East West College of Natural Medicine Faculty and Staff have been regularly appearing on Local Doctors On Call. On this episode, Dr. David Miller and Dr. Steven Roensch discuss Heart Health.
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AHEC Madison Grand Opening
Thank you to everyone who attended the American Higher Education College Madison Campus Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting yesterday!
David Healy, AHEC/MMI Campus President (center), cuts the ribbon in celebration of the American Higher Education College Grand Opening. Also pictured (l to r) AHEC/MMI Program Chair Mike Bailey, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Chris Zeimba, Chad Hopper, Angie Allen, Christine Bright and Simon Durocher.
Stautzenberger College on New Day Cleveland
Stautzenberger Brecksville Campus President, John P. Girard, and Director of Admissions, Chris Arvay, were interviewed on New Day Cleveland! They discussed exciting news about lower tuition and new programs.
AMTA School Summit
RCC’s Sue Hansen and Linda Carter recently attended the American Massage Therapy Association – AMTA Schools Summit! Pictured here with Whitney Lowe, author and leading expert who spoke on teaching Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy.
East West College – Open House!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our East West College of Natural Medicine Open House! All the activities, lectures, demos and refreshments were a big hit! Special thanks to our instructors and student volunteers.
AHEC Minneapolis Grand Opening
Thank you to everyone who attended our Minneapolis campus Grand Opening! We were honored to have James Hovland, the Mayor of Edina, and Edina City Council member Mary Brindle join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony!
Garrison McMurtrey (Rep for US Senator Amy Klobuchar), Edina City Council Member Mary Brindle, Mayor James Hovland and AHEC/Minneapolis Media Institute Campus President Kathy Doty pictured from left to right.
Wayland at MMI
We were honored to have Wayland recording in our Madison Media Institute studio last week! They came in for a special Stageit – live online broadcast. Thank you to all the students and staff who helped out and participated, it was a great event! Continue reading
Employee Handbook Revision – Education Assistance Policy
Jeffrey Bodimer
Chief Operations / Compliance Officer
Our current education assistance policy has been revised to include adjunct faculty, and their immediate family members, to take advantage of our tuition reimbursement policy. The revised policy that will be updated in the employee handbook will be revised as follows. The changes are in bold:
Core Requirements
AHED will waive the tuition for all eligible full-time/part-time, regular employees and their immediate* family members who wish to take classes at any of the AHED campuses providing they meet the eligibility requirements. AHED will not reimburse for fees, books and/or supplies. AHED will waive 50% of the tuition for all eligible adjunct employees and their immediate family members who wish to take classes at any of the AHED campuses providing they meet the eligibility requirements. AHED will not reimburse for fees, books and/or supplies.
*An immediate family member is defined as husband, wife, natural or adoptive parents, child, or sibling; stepchild, stepbrother or stepsister; father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother- in-law or sister-in-law; grandparent or grandchild.
If an employee or qualifying family member takes on-line courses, he/she is responsible for the technology fee. (Please check the catalog for the current fee charged.)
Eligibility
All regular, full-time employees are eligible to participate in this program after a certain timeline has been met. Full-time employees must be employed by the Company for 6 consecutive months; Part-time must have been employed by the Company for 12 consecutive months; adjunct employees must have taught courses more than two terms in a 12-month period. Terms are defined by the individual campuses and terms can be 5, 10 weeks, 12 weeks or 15 weeks.
Employees are eligible to take a maximum of two courses per term. Employees and Family members of employees are subject to the policies/procedures of the current college catalog and will receive no special treatment because of the affiliation with the Company.
There are no other changes to the policy in the employee handbook and the remaining part of the policy is in effect. This change will retroactive to the effective date of 1/1/16. Please reach out to your supervisor and/or myself if you have any questions regarding the above policy change.
Instructor Spotlight – Kristin Loy
Congrats to RCC Vet Tech Instructor Kristin Loy, pictured here with a Veterinary Technician book she photographed and authored! This book is a step-by-step guide, including images detailing each task, to many of the techniques taught in both our animal and clinical pathology classes. It also includes an Essential Skills sheet including all tasks found in the book and required by AVMA for accreditation. Great job!
NEW 2016 Employee Handbook
Jeffrey Bodimer
Chief Operations / Compliance Officer
As we embark upon a new and historic year in our company’s history, I wanted to provide all you with our updated employee handbook. Since launching our first ever employee handbook in March 2015, I have received good feedback on our consistent policies and procedures across all of our campuses and locations. Also, I have received some great suggestions through the recent all employee survey for updates to the employee handbook. The below list is just a sample of some of the things we’ve changed in the 2016 employee handbook:
- 4 – Locations: Updated to include our new location in Maumee and AHEC locations
- 8 – Employee Referral Program: All employees have the opportunity to refer eligible candidates for full-time positions and received a $500 referral fee and $100 for adjunct positions
- 11 – Birthday Personal Day: Full-time employees are allocated one additional personal day to be used within the month of their birth
- 7.12 – Vacation: Removed the requirement that vacation must be taken in 4 or 8 hour increments
Everyone is expected to read the handbook and ensure you fully understand the company policies and procedures. Most importantly, if there is something you do not understand, please ask your immediate supervisor, Campus President or send me an e-mail at jbodimer@ahed.com.
New AHED Employee Handbook 2016
I am looking forward to a great 2016 and I truly appreciate all that you are doing to help our students turn their passion into their career!