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Update Provided By: Heidi Hauf
- Staff Senators met with Dr. Migler to discuss Salary Budget for the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Working to award our first Staff Senate Scholarship; currently reviewing applicants.
Update Provided By: Josh Nichols
- The next Staff Senate meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 1st at 1 p.m. (MT). We will be joined by our new senators and will conduct elections for our Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer positions.
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Update Provided By: Alissa Perkins
- An organizer from ND United visited our June meeting to discuss the benefits that they provide for staff members
- Our Staff Senate is teaming up with our Marketing and IT departments to plan a campus-wide shared calendar
- Our MSU Staff Senate website is currently being voted on and will hopefully be rolled out in early July
Update Provided By: Michael Linnell
- Darren Olson, IT director for network services, was named Minot State University Staff Senate’s May High Five Award winner.
- Minot State Staff Senate elected its 2020-2021 officers as Lindsey Benson moved from vice president to president in June. Elected as vice president for the 2020-2021 year was Paul Stroklund. He will become the president of MSU Staff Senate in 2021-2022. Elected secretary/treasurer was Doug Tiedman.
- MSU Staff Senate used held its annual crossover meeting in June, with eight new senators joining for 2020-2021.
- The annual Fall Kick Off celebration was set for Roosevelt Park on Aug. 19 from 4:30-7 p.m.
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Update Provided By: Brian Schill
- The UND Staff Senate met on Wednesday, June 10, entertaining a brief visit from new UND President Andrew Armacost.
- Senate leadership also met with the ND State Staff Senate group on June 22, 2020.
- Senate committees are mostly fully assigned with (co-)chairs and members ready to meet as groups starting this summer.
- Pres. Megan Wasylow has been part of the University Pandemic Briefing and has had a voice in UND’s Smart Restart.
- Senate has entertained “suggestion box” questions from staffers re: parking permit reimbursement per quarantine, return-to-work matters, and how UND can address systemic racism.
- On that note, Senate has been asked to identify staffers who might be good additions to a forthcoming UND committee on diversity & inclusion. ď‚· Senate purchased promotional items such as Staff Senate t-shirts for Senators to wear at Staff Senate sponsored events. We also purchased Staff Senate banners for future parades and tabling events.
- The UND University Senate Exec Committee met on Wednesday, June 24. Leadership turnover was the meeting’s main focus.
Update Provided By: Lacey Undem
- VCSU Staff Senate met on June 18th to welcome new staff senate members and vote on new officers.
- President: Jerilyn Beckman
- Vice President: Carolyn Holen
- Secretary: Kelsie Carter
- Past President: Erica Buchholz
- Professional group representatives:
- Jerilyn Beckman, Kelsie Carter, Carolyn Holen, Vanessa Johnson, & Oscar Suniga
- TPOS group representatives:
- Amber Olson & Cassie Preston
- Facilities group representatives:
- Brian Bakke & Dina Splettstoesser
- Ex Officio Members:
- Wesley Wintch, Jennifer Larson
Update Provided By: Megan Kasner
- We are searching for a new VP for Student Affairs
- We are continuing virtual registration days
- P3 construction project is ahead of schedule
Update Provided By: Crystal Tangsrud
- We held out annual Senator election and four new Senators were elected: Kate Greicar (Fargo), Karie Abrahamson (Fargo), Kavita Rami (Grand Forks), and Ramona Breuer (Grand Forks).
- We are also planning our annual Staff Senate Retreat. This year will be different with half of the retreat held virtually in July and the other half tentatively planned for a mix of in-person/remote.