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Employee Update August 2024

EASTCONN News

Students from EASTCONN’s Arts at the Capitol Theater (ACT) performed at the Willimantic 3rd Thursday Street Fest in July.

EASTCONN's Mobile Manufacturing Lab and UConn: perfect together! Our instructor Tomas Hallengren parked the Lab across from Gampel Pavillion to meet with participants in the College of Engineering's SPARK Summer Program for middle school girls interested in STEM. A good time was had by all!

A picture of Students from the Moosup Head Start & the Killingly Head Start summer programs had a FUN, rainy day at the Niantic Children's Museum this week. Children enjoyed science experiments, explored a boat & fire truck and ended the day with lunch. How fun is that? #WeAreEASTCONN

Students from the Moosup Head Start & the Killingly Head Start summer programs had a fun rainy day at the Niantic Children's Museum recently. The children enjoyed science experiments, explored a boat & fire truck and ended the day with lunch. How fun is that?

SPOTTED 👀 A very warm welcome is in order for Kristina Woodley, who joins EASTCONN Conference Center operations with 10 years of training and development and three years of financial advising services expertise. “I am thrilled to join the EASTCONN team!" Kristina said. " I’m a boy mom, so messes don’t scare me!" Welcome to EASTCONN, Kristina! 😎 #WeAreEASTCONN

A very warm welcome is in order for Kristina Woodley, who joins EASTCONN Conference Center operations with 10 years of training and development and three years of financial advising services expertise. Welcome to EASTCONN!

Brianna Streich, one of our recent Adult Education graduates, has been honing their artistic talents while pursuing a degree at CT State Quinebaug Valley - check out some of Brianna's amazing pieces!

Rock and Roll! Participants in the Arts at the Capitol Theater's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive have worked on- and off-stage to bring this high-energy, rock-hits production to life in just 3 short weeks.

Caroline Thompson is a recent Adult Education graduate who is taking on the Power of Positive Thinking during their Public Speaking classes at CT State Quinebaug Valley..Well done Caroline!

EASTCONN Intranet

Looking for a form or holiday information? All this and more can be found on the Employee Intranet. Select EASTCONN Intranet from this page on eastconn.org to access information from throughout the agency.

Technology News

Technology Solutions' Annual Cybersecurity coming soon.

EASTCONN remains committed to cybersecurity and encourages everyone to stay ALERT when interacting with digital communications by following these guidelines:

Analyze sender information
Look for red flags
Examine links and attachments
Consider the relevance of the message
Think before disclosing any information

We will go into more detail for each of these as part of the upcoming cybersecurity training.

Remember: Technology Solutions offers valuable resources to enhance your tech skills. Check out Skillsets Online for self-paced training and the Tech Train Video app for helpful tutorials. Both are accessible on the Technology Solutions intranet.

Links to both are available on the Technology Solutions intranet page.

Finance News

The mileage rate is $.67/mile.

Mileage Forms can be found on the Employee Intranet under Finance in the Departmental menu .

Reminder to all Certified and 10 Month Salary Personnel:

Please be sure to submit your 24-25 Payment Plan/Balloon Election Forms to Amy Rood, Payroll Specialist, no later than August 23, 2024.

Thinking about Direct Deposit?

Contact Amy Rood in Payroll to sign up.

Save the Date!

EASTCONN Wellness

TotalCare EAP

ESI August

Newsletter

For more information about all of your benefits, visit theeap.com..

We are happy to introduce a new, free EAP benefit for you and any family or household members aged 13 and up: Talkspace Go

Talkspace Go is a popular therapy app that can improve your mental health and wellbeing in just 5 minutes a day. You can get private help for relationships, parenting, depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, trust, career, and much more. Also available are self-guided, interactive training courses on a variety of wellbeing topics, optional weekly counselor-led classes, journaling, meditation exercises, assessments, and additional resources.

We've included a flyer so you can learn more about how to access this great new benefit. The flyer also includes our Talkspace Go code (ESIEAP), which you will need when creating your account.

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