We are thrilled to announce that effective March 6, 2023, Maria Lifka will be the Benefits and Wellbeing Manager. In this role she will be responsible for the strategic direction for the planning, analysis and administration of all laboratory benefit and wellbeing plans and programs along with compliance for ERISA plans. The Benefits and Wellbeing team will report directly to Maria. Maria joined FRA in 2014 with 10 years of benefits administration experience. She previously held various benefits roles with…
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Fermilab employee, colleague and friend David Cathey passed away on Feb. 25, 2023. David graduated with a Master of Science in occupational safety from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1982. He then joined Fermilab on March 1, 1983. David began his career at Fermilab in what was known as the Safety Section at the time. It was 40 years ago and well before many of the safety standards that we follow today. He was very much involved in structuring the safety…
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, the annual test of the Fermilab emergency messaging system will occur. You will receive a message from Everbridge, but will not need to respond. In addition, the monthly tests of the Sitewide Emergency Warning System (SEWS )and the tornado warning system will also take place on the Batavia site at 10 a.m. on March 7.
Meeting summaries from the following senior leadership meetings are now available for viewing (Services login required). Jan. 17, 2023 Jan. 23, 2023 Jan. 30, 2023 Feb. 6, 2023
Parents of high school seniors, the FRA scholarship deadline is quickly approaching. Online applications will be accepted through the ISTS portal through March 30. More information on the FRA scholarship can be found at: https://hr.fnal.gov/training/scholarships/.
The FermiWorks human capital management system will be updated to Workday version 2023R1. The update will occur from Friday, March 10 at 9 p.m. through Saturday, March 11 at noon Central Time. FermiWorks will be unavailable during this time.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? The Computational Science and AI Directorate will be performing routine software maintenance work on the Wilson HPC Cluster (wc.fnal.gov, wc2.fnal.gov), which will require a downtime. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? The maintenance will begin on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 a.m. Central Time and is expected to end as soon as the work is complete, no later than Wednesday, March 8 at 1 p.m. Central Time. WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO YOU? A batch reservation will be…
Update reoccurring message on cellular invoice communication/approvals Build an Access Request table to store SAB variables data
George M. Simon, retired 15-foot Bubble Chamber technician, passed away on Feb. 21, just hours short of his 101st birthday. He is remembered as a vacuum technician who always carried a 6-inch crescent wrench. Ron Davis recalls that at the age of 50-plus, George Simon could kick the top of a door frame and not fall down. At his previous job, George worked on vacuum chambers used to test parts of the Apollo space program. In retirement, he enjoyed, travel,…