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Upcoming Climate Diversity Programs
The Programming Subcommittee of the ITS Climate/Diversity Team has been hard at work coming up with a schedule of informative and helpful programs for ITS staff. Below please see a schedule of...
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Author Rachel Simon to present on book “Riding the Bus with My Sister” April 11
On April 11, 2013, author Rachel Simon will be presenting in the Katz Auditorium, 7 pm-8:30 pm. Ms. Simon is the author of “Riding the Bus With My Sister,” a book about her sister who has an...
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Watch this year’s TLT Symposium Keynote talk about importance of diversity to...
Frans Johansson presenting at this year’s TLT Symposium More than 350 Penn State faculty and staff heard presentations on relevant educational technology subjects such as massive online open courses...
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Stress! How to manage it
Photo provided via creative commons by bottled_void Let’s face it. SRDP time is a pretty stressful part of the year. When it’s not SRDP time, there’s other stress sources in our life, and not just in...
View ArticleBring courtesy back to the workplace
From Susan Morse, ITS HR manager and Climate Diversity team member: “Every Tuesday we get an article to the ITLP list serve from Jim Bruce. He is working for MOR associates now, but was once CIO at...
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Advice for managers when personal and national tragedies strike
Police response soon after bombing at the Boston Marathon last week Last week was a time that many of us will remember for a long while. From the first reports of explosions at the Boston Marathon...
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Cyberbullying via social media and the workplace
From time to time, the news reports about cyberbullying via social media. Usually, this entails teenagers picking on someone, however cyberbullying on social media can happen in the workplace. From an...
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I tell ya, these kids today…millennial media melees
Full disclosure: I am a Generation X-er. I remember back in the early 90s when all sorts of media types were attempting to pigeon-hole my generation into neat classifications. We were disgruntled. We...
View Article5 ways you are upsetting your employees without even knowing it
As a manager, there are a lot of ways you can upset or cause stress to your employees intentionally–telling off-color jokes, yelling, telling them they did something wrong via insults, etc. But there...
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Get FREE financial advice as a Penn State TIAA-CREF employee
photo courtesy of 401(K) 2013 via Creative Commons Recently received some unexpected money such as an inheritance and want to spend/save it wisely? Concerned that your retirement portfolio could use...
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Building an accessible multi-search box on a Penn State site
Guest post by Rob Porter from TLT’s WebLion Penn State’s Policy AD54 requires that search elements on web pages include the following: Local Site Penn State Web Penn State People Penn State...
View ArticleCall for volunteers!
Hi fellow ITSers, This is Jamie Oberdick, chair of the ITS Climate Diversity Team. Soon I will step down after my one-year term, and Paul Yeager of AIS will take over. With the new chair will come new...
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Stress busting tips
Photo provided via creative commons by bottled_void By Margaret Smith, IT Communications and ITS Climate Diversity Team volunteer So, it is now summer time in State College, the spring semester is long...
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Interview with best-selling author Rachel Simon on disabilities, technology...
Rachel Simon is a best-selling author. Her best-known works, Riding the Bus with My Sister and The Story of Beautiful Girl both focus on people with disabilities and issues surrounding them. Riding...
View ArticleHelp for Apartment Residents Displaced by July 4 Fire
By Jennifer Struble, ITS Climate Diversity Team member On Thursday, July 4, a fire at the Waupelani Heights apartment complex in State College destroyed 19 units, displacing 40 people from their homes....
View ArticleTeam Synergy session to be held Oct. 10
Please see below for more information and how to sign up for an ITS Climate Diversity session held next Thursday, Oct. 10 9:30-11:00 a.m. on making sure your work teams meet their greatest potential....
View ArticleBenefits plan update
Penn State’s benefits plan has some dramatic new features for 2014. We urge all employee to consider attending an ITS staff meeting featuring Jill Musser, Assistant Manager, OHR Benefits. Jill will...
View ArticleITS Climate and Diversity Initiatives: Communications
The ITS Climate and Diversity Team has several initiatives to help guide efforts to make ITS a better and more diverse place to work. They include Communications, Dealing with Change, Bullying...
View ArticleITS Climate and Diversity Initiatives: Dealing with Change
The ITS Climate and Diversity Team has several initiatives to help guide efforts to make ITS a better and more diverse place to work. They include Communications, Dealing with Change, Bullying...
View ArticleITS Climate and Diversity Initiatives: Programs
The ITS Climate and Diversity Team has several initiatives to help guide efforts to make ITS a better and more diverse place to work. They include Communications, Dealing with Change, Bullying...
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