3.4.2024 - CLAS Staff Council Meeting

In Attendance: 

Anne Beard (beginning & end), Michelle Medal, Kayla Spencer, Kristen Salsbury, Angela Schmitt, Maria Rase, Angela Beale 

Staff Shout Out Update 

  • Received 18 shout outs, process (send email to nominee, and what was said about the individual, copying Maria – processing prizes). 

  • Next step is to add a page to the website, for listing of nominations and what their nominator stated (some nominators want to stay anonymous and sometimes keep their statements anonymous as well?) 

  • Change language to encourage people to give permission to use their comments.  

  • Reach out to a particular person or change language to have an opt-out.  

  • Reasons to keep anonymous: jealousy, not hurting other’s feelings, and not making others feel excluded/left out.  

  • Remind staff and others of this program, budgeted 80 and we have gotten 18 nominations.

Budget update from Maria  

  • Went over budget spreadsheet (Michelle distributed via email). 

  • Shout out gifts (7 Starbucks, 3 parking, 2 wellness center). 

  • Within $20 of our budget for Professional Development 

  • Overall, within budget.  

  • Door prizes for Spring Social Event for everyone who attends (gift cards, swag?) 

  • We did a good job making our way through the funds.  

Conference recap from Angie Schmitt and Angela Beale ​

  • InsightsEDU Findings  

  • Work for every staff member is different, not every staff role is the same.  

  • Really cool ideas from other higher education institutions and professionals.  

  • Community building and a way to share ideas.  

  • Higher level but small bits of information, that was able to walk away with ideas that can be integrated into day-to-day work.  

Five Takeaways:

  • Website – having all key information accessible, user friendly, clear picture.  

  • Awareness Marketing – working in the background, a presence in the back of people’s mind.  

  • Social media – LinkedIn – having an active presence is crucial, a top website for students to get information about certain colleges/higher education institutions.  

  • Online Demand – overwhelming demand, and market for online learning.  

  • AI – using as marketing tool.  

  • What can we do? Honoring individual position/department differences and similarities. 

  • Part 2: Brainstorming – workshopping certain topics (cross-training) 

  • So much room for collaboration with CLAS Marketing 

  • Disconnect from Graduate to Undergraduate Marketing, lots of conflicting information, conversations need to happen.  

  • Not clear delineation about who does what in terms of marketing at the college level?  

  • Follow up meeting – To be Scheduled.  

CLAS Staff Council Awards – need to decide on timeline and committee.  

  • Friday May 3rd, Dean’s Awards – need to know winners by April 4th, 2024.  

  • DEI Award Approved – thanks to Kristen! 

  • How do we want to receive nominations? Form built into our website; Michelle will work on getting these ready to go.  

  • Timeline – Deadline for applications: Monday March 25th, 2024, have time to read and committee can meet! Can extend to Wednesday March 27th, 2024, if needed.  

  • Committee to meet on April 2nd, 2024.  

  • Committee – Kayla, Angie, Karen Fennell, (other winners of awards as well?) 

  • Policy about if a committee member is nominated, they cannot review applications for that category. 

Reminder to Staff about Spring Social on April 25th, 2024 

April 25th, 2024, meeting with Chancellor and Provost – questions from Staff?  ​

  • Integrating information from Kristen and Kayla focus groups, to ask questions to chancellor and provost. 

  • Kristen and Kayla will work on distilling information to bring questions to the meeting!