News and Announcements for HLS Staff
Thanksgiving Pie Party!
Happy Thanksgiving! Please join us in Milstein East for refreshments and a complimentary Thanksgiving pie. Cards will be available to write a note of thanks to your colleagues. The party will start at 3:00pm.
POSTPONED – Planned Phone Service Interruption 11/18/19 8:00 – 9:00 PM
HUIT has postponed this update to later date still to be determined.
Tuesdays @ Ten, 11/5
Start your morning with some coffee and treats, mingle with your colleagues, and check in with Dean Manning at Tuesdays @ Ten!
Corruption and Anticorruption: A talk by Professor Matthew Stephenson
Professor Matthew Stephenson will give a talk in celebration of his appointment as the Eli Goldston Professor of Law. A reception will immediately follow the talk.
Topics @ 10: Professor Sabi Ardalan
Professor Ardalan will talk about recent policy changes that attempt to rollback immigrants’ rights and what the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program is doing to address those changes. We hope you will join us.
2019 Open Enrollment Benefits Fair – Cambridge area
Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to review your benefit options and choose the ones that best meet your needs. Attend a benefits fair where you can meet with representatives from our health plans as well as benefits representatives and more!
2019 All Staff Luncheon
Join us for the 2019 HLS All Staff Luncheon! This year’s luncheon will honor longer service staff.
Library Fridays @ Four, 10/11
HR and the Library Historical & Special Collections are co-hosting a special Fridays @ Four in the Library's Caspersen Room to view the current exhibit: Queering the Collection: LGBTQ+ History ca. 1600-1970. We hope to see you there!
Flu Clinics
Don't miss out – the last chance to get your flu shot at HLS this fall is October 30! The Law School Health Services will hold a final flu clinic for all Harvard affiliates in the multi-purpose room in the basement of Pound Hall from 8:30-10:30am.
Harvard’s Learn to Bluebikes!
Learn how to bike, brush up on your riding skills, and learn more about Bluebikes! Harvard and Bluebikes are hosting a free seminar to brush on your biking skills and learn more about biking in an urban setting. Open to Harvard affiliates of all biking skill levels! This seminar will be led by a MassBike instructor with an optional ride to end the session.
Harvard Link: a new personalized resource for faculty and staff
The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning has announced a new resource called Harvard Link, a personalized dashboard that aggregates data from hundreds of sources across Harvard and uses text analytics to make suggestions on researchers, courses, organizations, news, and events related to your interests.
2019 Benefits Open Enrollment is open now through November 6
Open Enrollment 2019 is coming soon! Prepare ahead for your annual opportunity to review your benefit options and choose the ones that best meet your needs. You can also attend a Benefits Fair - there are four coming up!
Topics @ 10:30 with Professor Randy Kennedy
HLS Staff: Please join us for Topics @ 10:30 with Professor Randy Kennedy on Tuesday, September 17. Professor Kennedy will share a book project he has been working on which focuses on the many ways that protests against racial injustice in the mid-twentieth century changed American law. We hope you will join us.
New ITS Service Desk
ITS is proud to announce the grand re-opening of our newly renovated Service Desk! We are located in WCC B081, now accessible through the WCC Student Lab. Come see us for in person help for all of your HLS computing services, New Hire Orientation and onboarding, and Audio Visual services for your events. We look forward to assisting you in our new space!
Welcome to the New Events Office Website and Room Request Form!
The Office of Event Scheduling and Support website has a new look! Visit our website for updated policies, EMS WebApp information, and a new FAQ.
We have also launched a new, online room request form. This form is exclusively used to request space on dates that are not available in the EMS WebApp because they fall within the 72 business hour booking restriction window or on a campus wide event date. Visit the OES website or EMS WebApp to identify all the blackout dates.
HLS Picnic (Take 2) and 5th annual HLS Volleyball Tournament!
Please join us for the HLS Summer Picnic: Take 2 on Tuesday, August 13. We will have a bounce house, lawn games, a make your own sundae bar, and no lightning (we hope.) We also will host the 5th annual HLS Volleyball Tournament during the picnic!
HLS Staff-Faculty Family Picnic
Join Dean John Manning for the second annual HLS Staff-Faculty Family Picnic. This will be a great opportunity for all of us—staff, faculty, and our families—to get together, relax, enjoy some great food and beverages, and have fun! As is typical of New England weather, the forecast for this afternoon has shifted enough that we’re moving the picnic back onto Holmes Field.
Harvard Phone VoIP Maintenance: July 30th, 5-10pm
Beginning on Tuesday, July 30th at 5:00 PM through Tuesday, July 30th at 10:00 PM, Verizon will be performing maintenance on our VoIP phone platform.
Training: Web Accessibility for Content Creators
This training is in response to the new digital accessibility policy at Harvard and the audience is for anyone who develops or publishes content for a website at Harvard (even if it's not your main job responsibility). We will go over what accessibility is, its importance, the 10 essentials for content creators, and some tools and resources.
Apply to the 2019-2020 Emerging Leaders Program
Applications for the 2019 – 2020 Emerging Leaders program are being accepted now through Thursday, August 15. Emerging Leaders was created to give HLS employees the opportunity to develop their leadership skills through educational sessions, mentoring, events and community service. Please consider applying for the upcoming cohort as part of your professional development for the academic year.