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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><img width="190" height="90" style="width:1.9791in;height:.9375in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D96097.1DB3EF80"></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects,
for distribution to all Department Representatives.</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">As we near the start of the summer semester, we have important reminders to share regarding Graduate Assistant appointments. Graduate students who are not taking a full-time course load during the summer semester
cannot work in a Graduate Assistant (GA) appointment during the summer semester. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">If the student is working and the appointment does not meet the criteria for an assistantship, the department should initiate an OPS appointment through OPS Express. The unused Graduate Assistant records should
be put on a summer Leave of Absence (LOA). The record can remain active for reappointment in the fall semester. The summer LOA process alleviates the requirement for departments to terminate GA appointment records that are unfunded during the summer but will
be reappointed for the fall. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">A graduate assistant record can be put on a summer LOA if the employee:
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Will not be taking a full-time course load over the summer,<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:2.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
Will be working in an OPS job code on another record, and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:2.15pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
Will be returning to the primary GA appointment for the fall semester. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Graduate Assistants not working over the summer semester in another OPS appointment do not need to follow the summer LOA process. The GA record can be left unfunded for the summer and reappointed for the fall semester through the Fall Mass Appointments process.
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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#782F40">What's New This Year?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for departments to submit all summer T-code OPS appointments with a GA LOA pPAF is
<b><u>5:00 p.m. on</u></b><u> <b>Friday, June 30, 2023</b></u>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">EDM will manually terminate the T-code OPS appointment from the funding dates provided on the GA Summer LOA pPAF.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Graduate Assistants utilizing a</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">summer LOA should be reappointed via the Fall Mass Appointments process.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Questions?</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Please contact Brianna Sorne at </span></span></span><a href="mailto:bsorne@fsu.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">bsorne@fsu.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
or (850) 645-2781.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129775675"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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