{"id":4797,"date":"2026-03-20T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:13:42","slug":"in-the-know-issue-183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/2026\/03\/20\/in-the-know-issue-183\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Know – Issue 183"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Montclair History Professor and \u2018Good Morning America\u2019 Producer Honored with Trailblazer Awards<\/a><\/h2>\n

Professor Leslie Wilson and alumnus Tommy Foster recognized at the 2026 Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA) Symposium, recognizing a career spent helping students understand not only history but their own power to shape it.<\/p>\n

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Cooking with Koppell<\/a><\/h2>\n

Caf\u00e9 1908 bartender Tom Ormond joins President Koppell in the kitchen to prepare his wife\u2019s famous egg drop wonton soup, while sharing the story of making a major career change later in life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

HR Updates<\/h2>\n

Performance Management Key Dates and Reminders<\/strong><\/p>\n

2026 PARs Due for CWA Employee<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2026 Initial PAR Agreement was due on January 31, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

All Supervisors of Civil Service staff have received a task in their Workday inbox to complete. If you have not done so, please log into Workday to submit the task as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

This year, we are providing all Civil Service employees with a self-guided, employee-facing version of the Performance Assessment Review training.<\/p>\n