Issue Contents
On the Front Page:
  • Expanding Financial Aid Program to Eliminate Loans
  • Global Colloquium of University Presidents
  • Call for Participation in "Davos Conversation"
  • Penn: No. 1 in Public Safety

    • Governance:
  • SENATE: Faculty SEC Actions

    Deaths:
  • Mr. Adams, Office of the Provost & Admissions
  • Dr. Cohen, Engineering
  • Ms. Randolph, Penn Medicine
  • Ms. Sharp, Office of the Secretary
  • Ms. Tracy, Twenty-five Year Club

    Of Record:
  • Social Security Number Policy

    Other News:
  • $3.5 Million for AACORN
  • Lewis & Clark Revisited

    Holidays:
  • Penn's Public Safety Holiday Outreach
  • Happiness and the Holidays
  • Keeping Pets Healthy During Holidays

    • Bulletins:
  • University Club at Penn Renovations
  • Campus-wide Operations and Services During Winter Break
  • HR Winter Break Schedule
  • January HR Programs
  • One Step Ahead
  • CrimeStats

    Pullout:
  • January AT PENN

    • Making History

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    Winter Break
    December 18, 2007, Volume 54, No. 16
    Print Issue

    Campus-wide Operations and Services During Winter Break 
    The Office of the Executive Vice President has compiled a listing of campus-wide operations and services available during Winter Break (Monday, December 24, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008). The list is available on the EVP’s web site at www.evp.upenn.edu.

    Human Resources Winter Break Schedule
    Human Resources Division will observe the Special Winter Vacation and holidays from December 24, 2007 through January 1, 2008.  However, the following resources will be available to faculty and staff as shown in the schedule below:

    Resource Phone number Questions pertaining to Holiday schedule
    Penn Benefits Center 1-888-PENNBEN
    (1-888-736-6236)     		Penn’s health and welfare benefits December 25: closed January 1: closed
    Retirement Call Center 1-877-PENN-RET
    (1-877-736-6738)    		 Penn’s retirement plans December 24: open (8 a.m.–1 p.m.); December 25: closed; January 1: closed
    Retiree Assist 1-866-789-7366 Penn’s retiree health benefits December 24, 25 & 26: closed (voicemails to be checked daily); December 31, open (8 a.m.–2 p.m.) January 1: closed
    Staff and Labor Relations 215-898-6093 Emergency employee relations issues December 25 and January 1 closed. Voicemail to be checked daily on December 24, 26, 27, 28, & 31
    Click here for additional holiday hours.

     

    —Division of Human Resources

     
    Almanac - December 18, 2007, Volume 54, No. 16