March 2025 Campus Updates

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  • Got some open district seats filled by special election
  • Working with interim president on getting summer hours up to date with departments, allow staff to flex Friday afternoons as long as they get their 40 hours in, summer hours from right after graduation to a couple weeks before start of fall semester

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  • Committee put together to evaluate staff in-service to change how training is conducted. This is usually put with faculty and cram everything in right before the fall semester, when staff is really busy, trying to get that changed to accommodate slower summertime

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  • In week of 17-21, we will have Presidential candidates for interviews, the following week will be final interviews with SBHE, and then we will have a president assigned by the end of the month. Probably won’t take over until July 1st, but could be anywhere from April 1st to July 1st; Narrowed down to 5 candidates
  • Men’s Basketball going to Nationals

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  • International student panel along with director of International Student Programs – allows campus to see the process that they go through to get here, ask questions such as what expect of professors and what would they like to see more of when they got here
  • Calendar and 50/50 raffle coming up in April
  • Men’s basketball headed to nationals as well as both hockey teams

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  • Record enrollment for Spring
  • March Employee Recognition Appreciation event planning
  • Picnic for all employees in June
  • Ribbon cutting for Career Innovation Center set for August
  • Both men’s and women’s basketball won regionals and going on to nationals

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  • NDSU also has website for federal actions: Federal Actions | North Dakota State University
  • Doing some website and branding updates; just had meeting with higher ups, Staff Senate Exec and Faculty Senate Exec on branding guidelines

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  • Upcoming spring fling event
  • Night staff breakfast (April 8th) and luncheon (April 10th) – last year’s luncheon was about 400 people served
  • Created page for executive orders/federal actions: Executive Orders & Directives | University of North Dakota

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  • Working on organizing the Employee Recognition dinner
  • Claiming spring break as professional development week and offering a different one each day (Monday – counseling staff did animal personality assessment; Tuesday – AI in action; Wednesday – accessibility initiatives; Thursday – webinars through Employee Assistance; Friday – document with links to resources that they use for regular professional development

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