UHR|Connect April 2017

UHR|Connect April 2017 Vol. 3 No. 4

The Office of Community Engagement is happy to announce that since being featured in the March edition of UHR Connect, requests for Good Neighbor Day food drive boxes increased dramatically! At the start of the drive on March 10th, 54 boxes were placed both on campus and in the surrounding community with the help of The Fire Marshal's Office. 29 campus affiliated locations and 11 community locations participated. You can check out the map to see how widespread the food drive became. The Office of Community Engagement thanks you for your generosity to the College Park Community Food Bank!

Next Steps: Professional Development The key to building momentum is to implement something, even if it’s very minor, soon after the learning experience.

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Homeownership Program Let’s make College Park a top20 University Community and let CPCUP’s Homeownership Program help you.

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Financial Literacy Month April is National Financial Literacy Month and the UHR Office of Employee Benefits is hosting workshops Page 4

Lunch & Learn

View all Food Drive locations

Eating a fiber-rich diet is beneficial to health and weight loss.

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Register Today See a listing of development opportunities for the month of April Page 6

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Taking the Next Steps in Professional Development The key to building momentum is to implement something, even if it’s very minor, soon after the learning experience.

Consider these practices to make the most of what you learned: 1.

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Commit to take time to reflect and process what you learn. a. Intentionally block time on your calendar to reflect after the session. b. Set a reminder on your calendar for three months from the session to review the materials again and consider any changes you have made because of what you learned.

Write down one reaction, one takeaway, and one question you have from each session.

Create a plan with two or three action steps you can take to apply what you have learned.

Prepare informal or formal presentation/remarks for your colleagues and highlight the most critical ideas from the session.

Schedule a “lunch and learn” session with your colleagues to discuss the workbook, video, or article you kept from the session.

Stay connected with the speaker(s) who resonated with you. Follow them on social media, sign up for their newsletters, and—if appropriate—stay in touch with them.

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What opportunities might professional development provide for us to develop not only job skills training for our staff, but to meet our strategic initiatives?

How can our priorities and vision more closely influence how we prioritize funding for professional development?

What are some formats we can design that will result in professional development attendees presenting what they have learned to the team?

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How do we know if they are using professional development to address challenges facing our department and our institution?

What is our organization’s position on the value, purpose, and expected return on investment of professional development? Can we discuss this?

Communicate it widely? Live it?

Mrig, A., Fusch, D., & Kientz, K. (2016, February 16). The state of professional development in higher education: February 2016. Summarized from https://www.academicimpressions.com/news/stateprofessional-development-higher-education-february-2016

Are you looking to buy a home in College Park?

Let’s make College Park a top-20 University Community and let CPCUP’s Homeownership Program help you.

The College Park City-University Partnership is the nonprofit, local development corporation jointly supported by the University of Maryland and the City of College Park that is currently working to implement the University District Vision 2020 – to make College Park a top-20 university community by 2020. This work includes implementing initiatives within five key strategy areas – Revitalization and Redevelopment, Education, Transportation, Public Safety and Sustainability.

In 2015, the Partnership launched the Homeownership Program in an effort to encourage more people to live near their work, thereby improving the local economy, stabilizing neighborhoods and reducing commutes. The program provides $15,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance, structured as a 10-year forgivable loan, to full-time, benefitseligible employees of the University of Maryland and to fulltime City of College Park employees purchasing a home in College Park. The home must be their permanent residence.

Since the program’s initiation in summer 2015, 19 homes have been purchased through the program. The program has been so successful that it was recognized by the Community Development Network of Maryland, which awarded it their statewide Impact Award.

UHR|CONNECT | Vol. 3, No. 4 Each house that has been purchased by a University or City employee represents a home that is owner-occupied and contributes to neighborhood stability – adding to the City’s economy, increasing the local retail market, and improving

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commuting patterns. Each university employee living in College Park has more opportunities to participate fully in the University and its community and becomes an ambassador to their colleagues who are considering living in our community.

PROGRAM BY THE NUMBERS 19

Homes sold to date (12 in 2016)

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Percent new employees (0-3 years)

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Percent rented in College Park first and decided to stay

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Percent indicated they would usually walk/bike to work

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Visit the Partnership’s website to read about our homebuyers www.collegeparkpartnership.org/homeownershipprogram/homebuyers

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April 12th - Maryland 529 (formerly known as College Savings Plan) • Maryland 529* college savings plans make it easier than ever to save for college. The Maryland Prepaid College Trust allows you to lock in tomorrow’s tuition at today’s prices, while offering the security of a Maryland Legislative Guarantee.

April 14th – State Pension Pre-Retirement Seminar • Learn about retiring under the State Pension System, pension options, retiree health benefits, and Medicare.

National Financial Literacy Month

April is National Financial Literacy Month and the UHR Office of Employee Benefits is hosting workshops that will focus on budgeting, college savings, investing, social security, and preretirement processes.

April 3rd - Social Security: One Piece of the Puzzle • Learn how much you can expect to receive, how your retirement age affects your benefits and more.

April 3rd – Get Your Financial House in Order and Avoid Money Traps • Learn how to spend less time worrying about money, how to reduce/eliminate debt and move toward financial freedom, and how to create an effective spending plan.

April 7th – Budgeting Basics: “It’s a Money Thing” • Learn about setting up an emergency fund and savings goals.

April 10 – Social Security & Budgeting (Spanish) • Aprender cómo seguro social puede ayudarle a planificar para la jubilación.

• Manejo del dinero – Control de Ingresos y Gastos (Spanish) th

April 10th - Social Security & Budgeting (English) • Learn how social security can help you plan for retirement, • Inside Money: Managing income and debt. How to make your money work, the importance of cash flow and how to use it

April 19th – Money at Work 1: Foundations of Investing • Learn the necessities of making strong and fruitful investment decisions.

April 27th - Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings • Learn how much is enough, strategies to save more, and how to preserve and grow the savings you have.

April 28th – ORP Pre-Retirement Seminar • Learn about retiring under the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP), retiree health insurance and Medicare.

FSA Reimbursement Deadline The deadline for submitting Health Care FSA and Dependent Day Care FSA Reimbursement requests for the plan year 2016 is April 15, 2017.

Lunch & Learn April’s Lunch & Learn is titled “Fiber: It’s Good for your Health”.

Eating a fiber-rich diet is beneficial to health and weight loss.

Learn about the best fiber-food sources, ways to fit fiber into your diet, and how fiber helps with weight loss.

The Lunch & Learn will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017 in 1101U Chesapeake Building from 12:00 – 1:00. Please register at training.umd.edu.

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Learn a new skill or brush up on an old one

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Top 20 (short) Videos Rank 1

Video name Activating Solver Finding exact matches with VLOOKUP Understanding how employers determine salary

Course name Up and Running with Excel What-If Analysis Excel 2016: Advanced Formulas and Functions

Lynda.com is a resource available to all UMD students, faculty and staff to help you achieve your professional and personal development goals. These are the most viewed courses and videos.

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Using data tables

Office 365: Excel Essential Training

TOP 20 Courses

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Researching salary ranges

Negotiating Your Salary

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Adjusting alphabetic case with the UPPER, LOWER, and PROPER functions

Excel 2016: Advanced Formulas and Functions

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What is LinkedIn?

Up and Running with LinkedIn

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Using the exercise files

Negotiating Your Salary

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Setting up a new LinkedIn profile

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Adding basic information

Up and Running with LinkedIn Up and Running with LinkedIn

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Determining your priorities

Negotiating Your Salary

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Focusing on your strengths

Negotiating Your Salary

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Master Common Interview Questions

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Up and Running with LinkedIn

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Improving Your Focus

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Negotiating Your Salary

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Foundations of Programming: Fundamentals

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Illustrator CC Essential Training (2015)

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How to Turn an Internship into a Job

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Excel 2016: Advanced Formulas and Functions

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Creating a PivotChart

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Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP

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Setting up a Solver worksheet

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Time Management Fundamentals

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Communication Tips

Move tabs across workbooks

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Learning LinkedIn (2016)

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Communication Fundamentals

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HTML Essential Training

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Tableau 10 Essential Training

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Using Goal Seek

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Negotiating Your Job Offer

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Adding work experience

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Global Strategy

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Communicating with Confidence

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Foundations of Programming: Object-Oriented Design

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Excel 2016 Essential Training

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Office 365: Excel Essential Training

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Writing your negotiation story Getting exposure to other industries Managing your account settings

Negotiating Your Salary

Excel 2013: Pivot Tables in Depth Up and Running with Excel What-If Analysis Excel Workshop: Working with Real-Time Data Negotiating Your Salary Insights from a College Career Coach Up and Running with LinkedIn Office 365: Excel Essential Training Up and Running with LinkedIn

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New Employee Orientation & Welcome

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Leadership Development Initiatives LDI 1.2

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Supervisor’s Essentials: 90 Days to Success

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Employee Development Initiatives EDI 1.2

Supervisor’s Essentials: Getting Things Done

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UHR Benefits: New Employee Benefits Enrollment and Q&A

Leadership Development Initiatives LDI 1.3

LDI 2: Transformational Leadership (Day 1)

LDI 2: Transformational Leadership (Day 2)

Supervisor’s Essentials: • PRD • Performance Improvement Plan • FMLA Training • Managing Time & Attendance • The Disciplinary Process

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BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) Brown Bag Seminars

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New Employee Orientation & Welcome

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UHR Benefits: New Employee Benefits Enrollment and Q&A

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