{"id":29811,"date":"2014-10-31T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=29811"},"modified":"2014-10-31T12:46:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T17:46:24","slug":"hr-connection-educational-advancement-service-anniversaries-wellness-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/10\/31\/hr-connection-educational-advancement-service-anniversaries-wellness-update\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Connection: Educational Advancement, service anniversaries, Wellness Program update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen ACC employees will receive funds through the college&#8217;s Tuition Reimbursement Program to pay for advanced or graduate-level coursework they took this fall.<\/p>\n<p>In response to employee feedback, HR this semester used a lottery system to determine reimbursement recipients from the 47 applicants. Click on this link to view a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/hr\/profdev\/ea\/lottery.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording of the tuition reimbursement lottery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Employees wanted a fairer way to make the tuition reimbursement awards,&#8221; says Gerry Tucker, vice president of human resources. &#8220;The lottery allows everyone to be included and have an equal chance at being selected. It went very well and employees seemed pleased with the new approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/hr\/profdev\/ea\/reimburse.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuition Reimbursement<\/a> webpage for information about the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Service anniversaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of ACC employees recently were recognized for their service to the college. See the list at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/acc-celebrates-employees-for-their-long-time-service-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC celebrates employees for their long-time service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want a healthier lifestyle? ACC&#8217;s Wellness Program can help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HR&#8217;s ACCess Wellness Program offers information and opportunities to help employees develop a healthy lifestyle. Some recent activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employees responding to a wellness survey were entered in a drawing for a Fitbit Zip digital pedometer. Ten winners were selected.<\/li>\n<li>Tip sheets about <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/austincc.edu\/file\/d\/0BzYLOImhynwAU1VWdTV0SDZPLUhmcmxyOTMyNjJoREluRUdj\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy brown bag lunch ideas<\/a> (pdf) and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/austincc.edu\/file\/d\/0BzYLOImhynwAeDkxaXA5X3I3T2Z1SG5VVDVLejI2MDVoU1hN\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighting depression with exercise <\/a>(pdf) are now online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exercise classes are ongoing at several campuses, including the Highland Campus. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/hr\/wellness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> See a schedule of fitness classes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Wellness Program, contact Gina Akin, gina.akin@austincc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen ACC employees will receive funds through the college&#8217;s Tuition Reimbursement Program to pay for advanced or graduate-level coursework they took this fall. In response to employee feedback, HR this semester used a lottery system &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/10\/31\/hr-connection-educational-advancement-service-anniversaries-wellness-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facstaff-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}