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Harvest Shared Service Center (HSSC)

Harvest Shared Services Center was formed in 2013 to enact a coordinated and efficient structure for delivering academic personnel, human resources, and payroll services. Whether serving academic or staff employees, our focus is to educate, transact, and enforce the "people-related" policies of the college, the campus, and external agencies. See below for detailed information about the services offered, forms you will need, and specific contacts by department.

Harvest Tree Clients

Harvest Shared Services Center Divisions

Academic Personnel Services
Payroll Services
Human Resources Services

Populations Served

Faculty

Non-Senate Academics

Represented Staff

Non-Represented Staff

Students

Teaching Assistants

Volunteers
Have a Medical Leave? Please contact our Medical Leave Specialist for all medical related leave questions.
Contact Medical Leave Specialist

Harvest Services Provided

  • Academic Personnel
    Merit & Promotion
    Academic Personnel Analysis
    Academic Leave Analysis
    Senate Recruitment
    Non-Senate Recruitment
    Academic Separation Analysis 
  • Payroll
    Full Accounting Unit (FAU) Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) Transactions Offboarding & Onboarding Processes Position Management
    Leave Processes Pay Rate Changes Additional Compensation Changes Other Non-FOM Processes

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