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MUSC Excellence at the University F&A announces Employees of the Month   The University’s Finance & Administration (F&A) division celebrated October’s Employee of the Month at its monthly event Oct. 17.   The Employee of the Month was selected by the Rewards & Recognition Committee (RRC) from a list of all F&A Applause Award nominations for October.   Each month, F&A honors employees from the Engineering & Facilities, Finance, and Operations departments who were nominated for Applause awards for their commitment to excellent service. Employee of the Month for October Gene Singletary, Grants & Contracts Accounting Singletary was selected for his recommendation to improve the process of incoming invoices associated with subcontracts held by outside organizations. His nomination read: “Gene commented that sometimes the invoices came directly to him, some were being sent to Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and some went to Grants & Contracts Accounting. Gene volunteered to be the point person for incoming invoices, and he would send the invoices to his coworker electronically to be processed. His co-worker would return them to him for approval and payment. Gene has done this twice, and having them sent electronically has proven to be  a huge timesaver, plus the e-mail acts as the coworker's to-do list. Because of Gene’s recommendation, the invoice process is much timelier than in the past and they are off the coworker's desk in no time. It was a simple process change that has made the coworker more organized and efficient. Gene’s process is going to be recommended to all of their departments to assist them in expediting their subcontract payments.”   The RRC did not select an Employee of the Month for the Operations or Engineering & Facilities divisions for October.   The nominations the committee received did not meet the Applause criteria and consequently were not considered in the Employee of the Month selection process. Nominations received by the RRC which do not meet the Applause criteria would normally be turned into a PEER Postcard and presented to the employee in lieu of Applause. However, in cases when an Applause nomination is submitted between a supervisor and subordinate and the nomination does not meet the Applause criteria, the employee will not be recognized by the RRC committee.   The PEER Postcard Program restricts staff members in the same department from giving a card to their direct supervisor, and restricts supervisors from giving a PEER card to their direct reports. Therefore, postcards will not be generated from Applause nominations between employees and/or supervisors. Fundamentally it’s not the RRC’s intention to change the process of how Applause nominations are submitted; however, supervisors submitting an Applause for their employee should make sure the nomination meets with the Applause Award criteria. If an Applause nomination does not meet the established criteria it will not be considered for an Applause Award or a PEER Postcard.   While postcards should not be submitted between supervisors and staff members that have a direct supervisor/employee relationship, staff in manager roles can present a card to any F&A employee outside their reporting area. Conversely, an employee in F&A can present a card to a manager as long as the individual is not his/her direct supervisor. For example a staff member from the finance department can give a supervisor in the operations department a PEER Postcard.   The next Employee of the Month event will be held Dec. 19.     Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.