MINUTES
SEHD SAC Meeting
Thursday, January 12 2017 at 3p.m.
Location: Lawrence Street Center, Room 620
In Attendance: Jessica Coon, Shelley Gomez, Lindsay Harn, Tony Romero, Bridget Sabo
Items To Discuss
- Melissa Burrows is leaving the university, her last day will be January 27.
- Will host a farewell lunch
- Calendar of Events:
- Debrief December
- Cookie Exchange – Dec 5 at noon (for next year), add in a decorate door/office contest
- Winter Party (745 is a great room)
- Very few faculty, Dorothy was the only AD in attendance
- Pick a date now? December 13? Publish on faculty calendar, Outlook SEHD calendar, Reserve room
- More tables??? Maybe push food to lobby area.
- January
- Community Service (Shelley)
- 13 slots left for the morning of the campus-wide staff council
- Shelley to advertise to staff on 1/13
- Staff of the Month Nomination
- Bolormaa Begzsuren
- February
- Annual candygram fundraiser! (Rachel to lead with her work-study students)
- February 14 – Lunch N Learn (Team Building)
- Tony will research to see if there is something
- February 9 – 3p? SAC Meeting (invite Diversity Team & Dean & Dorothy)
- Possible lead in to a lunch n’ learn?
- Ask why there isn’t a staff member on the diversity committee
- Discuss lack of relevancy towards staff
- Staff always feel like an ‘after thought’
- Invite them to our next SAC meeting in February before our March meeting, solicit feedback and thoughts from staff to bring to this
- Do we want to invite the dean to discuss relevancy of staff meetings? Possible Zoom invite.
- Get some dates from them that will work for attending March Staff Meeting, coordinate also with Tech Team (not week of spring break)
- Diversity Team: Aswad, Amy, Lori Ryan, Luis (consult Impact for completeness)
- March –Staff Meeting (date is TBD)
- Tech Team wants to present
- Diversity Team wants to present
- April – Lunch N’Learn
- June— 3rd Annual Staff BBQ
- See if we can get Sloane’s Lake (Rachel?)
- Lunch N Learn Planning
- Follow up Action Items:
- IDEA: Self-Defense Course?
- IDEA: Post in IMPACT/SAC information updates highlighting various program areas?
- Review PD Fund Requests
- Pyramid Plus Award Amounts
- Ben Riepe – $500
- Johanna Wasser – Request withdrawn
- Robin Levy – $500
- Kalah Thorson – $475
- Bridget Sabo
- $499 approval
- Move all requests to Dorothy if Dean isn’t in for approval.
- Policies?
- Lindsay: to update PD funding use in reports and charts for the deans
- Jessica: Ask dean re: CPE course qualify for PD? It does not qualify for tuition benefit.
- Pyramid Plus Award Amounts
- Community Service (Shelley)
- Debrief December