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Update Provided By: Courtney Reiswig
- The BSC Employee Retention Staff Senate subcommittee, in collaboration with the Faculty Senate, is working to provide all full- and part-time staff and faculty with an appreciation gift. Gifts will be distributed across campus late February or early March. Gifts will include a color changing stress ball, some chocolate, and a thank-you note.
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Update Provided By: Heidi Hauf
- No updates to report at this time.
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Update Provided By: Josh Nichols
- Next meeting – March 3, 2021 @1:00pm via Zoom.
- Our Staff Senate collaborated with the holiday party planning committee for this year’s festivities. We had a successful event on January 20, 2021 raising funds that will contribute to Staff Senate initiatives such as employee development and scholarships.
- Information will be coming soon regarding nominations for the next Above and Beyond award, timeline for this year’s Staff Emeritus distinctions, and ballots for the 2021 Staff Senate election.
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Update Provided By: Mike Englman
- No LRSC Staff Senate meeting held in January.
- February LRSC Staff Senate meeting held 2/23/21.
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Update Provided By: Alyson Beckman
- Mayville State University did not have a February Staff Senate meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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Update Provided By: Lindsey Benson
- Michael Linnell, director of university communications, was named Minot State University Staff Senate’s January High Five Award Winner.
- Financial Aid and Enrollment Services received Department/Team Shout outs in January.
- Public Relations committee has scheduled Jerry Stai, assistant professor in the College of Business, to present on Financial Planning at the end of this month.
- Members of our Staff Senate served on a Focus Group to help provide feedback on how staff fell today regarding COVID and looking forward. There was a lot of great discussion and input from the staff.
- Election and Staff Satisfaction committees are in the planning phase for our upcoming election and the staff satisfaction survey. Elections and the survey will take place in March.
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Update Provided By:
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Update Provided By: April Helgaas
- NDSU Staff Senate nominations have opened. Those interested in becoming senators can be nominated by someone or self-nominate. Nominations will close on March 19th. Elections will be held via email March 23-24. Elected senators will be inducted to their two-year term in May 2021. The Elections committee is hosting a competition for current senators to nominate new senators. The current senators with the most elected nominations will win a small prize.
- The NDSU Staff Senate 30th Anniversary committee paired with the NDSU Staff Senate Scholarship committee and sold masks. Masks were sold for $5 a piece plus tax and proceeds will fund future NDSU Staff Senate Scholarships.
- The NDSU Staff Senate Campus Engagement committee will be hosting a blood drive the beginning of April. More details will be forthcoming in March .
- The NDSU Staff Recognition committee awarded two Campus Kudos at the February 3rd meeting. Kelly Lopez and Edie Nelson were the recipients.
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Update Provided By: Kelsie Carter
- Employee Appreciation – lunch and recognition/games of employees at a basketball game.
- Valentines Day Activity – express your appreciation to a staff member by sending them a note, email, text, or doing a random act of kindness.
- In lieu of potlucks, we have asked our staff to send us 2 recipes and we will combine this into a PDF recipe book for all staff to have.
- We are currently working with our EMT and President to try and do an Employee Recognition Dinner for this Spring with respect to COVID guidelines.
- We are sending out nominations to replace facilities representative this week and facilities will vote on their choice to fill a 1 1/2 year term.
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Updates Provided By: Benjamin Ford
- We had our first ever Staff Senate Online Auction. Most years we do a bake sale before Christmas, which is usually our major fundraiser. This year that wasn’t possible, so we did an online auction. It went so well, we may do it again.