Human Reoourcoo serves employees New projects take extra effort : • • • • • • by sarah lair The Office of Human Re- • man resources department sources is dedicated to sup- : has several traditional funcporting the goals of the Uni- • tions: staff employment, versity. • policy development, com- "Ourfocus isonacommit- : pensation and benefits adment to: delivering quality • ministration, training and customer service; complying • development, regulatory with all State and Federal complianceandemployeereregulations; developing, • lations. implementing and maintain- • The biggest challenge facing policies, programs and : inghumanresourcesthisyear services that enrich all em- • was dealing with the skyrockployees; enabling all em- • etmg costs in health care. ployees to effectively per- • A committee was formed form their duties of serving • from a cross-section of emour students and each other • ployees to address the chalin a Christian environment," : lenges faced by rising health Keith Larey, director of hu- • care costs and utilization. man resources, said. "This is the most emotionStudents don'tseeorhear : ally charged project we're a lot about the human re- • working on," Larey said. sources office, but, to the fac- • "We're looking at creative ulty and staff, it is a vital : ways to hold down the cost. part of the campus' work- • Health care is a problem naings. • tionally and we're feeling the "Our sole reason for ex- : pain locally." istence is to support our employees and institution," • Cashier Iris Castleberry assists • a student in the business office. Larey said. "That goes be- • Not only did students cash checks yond generating mounds of • and take care of their university paperwork for employees to : accounts in the business office, it complete." • was also a place where they paid According to Larey, a hu- • parking tickets. Photo by Andrea Waters Jennifer Holt, payroll assistant, helps a student prepare for an oncampus job. Many students employed by the university relied on payroll to help them prepare for filing taxes and receiving weekly checks. UJ Qi (ii Angela Collett, postal services specialist, delivers flowers to a ~ student on Feb. 14. Valentine's Day was one of the busiest days of the ~ year for the postal workers. <( 182 academics Photo by Daniel Dubois CAMPU~ MAJI D 1-7
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