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Don't forget, there will be a NEASC information session with President Miller on Friday, November 18, 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Crescent Room. Enjoy coffee and find out about the upcoming NEASC accreditation visit.
Please take a moment and reference your most recent pay stub to verify your name, address and social security number. Your name and social security number must match exactly to what is on your social security card. Visit http://workcenter.probusiness.com if you would like to view this information online. If you have never logged on before, please review this document for instructions. Your W-2 will be sent to the address on your pay stub. If anything is incorrect, please notify the John Easland in Financial Services no later than December 2, 2005.
Olin College Risk Management is concerned about the financial security and personal well being of the Olin community. In association with Olin College 's membership in the Boston Consortium for Higher Education Risk Management Advisory Group, the college has purchased a limited identity fraud insurance policy for all students and employees. The insurance coverage reimburses identity theft victims for the following types of loss:
• Lost wages as a result of work absences to deal with the fraud, including wrongful incarceration – up to $500 per week for four weeks.
• Notary and certified mail charges for completing and delivering fraud affidavits.
• Fees to reapply for loans that were denied due to erroneous credit information created by the identity theft.
• Long distance telephone charges for calling merchants, law enforcement agencies or credit grantors to discuss the issues behind the identity theft.
• Attorney fees incurred, with the insurance company's consent, to defend incorrectly filed legal actions, remove wrongly entered judgments and/or challenge credit report information.
The coverage provides each Olin College student or employee with a limit of liability for any one loss of up to $5,000 with no deductible. While we realize this doesn't compensate people for all the costs or inconveniences resulting from such a loss, we chose to offer this benefit as a reasonable means to assist community members in times of trouble. If you have an identity theft incident you should phone the St. Paul Travelers Claims Department at 1-800-842-8496. For additional assistance in submitting a claim or to ask questions about the program, please contact Ed Frackiewicz, Director Co-Sourced Risk Management by at Edward.Frackiewicz@olin.edu.
The installation of Olin College's permanent underground electrical service from NSTAR will begin within the next few weeks. NSTAR has awarded the contract to the vendor and over the next five days the vendor will be doing soil sampling that is required by the State Environmental Protection Agency and the Needham Conservation Commission. This work will continue through the month of December and is the first step in bringing underground electrical supply to campus from two different NSTAR supply centers. Additional electrical and tel/data conduit work for future expansion of the campus is also included in this scope of work.
Next week contractors will begin realigning C Lot (soccer field) to its original rectangular shape. The soccer field has likewise been re-graded and hydro seeded.
This Friday (Nov. 18) is the last day to add contents to the Big Conversations time capsule. Please make your contribution to Olin's future. The time capsule will be opened by current Olin students in 2026.
The 2006 Olin College holiday schedule is now available. Please review and note the observed holidays and information on floating holidays.
The College is currently seeking qualified candidates for several positions. Employees are reminded that HR is always happy to accept referrals.
Welcome to Olin College Benefits Open Enrollment, November 1-18, 2005. This is your annual opportunity to select or change your benefits. If you do not make any selections, your current benefits/benefit levels will continue in 2006, (see next paragraph for exceptions), with all changes effective January 1, 2006. The only exceptions are flexible spending accounts. If you currently participate in a Reimbursement Account (health and dependent care accounts), and/or Vacation Purchase and wish to continue - you must select an annual amount for the reimbursement accounts and check off “yes” for Vacation Purchase on the Benefits Enrollment Form.
For employees making changes to their benefits please follow these instructions:
- Complete the 2006 Benefits Enrollment Form for all changes
- Medical Plan Changes – if you are changing your BCBS medical plan you must complete a BCBS Application
- Dental Plan changes – If you wish to elect dental coverage for the first time or you wish to switch plans (Delta Premier/Delta Care) you must complete a Delta Dental Application
- Vision Plan Changes – If you wish to elect vision coverage for the first time you must complete a Vision Service Provider (VSP) Enrollment Form
- Health Care & Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts – if you wish to continue with this benefit or enroll for the first time you must complete a CIGNA Enrollment Form electing your annual deferral amount
- All forms available in Human Resources, OC, Suite 300
Once again, the Office of Student Life is sponsoring a student/staff lunch at noon on Thursday, December 1 in the dining hall. This will be an opportunity for students and staff to get to know each other in a casual lunchtime environment. Student hosts will “adopt” a staff member and join other students for lunch and light conversation. Big Sibbs, ask your little Sibb to join you and come help foster the Olin community spirit! Contact Carol Kelley if you would like to participate or require more information.
Tickets for an evening of music, followed by a reception, are half price for the Olin community -- $12.50 general admission, $11 for seniors and $4 for students. The program will feature Tchaikovsky's Symphony #4, Old American Songs of Copland and the local premiere of Joan Tower 's Made in America - the collaborative commission being heard across America this fall (as touted on NPR of late). For ticket reservations call the New Phil at 617-527-9717. These prices are special for the Babson/Olin community and are not available at the door so be sure to make an advance reservation! To learn more about the New Phil visit www.newphil.org.
Babson's Center for Women's Leadership will present Dr. Pam Brill, author of The Winner's Way: A Proven Method for Achieving Your Personal Best in Any Situation on Wednesday, November 30 in the Olin Auditorium at Babson College. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m. and a networking and book signing reception at 7:00 p.m. The cost is complimentary. To register, email cwl@babson.edu.
An author, consultant, executive coach, and sought after public speaker, Dr. Brill is a licensed psychologist who has dedicated her work and research career to putting psychology to work in competitive settings. A recognized expert at enhancing motivation, engagement with challenge, and performance, Dr. Brill's current work focuses largely on helping business executives and corporations to implement strategic changes to prevail over ordinary and extreme challenges and reach their goals. For the past fifteen years, through her firm, The Zone, Inc., Dr. Brill has taught The Winner's Way system to clients competing on the wide worlds of sports and competitive business.
John Gorka's 1986 debut album “I Know” made the Folk world sit up and listen. What Gorka does best is present melodic story songs with his rich baritone delivering the lines in a relaxed, intimate manner. His songwriting is wonderful, full of closely observed character sketches, understated wit, and people and situations that create a real connection with the listener. Justin Roth will open for Gorka at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, Saturday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. The Homegrown Coffeehouse is located at the First Parish Unitarian Church , at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and wheelchair access. General admission is $18, students and seniors pay $15. Proceeds benefit the church. For more information, visit www.uuneedham.org.
Reebok has invited the Olin Community to attend the 'Share the Savings' Holiday Sales Event (November 16 - November 20). You can take 40 percent off your entire purchase at any Reebok, Rockport or Greg Norman U.S. outlet store and on-line by retreiving the coupon.
A candle will be lit throughout the day today (Nov. 17) in the Glavin Family Chapel to honor the memory of Babson's beloved Professor William Nemitz who passed away this week. Bill taught in the Management Division at Babson for 33 years and served as division chair for six years. He was recently honored by the faculty for his contributions to the college. He will be especially missed by the many people whose lives he touched.
At the recent Society of Women Engineers National Conference, Olin accepted the Outstanding New Student Section Award. Olin SWE
was selected on the basis of several categories, including Strategic issues, Alignment with National SWE, Activities, and Member Participation. Congratulate the members, especially officers Alison Lee, Polina Segalova, Lara Clark and Simone Sequeira. Olin SWE would like to thank the following sponsors for supporting the 13 students that attended the conference: General Dynamics, Raytheon, the Office of Innovation and Research, the Office of External Relations and CORe.
On an unrelated note, SWE has a new website, http://swe.olin.edu.
On Monday, November 14, Michael Connors joined the community as the Marketing Manager for Sloan-C. His office is located in OC 266 and his phone extension is 2535.
This week's spotlight shines on Olin's Manager of Environmental Health and Safety, Rob MacCormick. In short Rob (affectionately know as “the safety guy”) is responsible for developing, maintaining and promoting policies, procedures, programs and training necessary to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. We should all feel safer now! LINK: When did you start working at Olin?
RM: July 1, 2002.
LINK: What is your favorite thing about your job?
RM: There's a lot of variety in my work. I also enjoy helping others recognize and accommodate hazards for atypical, unusual, or just plain wacky interests and activities on and about campus.
LINK: How do you spend your spare time?
RM: Chasing my six and nine year old kids around, tinkering with quirky old automobiles, canoeing, woodworking, telemark skiing, playing hockey and camping.
In the last issue we asked where the world's tallest building is located. Juliana Bernal-Ostos correctly answered
Taipei, Taiwan
and will receive Olin Gear for her correct response. Olin trivia buffs...
Q:
Can you identify the two community members in these photos ( ONE / TWO)?
A: First person to correctly respond to Jennifer Thomas receives a prize. |
