The Foster Mod Resident lot and Athletic lots will be closed starting on Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m. Students displaced from the Foster lot may park their vehicles in the East Quad lot. Any vehicles not moved will be relocated to the East Quad lot.

As the fiscal year is coming to a close, the Division of Business and Finance would like to remind budget managers and others with financial transaction responsibilities to review your departments' financial reports. Please refer to the year-end memo for a list of deadlines and milestones. The last day to submit any accounting entries for fiscal year 2023 is Tuesday, July 18.

For questions, please contact a member of our team.

A big congratulations to all of our upcoming graduates. Wishing you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors. May you reach all your goals.

Do you know any motivated high school students that are thinking about college or eager to explore their passions this summer? Our precollege online courses help students do just that. They’ll discover if fields like civil litigation, health and medicine, or climate change are the right fit for their future. Explore the Brandeis Precollege Online Program.

Human Resources is excited to announce a new employee discount program through InsurChoice to make it easy for you to access amazing discounts. Offerings include:

• Pet Insurance
• Pet Virtual Care
• The BenefitHub Discount Marketplace
• Travel Insurance

For more detailed information on InsurChoice programs visit HR Website. A reminder of the other discount programs available:

• Bookstore – Offering 10% discount on most items. For more information go Brandeis University Bookstore.
• Commuter Benefits Program – MBTA passes for faculty and staff to purchase pretax payroll deduction. Program administered by WageWorks.
• Museum and Theater Passes – The university provides discounted tickets or free passes to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, and the New England Aquarium. Purchase your tickets from our Employee Discount Benefit HR website. For more information, call the Office of Human Resources at ext. 6-4474 or email humanresouces@brandeis.edu.

Brandeis Athletics is seeking feedback from faculty & staff pertaining to your participation at Gosman Sports Center and surrounding athletic facilities. The short survey will take no more than ten minutes to complete and seeks your feedback in an effort to help Athletics staff evaluate current facility use and identify opportunities to enhance athletic offerings and programming. Your answers will remain anonymous.

The Technology Help Desk is pleased to share Pre-Summer 2023 support hours for all technology-related issues. From May 22 through June 4 the Help Desk will be open for support at the following times:

• Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday, Closed
• Friday May 26, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Monday May 29, Closed Memorial Day

The Help Desk staff is committed to providing high-level technology support and service to the Brandeis community this Summer. Our team of technology support specialists is located in the Goldfarb Library, Level 1. Community members can also get support by sending an email to help@brandeis.edu or calling 781-736-4357. For more information, including a detailed support schedule for Summer 2023, please visit the ITS website.

Brandeis is rich with religious diversity. In the month of May, community members celebrate Shavuot (Judaism) and Pentecost (Christian).

Coming 50 days after Passover, Shavuot marks the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, as well as the end of the grain harvest in ancient times. Shavuot is one of the shalosh regalim, the three pilgrimage festivals which include Shavuot, Sukkot, and Passover. Many Jewish communities celebrate Shavuot by staying up late into the night learning Torah and eating (sweet) dairy foods.

Coming 50 days after Easter, Pentecost is celebrated as the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the community. It is, in a sense, the "birthday" of the Christian church. While the early followers of Jesus were from different places around the Mediterranean and spoke different languages and had different cultures, the Spirit made them one people.

For more information on these and other holidays, visit the Center for Spiritual Life's Guide to Religious Observances.

Spring Financial Wellness Workshop Series – Presented by Metro Credit Union

• Monday 5/22 – Finances for New Families, register
• 10 – 11 a.m. (presented via WebEx)

For more details please visit the HR Training Website or contact us at farquhar@brandeis.edu.

Please join us virtually on Tuesday, May 23 from 1 - 2 p.m. for CaterTrax and related Coupa training. Representatives from Procurement, Collective Catering, University Events, and University Services will lead the presentation and review the CaterTrax/Coupa integration process and how to navigate CaterTrax and successfully place a food order. Active participation and questions will be welcomed and encouraged. Please email campuscard@brandeis.edu if you would like to join and you will receive a Zoom meeting invitation for the training session.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that the majority of severe or fatal heat-related illnesses occur within the first few days of working in a hot environment. This is most often due to the lack of acclimatization, the body’s ability to build a tolerance to the heat gradually over time. Please be aware of the weather, your surroundings, and how you’re feeling. Whether you're working indoors or outdoors, take the following steps to keep yourself healthy, and please review the OSHA Fact Sheet on Preventing Heat Illness at Work. If a heat related injury should occur, please let us know. Report the incident using this link to create an accident/injury report.

The university is deeply appreciative of the continued efforts made by our staff to support the university’s mission, our students and each other. We recognize the importance of work/life flexibility and time away from work to focus on yourself, your family and friends and to return to the workplace with renewed energy.

Departments/units may continue to offer a flexible or compressed schedule to eligible staff this summer beginning Monday, June 12 through Friday, Aug. 18 (excluding holiday weeks).

The University’s priority is to provide effective and efficient services to internal and external constituencies during all normal working hours, Monday through Friday. Therefore, it is important that flexible or compressed work schedules are approved by the department’s appropriate supervisor, in coordination with the Department Chair, Director, Dean, Vice President or Senior Vice President. Some departments may be unable to implement the program due to operational needs. Please visit the Human Resources web page for additional information. For any questions pertaining to this program, please contact Human Resources.

Let's make Brandeis a safer workplace -- Brandeis Employees, Student Employees, and Lab Personnel, please use this new reporting tool if you've had an injury, accident, near-miss, or health and safety related issue while at Brandeis. Please keep this Quick Sheet on hand as a reminder should an accident occur.