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�������� faculty and staff will be recognized with a complimentary lunch, entertainment, games, giveaways, dancing and fun on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

The annual sick leave conversion for eligible staff employees will take place Sept. 1 through Sept. 14.

Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike share program at one of eight locations around campus. Join Chris John from the Department of Recreational Services on Aug. 11 at noon for a 30- to 40-minute ride on the Kent Campus.

In collaboration with the Division of Information Services, the Human Resources Compensation team is completing a project to update the university’s job description website.

��������’s holiday shutdown for 2016 will begin Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. In addition, the university will close Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

��������’s annual Employee Appreciation Day will be held Tuesday, Sept. 13. Mark your calendars. We are looking forward to seeing you.

This monthlong, honor-based, 28-day program runs Aug. 15 through Sept. 11, and is designed to help participants “rethink their drinks.” 

If you are an employee who accrues vacation, be sure to check your leave balances to see if you are at risk of losing any accrued vacation time.

�������� employees are invited to participate in the next annual health screening to be held on Aug. 2, 16 and 25, from 7:30-10:30 a.m.