Employees make a difference Compliments from one VC employee to another
Physical Plant staff came together to prepare Industrial Training Center As many of the VC community have heard, VC has recently acquired a “new” building to be used as the Liberty Street Industrial Training Center. Making sure that the building is usable for its intended purpose by April has required the application of much “elbow grease.” To follow is a recap of how much elbow grease has been applied so far: • Many of VC’s custodial staff have put in long hours, including overtime, to get the concrete floor cleaned and sealed. Several custodians worked through their Spring Break. • Building maintenance staff have torn out the old restroom and removed 90 floor bolts. • HVAC/Electrical staff members inspected the electrical service before and after power was restored to the building. • Groundskeeping staff provided a generator to help with the cleanup that began before the utilities were restored to the building. They also helped with some bolt removal from timbers. • Central Receiving/Warehouse staff made arrangements with Waste
The Industrial Training Center will primarily house training for employees hired to work at the new Caterpillar hydraulic excavator manufacturing facility.
Management to ensure that the dumpster and port-o-potty arrived quickly. These efforts have all been very well orchestrated and the “plan” came together seamlessly. What makes this effort even more remarkable is that work requests and scheduling plans for Spring Break courses and events were also being done at the same time. To all the Physical Plant Staff I would like to say: Very well done. I am proud of what you accomplished.
-Robert Duffie, Director of Physical Plant
IT Department is quick, smart, patient and helpful Recently, as I was teaching class, I could not get the projector to work. I sent Kenny Brown an email asking for help and he came right away. The projector needed a new bulb. Melanie Yosko, Department Chair and When he came Associate Professor of back with a bulb, Mathematics he got the projector working in no time. He was very efficient and there was little disruption to my class (even when he had to use the ladder). I was able to continue the lecture as I intended (with the projector) because
he came so quickly. He is always very conscientious and helps me all the time! We have a really great crew in Tech Services. I frequently call on Jeremy Gould, Kenny Brown and Chris Potts for Starboard help (and ITV last semester). I also call Dave Sulak and Eric Sanchez frequently. They are all very patient and very helpful and always solve my issue in a timely manner. They also never make me feel like an idiot, which is a huge plus! I also think Ann Brogger does an amazing job! She always helps me with whatever I need and she really cares about what is best for our students. She always goes above and beyond in her job.
Summer Schedule Reminder! VC’s summer work schedule begins Monday, May 14 and ends Friday, July 27. The summer work week is Monday through Thursday with no classes or general office hours on Fridays. In order to accommodate the shortened work week, most employees will work from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. However, offices must be open during core business hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some departments may implement varying schedules as an exception to the summer work schedule, such as the VC/ UHV Library, Security Services and Physical Plant employees. For more details about reporting time, please check the Employee Tools Section of the Pirate Portal.
Training & Professional Development Full-time faculty should participate in professional development activities every year. In addition to documenting all professional development activities on your Faculty Profile, a master training record for all faculty and staff training and professional development activities is kept in the Human Resources Office. After you have completed any professional development or training activities, please make sure you send documentation via email to Terri Kurtz, and include the type of training, title of the training activity, and date(s) the training occurred. More detailed information about Training & Professional Development is available online in the Employee Tools section of the Pirate Portal. For questions about Training & Professional Development, please contact the Human Resources Office.