Well-Being Dimension:
Physical Activity
 When you think about your physical well-being, what comes to mind? Do you feel vibrant and energized? Do you have a spring in your step? Do you feel strong and confident that your energy will enable you to tackle the day ahead with ease? Or, do you feel run down and sluggish? Are you dragging yourself through the day with thoughts of how much you have to get done and when you’ll be able to get home and get back in bed? Do you feel like you run out of energy to do the things that really matter to you...the things you enjoy doing just for you, that add joy and meaning to your life?
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Well-Being: Are you leveraging your benefits?
Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium has worked closely with the human resources and benefits teams at our member colleges since our formation in 2013. Our colleges all provide health insurance to eligible employees with CIGNA. CIGNA provides many programs, at no cost to those enrolled in their insurance programs. One such program, is called "My Health Assistant Online Coaching". This coaching provides a supportive ally who can help you achieve and maintain your highest level of well-being.
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 Who is William Betts Mason and What Has He Done For Us Lately?
William Betts Mason founded W.B. Mason in 1898 in Brockton, Massachusetts where its headquarters still remain today. The company started as a business that sold printed products, engraved products and rubber stamps.
In 2015, GMHEC member schools entered into a contract with W.B. Mason to provide all our standard office supplies. Our combined purchasing efforts have resulted in a total of over three hundred thousand dollars savings for our member colleges.
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 Information Technology Update
Project Ensemble is no small project for the Information Technology teams at Champlain College, Middlebury and St. Michael's College. Resources from each of these teams are actively engaged in all technical aspects of our Oracle Finance and Human Capital Management and Advancement Blackbaud implementations. A big shout out to the Single Sign-On Team led by Paul Dicovitsky, Middlebury on an outstanding evaluation of potential options and implementation plans. Other team members included Chris Norris, Middlebury, Joe Powlaczyk, St. Michael's College, Chris North and Matt Huwiler, Champlain College.
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Human Resources/HCM Update
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Design sessions with the Project Ensemble team for Human Capital Management (HCM) began for the core functionality of HCM and benefits administration. Design sessions include each colleges subject matter expert, working with our implementation partner, Hitachi to identify and develop the requirements for our system. Using an agile process, in mid-July, the team will see the results of these design sessions with our actual data in the Oracle test system.
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Blackbaud Advancement Update
Roland Palmer, Director of Advancement Services at Champlain College recently shared "I'm excited that we are moving to Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge because their platform was specifically designed for fundraising. We we will have much access to data for our team, improved workflows, and efficiencies we just couldn't have in our current system. Project Ensemble is my fourth database conversion since starting at Champlain College and we are implementing leading edge technology. I'm also excited to be working with Linda Donahue from Saint Michael's College and Jami Black from Middlebury College to ensure all three of our institutions successfully bring Raiser's Edge online for our teams.
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Members of our Advancement Project Team hard at work: Karen Shackett (Middlebury), Brenda Currier (Middlebury), Jami Black (Middlebury), Mark White in the background (GMHEC), and Lori Myers (Saint Michael's College) at Kennedy Brothers Co-Working Space in Vergennes.
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Three
Thank You's.
Things That Happened.
Things That are Going to Happen.
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GMHEC is hiring a Procurement Specialist. This newly created role will support our member colleges in their purchasing efforts from paper to plumbing supplies, ultimately reducing overall costs. In addition, this role will be involved with the implementation and ongoing training of our Oracle purchasing software. Please encourage applicants to apply.
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Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium
Mission
To create and foster collaborative opportunities by serving as an agent for economic and educational initiatives that bring value to all members. The power of each school working collaboratively on non-competitive matters will increase the quality of services and lower administrative costs.
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