Archive for October, 2023

The Betty Hardwick Center is excited to be able to offer Mental Health First Aid classes. Below you can find the Eventbrite registration links.  After registration ends, participants will be contacted with further instructions regarding creating an account in MHFA Connect, which is where participants will complete a pre eval, opinions quiz, final test, course evaluation, and download their certificate.   This is also where participants will complete the required 2 hrs of prework if they choose to attend one of the virtual or blended MHFA classes.

MHFA is a course that teaches how to recognize signs and symptoms of a mental health challenge and provides skills on how to provide initial assistance until professional help is achieved or the crisis resolves. The course is free of charge due to some grant funding.  Class size is limited.

Blended Adult MHFA on December 15— Register Here. (registration ends November 26)

• The instructor led portion of class will be from 9am-3pm (approximately).
• Completion of 2 hrs of self-paced online prework is required prior to the day of class.

Fully in person Adult MHFA on January 17— Register Here. (registration ends January 2)

• Class will be in person from 8am-5pm(approximately).

If registration is full, please get on the wait list through Eventbrite.  Or please contact Sandra Lang, slang@bettyhardwick.org, for assistance.

Mark your calendar to join your colleagues Nov. 15 at noon or 4 p.m. in the McCaleb Conference Center in the Hunter Welcome Center for university updates from Dr. Phil Schubert and Dr. Robert Rhodes. The meeting will be recorded for ACU Dallas and remote faculty/staff to view afterward.

Each calendar year, benefits-eligible employees receive two personal days to be used at their discretion. Personal days do not roll over to the following calendar year therefore they should be used by December 30, 2023.

A consultant from TIAA will be offering individual counseling sessions on campus to discuss your personal financial situation and retirement investments on November 29 and 30 in the Brown Library Idea Room 3. You can register for an appointment online. Appointments fill up fast and are reserved on a first come, first served basis. Register here.

The President’s office invites all Staff and Faculty to participate in healthy, authentic discussions during the week of Nov. 6–10. During that week, we will host Chapel in Moody Coliseum each day and invite students, faculty and staff into follow-up conversations that will take place in the evening, featuring several guest speakers presenting on different aspects of the week’s theme. If you can’t be there in person, the 11 a.m. presentations will be livestreamed at acu.edu/live. The evening  presentations will be recorded and available the next morning via YouTube.

Staff are allowed to roll over up to 80 hours of vacation each calendar year. For 2023, the rollover date will be December 30th. If you have more than 80 hours of vacation, you should plan to use the overage before December 30th so that you do not lose that time.

Join us for a send off reception for Arlene Kasselman on November 6th from 3-4 pm. Reception will be held within the Student Life Den. This will be a come and go event, with light refreshments.

Come by the Hardin building (Room 112) on October 31st between 10:30 and noon to get your flu shot. Free for all faculty and staff on ACU’s insurance.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires employers to file annual reports with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor on the status of their various employee benefit plans, and to provide employees with a summary of those reports, called a Summary Annual Report. You can review the full report of the 5500 SAR filed with the Internal Revenue Service for ACU’s 403(b) retirement plan.

All caregivers of older adults are invited to come and join a caregiver support group, hosted by The Pruett Gerontology Center. Lunch will be provided, as well as, a space to share your experiences being a caregiver, and be in community with others who take on the same role. The group meets on the last Tuesday of the month over lunch. If you would like more information, please fill out this form.