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Date(s): Now through Thursday, Aug. 1, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: LU Speech & Hearing Building

The LU Speech and Hearing Clinic offers audiology services as a benefit of employment to employees, their insurance-covered dependents, or to currently enrolled students, with no out-of-pocket expenses. We also work with Vocational Rehabilitation for technology assistance. Call (409) 880-8171 for more information.

Date: Thursday, June 13, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Signature Center suites, Cherry Engineering Building or via

The LU Center for Resiliency will host a Brown Bag Lecture featuring students employed by the center. Come see Center for Resiliency student employees discuss their experience working for the center and their various roles on research projects funded by the center.

Want to know more about your health insurance? Prescription coverage? Dental plan? Disability coverage? Sign up for these plan provided by ERS to get the information you need.

Prepare for hurricane season with the LU Center for Resiliency Smartstorm disaster training and receive a backpack complete with emergency supplies to assist you and your family in the event of a disaster. Bring your participation verification to the Signature Center suites located in the Cherry Engineering Building on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Date: Friday, June 21, 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Spindletop Boomtown Museum

Spindletop Boomtown Museum is back with the second concert of our Boomtown Summer Serenade series, featuring local band Ole Lonesome. Join us on June 21 for a night of live music, food, drinks, and local art vendors. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., music starts at 8 p.m. There is a $5 entry fee, and LU students enter for free.

Date(s): Friday, June 28, 1 p.m., Friday, July 26, 1 p.m.
Location: Reaud Building, 2nd floor, Room 214

Payroll offers training in troubleshooting EPAF errors as well as useful information that prevents EPAF's from being returned for corrections. Please email payroll@lamar.edu for invite.

Date(s): Monday, June 10 to Thursday, June 13, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday, 17 to Thursday, June 20, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Youth Basketball Camp, 1st grade to 11th grade
First Camp , June 10 - 13
Second Camp June 17 - 20

Learn more . LU discount will be applied with LU employee number.

Date(s): Monday, July 1 through Friday, July 12, 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center or

Summer enrollment for will begin July 1, and will continue until July 12. This is your annual opportunity to make changes to your employee benefits plans. If you are not making any changes, no action is required.

Listen in to this week's  as we sit down with Dr. Stephanie Chadwick, chair of the LU Department of Art & Design.

Tune in to this week's episode or of the LU Moment on , or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Student Health Center will temporarily close from June 14 at noon to July 7. We'll reopen at 8 a.m. on July 8 in our new location inside the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Center. If you need care during this time, please visit the nearest urgent care or ER. Visit lamar.edu/healthcenter for more information.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 ends on August 31, 2024. Financial Services has established the following deadlines for processing transactions against current FY24 funds to ensure the university's business is conducted in full compliance with state laws and policies. This also helps establish purchase orders/contracts/payments/travel/payroll/inventory applications for the start of FY25. These deadlines are established to enable staff to better manage the increased year-end workload.

Nominations are open for the 2024 Rogers Community Service Awards. Please visit the link to learn more about eligibility and prizes.

TURTLE ON A POST: MEMOIR OF TEXAS STATE SENATOR CARL PARKER will be available May 31. Over two years, Carl Parker recorded stories of his career, and his wife, Beverly, typed them up. Jim Sanderson then assembled, organized, and edited these notes into a memoir. The memoir can be found on Amazon.

The Student Health Center has available for students in need. Our wellness packs contain personal hygiene items like toothbrush and toothpaste, hair brush and comb, deodorant, face wash, shampoo, and more. If you'd like to keep a few wellness packs on hand, let us know. We're happy to help.

Special Events Crew positions are . This is an extra pay work opportunity available to all full-time LU employees. Earn extra cash ($25/hour flat rate) by helping with LU-related work after hours and weekends. We need your help with set up, moving, and take down across campus.

LU Operations Special Events Crew members are ready to help you with your on-campus event. We can help with setting up, taking down, moving equipment, general event work, and providing a hand for your ÐßÐßÊÓƵ University event. Contact us with your event details at the link provided here.

Payroll Announcement:

Timesheets for pay period 8/3/2024 - 8/16/2024 are due on regularly scheduled deadlines. Timesheets for pay period 8/17/2024 - 8/30/2024 will be due early due to campus closure on 9/2/24. Bi-weekly employees must enter timesheets by 11:59 p.m. Supervisors must approve by 2:00 p.m.

Deadline: Saturday, June 15, 5 p.m.

It is time once again for the Yearly Inventory Verification. Each department is responsible for locating all assets assigned to it. The list of assets to be verified will be sent to each department's Property Custodian on May 1, and is due before June 15. Find more information here.

All faculty are invited to submit applications for FY 2025 Springboard projects beginning June 21, 2024. Application forms are available from Carrie Schmidt at CSchmidt5@lamar.edu. All applications must be submitted to your college team lead for your dean's consideration.

Notice: On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which go into effect July 1, 2024. For more information, visit the LU Human Resources webpage.

Deadline to apply: Sunday, Aug. 25, 11:59 p.m.

Do you know students who need to develop their leadership skills? Encourage them to join LU Lead, our semester-long leadership certificate program. This is open to all undergrads. Learn more at lamar.edu/leadership. Students can apply on LU Hub.

Have something to share?  (e.g., events, publications, faculty research, awards, departmental congratulations, grants, etc.) and the Office of Marketing Communications will get the word out through emails, web, social media and more. 

All approved announcements must be received by Thursday at 3 p.m. to be included in the following week's campus update.

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