Archive for December, 2019

The Cashier desk in the Financial Operations office will be closed Friday, December 20th. It will re-open upon our return from Winter Break on January 2nd.

Get 25% off cold weather gear, T-shirts, and hats through Friday, December 13.

Apple: Take advantage of discounted prices on previous generation demos, iPads, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros. See store for details.

Advancement Services will be closed for the holidays from December 23 through January 1. Any checks postmarked by December 31 will still be gift receipted as 2019 gifts. However, for credit card gifts to be receipted as a 2019 gift, the credit card transaction must be completed by December 31.

If your office receives donations, please send the checks and envelopes to our office as soon as possible after we reopen on January 2 so that we may close the 2019 books in a timely manner. Our box is 29132 and we are located in the Administration Building Room 300. Questions? Please call x2613. May your holidays be richly blessed!

Late Night Breakfast at The World Famous Bean, Dec. 9th from 8 – 11 p.m.

A new blog has been implemented called Brown Library Acquisitions that offers students and faculty a monthly preview of library acquisitions. In an effort to spark interest among students and faculty and increase book checkouts, Brown Library Acquisitions is designed to be accessible, informative, and visually appealing. It offers previews of recently ordered books and short synopsis or quotes from the books once delivered, along with standing order titles and information on how to donate books from private collections. Here is the link to the blog.

WACU is hosting its Christmas Bake and Craft Sale this Friday, Dec. 13. Stop by the WACU museum from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. to choose from a selection of pies, sweet treats, crafts and items from the museum. All proceeds from the sale will go to the WACU Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Due to the upcoming holiday and bi-weekly payroll transition, it is extremely important that hourly employees (both staff and student) complete and submit timesheets for the 12/16 to 12/21 pay cycle prior to leaving for the Christmas holiday break. If you fail to submit the 12/16-12/21 timesheet, payment for these hours will be delayed. If you plan to be off through Jan. 4th, please go ahead and complete the timesheet for the 12/22 – 1/4/20 pay period once it becomes available. Please share this information with your student employees. 

Have you ever experienced virtual reality? Come by the Innovation Foundry on Dead Day and play Beat Saber in virtual reality! This is a come and go event from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9th.

Staff are allowed to roll over up to 80 hours of vacation each calendar year. Beginning in 2020 the rollover date will move to January 4th. (Previously it was January 15 for nonexempt and January 19 for exempt). If you have more than 80 hours of vacation, you should plan to use the overage prior to January 4th so that you do not lose that time. Due to the short notice of this change, if this presents a problem for you, please email humanresources@acu.edu and we will be glad to manually adjust your leave.

Join Family First on January 29th for a free lunch on a topic all of us can relate to: finances. Dr. Kyle Tippens will speak on Family Finances Across the Life Cycle: Preparing for Marriage, Parenthood, and Retirement. Lunch will begin at 11:45 and conclude by 1 in the Core Classroom across from the ACU Library. Please RSVP by emailing familyfirst@acu.edu