
Delbert Gehrke, athletics facilities, should have
been included on the list of 2002-03 staff retirees
that was printed in the August issue of fyi.
Help ease benefits enrollment
In order to help make benefits enrollment more accurate
this fall, UI employees are being asked to verify
their beneficiary information by Sept. 15.
To do this, visit the self-service web site at https://hris.uiowa.edu/portal/,
and log on using your HawkID and password. Under “My
Information,” click on “Current Benefits.”
You can make corrections by e-mailing the correct
information to benefits@uiowa.edu or by sending the
beneficiary designation form (located on the “Current
Benefits” page) to Benefits, 120-40 USB.
If your designated beneficiary is a trust or will,
or if your designation is lengthy or unusual, the
system will only display “See Comments.” For
more information, contact the Benefits Office.
Health fair for UI employees
The annual Faculty and Staff Health Fair is set
for Nov. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the main deck
of the Field House.
The health fair provides opportunities for faculty
and staff to learn about health and wellness, the
University’s health care plans, UI Family Care
providers, and a variety of other health-related
services on campus. There also will be free blood
pressure checks, health risk assessments, and other
health screenings available.
The health fair is sponsored by UI Wellness, Staff
Council, Recreational Services, and University of
Iowa Health Care.
ID
reminder
The University is issuing new ID cards this fall.
All faculty, staff, and students are required to
get new cards by Dec. 31. For information on when
and where to go, see www.uiowa.edu/~idcard/idschedule.shtml.
Cain named interim provost
Professor Patricia A. Cain, Aliber Family Chair
in Law and associate dean for admissions in the College
of Law, was named interim provost, effective Sept.
1.
Jon Whitmore, UI provost and professor of theatre
arts since August 1996, has been named the sole finalist
for the position of president of Texas Tech University.
“It’s essential that the academic mission
of the University be overseen and represented by
a faculty member with a distinguished record of accomplishment
in our core missions of teaching, research, and service,” UI
President David Skorton says. “As I sought
input from campus leaders on whom to entrust with
that responsibility, Professor Pat Cain was recommended
again and again.”
Cain joined the law faculty in 1991 and served as
associate dean for academic affairs from 1996 to
1999. Her teaching and scholarly interests include
federal taxation, wills and estates, feminist legal
history, and lesbian and gay legal issues.
Deadline approaches to apply for internal funding
initiatives
The Office of the Vice President for Research has
announced internal funding initiatives for the 2003-04
academic year.
Fall semester programs include Biological Sciences
Funding Program, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Funding Program, Social Sciences Funding Program,
Carver Scientific Research Initiative Grant, Collaborative
Interdisciplinary Projects, Iowa Informatics Initiative,
and Iowa Research Experiences for Undergraduates.
The application deadline is Oct. 7.
Spring semester programs include Arts & Humanities
Initiative and Biosciences Initiative Pilot Grant.
Details and deadlines will be announced at a later
date.
These programs are designed to support and to stimulate
research, scholarly, and creative activities across
the campus. Awards for the fall programs will be
announced prior to Jan. 1, 2004.
For more information, see http://research.uiowa.edu/ifi.
Questions may be directed to ifi-questions@uiowa.edu or (33)5-2119.
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