Starting July 1, the University will offer two (2) personal floating holidays (PFH) each calendar year. These will be available to regular full-time employees and part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work more than 1,000 hours per year. Full-time employees who work less than 12 months and Part-time employees regularly scheduled to work over 1,000 hours per year will receive PFH based on a pro-rated basis.
For calendar year 2025 only, due to the technical transition to Workday, the two (2) floating holidays will be available beginning July 1, 2025, and must be used by December 31, 2025. In future years, PFHs will be available starting in January.
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Jorge Wong Medina, assistant professor of classics presented “The Formulaic Template and Linguistic Innovation in Homer” at the Formulaic Language in Historical Linguistics: Data, Methods, Tools, and Theory conference at the Finnish House of Learned Societies.
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Jorge Wong Medina, assistant professor of classics presented "Homeric Diectasis" at the 11th International Colloquium of Ancient Greek Linguistics.
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