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Staff Anniversaries:
5 Years:
- Cassandra Nalean, Carroll
20 Years:
- Monica Buchanan, Des Moines
- Angela Symonds, EPICS
- Shannon Jorgensen, Clinton
40 Years:
- Laurie Yacavona-Marker, Indianola
| ISU Insights: Rhonda Evans award finalist | |
Rhonda Evans, Program Specialist II for Parenting: It's a Life, was the runner-up finalist for the 2024 Student Employee Supervisor of the Year award. A ceremony was held in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union on March 20, to recognize supervisors nominated for the SESOTY award. At the same event, nominees of the Student Employee of the Year award were also recognized. We are thrilled Rhonda was honored as a finalist for 2024.
Here is one quote from her nomination letter, “Rhonda has exemplified what it means to be a safe space as a person and someone you can go to with anything, either personal or professional and know that she is going to put a lot of thought and effort into helping you because she cares. She spends so much of her time building amazing relationships and showing up for people and being that person that everybody knows they can count on.”
| by Rachel Ogden, ISU Instructional Designer | Communication is essential in successful organizations. Not all organizations have achieved a level of harmonious communication throughout. When it comes to communication, many of us don’t consider altering the way we speak or write to others, instead reverting to a standard response. Do you speak or write to a supervisor in the same manner as... | |
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New Hires:
- Nichole McCulloch, Sioux City
- Sandra Moeller, Spencer
- Rachel Mucia, Creston
- Laura Ver Mulm, Spencer
- Mara Nelson-Ohrt, Waterloo
- Renee Bierstedt, Indianola
- Marisa Van De Pol, Pleasant Hill
- Kellie Spencer, Pleasant Hill
- Giuliana Vodenik, Des Moines
- Kathleen Hiser, Cedar Rapids
- Robin Eaton, Des Moines
- Veronica Yebra, Des Moines
- Chelsea Lovan, CSC
- Ross Burgart, CSC
- Dawn Douglas, Des Moines
- Sarah Covington, Indianola
- Timothy Dolson, Dubuque
| Staff Highlight: Wendy Alcorn | |
Wendy started her career with the State of Iowa working with DHS as an Income Maintenance Worker for about five years in Des Moines. CSS hired her in December 2000 as a Support Recovery Aide. She was promoted to Support Recovery Officer in September 2009 and continued working within the Establishment and Modification processes. After gaining crucial...
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Policy Corner:
Iowa Workforce Development is in the process of replacing their mainframe system with a modern web-based system. Testing of the automated file transfers between the new IWD system, ICAR and other HHS systems is currently underway. The original IWD target date for implementation was June 3, 2024. This has been pushed back, but an exact date is to be determined. IWD anticipates it will go into production sometime during the summer of 2024.
How does this impact you? PIEX and extended PIEX are tied to...
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In 2022, a small workgroup was formed to start exploring a potential pilot project to initiate outreach to CSCU case parties. During the outreach contact, information would be shared to explain the services offered by CSS and the benefits of having our unit involved...
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