support staff News Archive
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Human Resources
Popular Vacation Purchase Plan (VPP) available for 2021/2022
February 2, 2021 —
The 2021/2022 vacation purchase plan provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase one to 10 days of vacation in addition to their current vacation allotment.
![UM Awards of Excellence. Recognizing staff for their outstanding contributions.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AwardsofExcellence2020-MCO470494809-UMTodayGraphic-1200x800-FNL-150x150.jpg)
Human Resources
Awards of Excellence winners announced
June 29, 2020 —
Congratulations to the 2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients!
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Human Resources
Come celebrate outstanding UM staff
June 24, 2020 —
The YouTube event will feature remarks from the nominators, President Barnard, and Lynn Zapshalla-Keln, Vice-President (Administration) and the chair of the Awards of Excellence.
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Students
Banner – Administration Pages upgrade coming…
January 20, 2020 —
System Outage Jan. 24 to Jan. 26 to upgrade Banner to the latest version
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Human Resources
Join your fellow employees for fun events
July 30, 2019 —
A number of upcoming fun activities for staff and their families has been organized by the support staff endowment fund (SSEF) committee.
![U of M staff at the University of Saskatchewan during the 2018 Support Staff Endowment Fund trip.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/USask-SSLE-150-150x150.jpeg)
Support Staff Learning Exchange: apply now
May 24, 2019 —
Take a trip to learn from support staff at McGill
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BOG Support Staff Assessor and Alternate election results announced
May 23, 2019 —
Both are two-year terms commencing on June 1, 2019
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Nominations for Support Staff Assessor, Alternate Assessor, BOG
April 8, 2019 —
Board of Governors seeking two support staff positions