The mission of the Office of Human Resources is to assist the University with its various operating units in achieving its human resources needs by employing dedicated caring and culturally diverse employees.  This task is accomplished by:

1. recruiting, hiring, developing and retaining qualified individuals for all positions covered by the State Universities Civil Service System;

2. managing a classification and pay system for all positions covered by the State Universities Civil Service System;

3. housing all employee records and processing all transactions which effect employee status;

4. processing employee benefits, such as insurance, retirement, tax sheltered annuities, workers compensation, disability leave, and tuition waivers,

5. collecting and maintaining job descriptions for all administrative and civil service employees; and

6. negotiating and implementing six collective bargaining agreements.