Category: Campus Updates

November 2024 Campus Updates

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Update Provided By: Jessie Savre per meeting

  • Staff Senate Donut morning
  • Winter Wellness Event
  • Feed the Need Taco run -Supports the campus food pantry

Update Provided By: Mike O’Toole

  • Reviewed and voted to Support a couple DCB Policy updates (brought to us by College Council)
  • Supported a flag raising ceremony on campus where we honored Vets.
  • Raised money to provide 3 students with scholarships for PTK membership.
  • Formed a committee to plan for a holiday social, which will be an invent to include faculty, staff, and our families.

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Update Provided By: Heather Halverson

-Campus RFP for Dining Services began
-Had CPR training available from our MSU Well subcommittee November 8th, and 22nd
-Professional Development event November 18th – Supervising Students

  • Campus RFP for Dining Services Began
  • Had CPR training available from our MSU Well subcommittee November 8th, and 22nd
  • Professional Development event November 18th – Supervising Students
  • High 5 winner for November – Gary Orluck

Update Provided By: Sadie Russenberger

I have attached our monthly e-Transmitter for your enjoyment! It highlights many student projects, student athletes, national recognitions, and department highlights.

Thank you,

Sadie Russenberger
North Dakota State College of Science

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  • Academic fair held – Had 150 attendees and 35 booths

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October 2024 Campus Updates

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  • Held Old Main Grand Opening

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Update Provided By: Heather Halverson

-Several Food drives at our home games
-Had a booth at the Dome Trunk or Treat event.
-Alumni held a MSU Day at the Pumpkin patch and Staff Senate sponsored hot drinks and deserts
-Held a 5K before the Pumpkin patch event
-High 5 Winner was Kyle Patterson

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  • Highest enrollment in 43 years; up 7.2% from last year
  • Hosted a High School tour day for HS students to come and visit the different programs. More than 430 HS students attended.

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  • Employee Engagement survey by Gallup opened (open from Oct. 14th to Nov. 1st) – part of multi-year study looking at employee engagement 
  • Participated in Homecoming Parade 
  • Nov. 13th event – sort of like a career fair but for education opportunities – departments providing information on non-degree classes and certificates offered; helps staff better utilize their tuition waivers 

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  • Participated in Homecoming Parade 
  • Enrollment 3rd highest on record 
  • Elected a new VP of Staff Senate – Brandon Wallace 
  • Held a Coffee with the First Lady 
  • Upcoming Events: Trivia, Turkey Bingo, and Staff Takeover Event

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  • New Staff Senate President and Vice President
  • Did a Highway Cleanup
  • Participated in Homecoming Parade
  • Professional Development – The Village will be talking about interacting with GenZ
  • Having a clothing sale for Staff and Faculty

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July 2024 Campus Updates

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Update Provided By: Mike O’Toole

DCB Staff Senate did not meet in July

General Campus News
-Grand opening of Dakota College Downtown (in Minot) is July 19th. The Dakota College Downtown site provides a great opportunity for our new dental programs and our Allied Health program.

Update Provided By: Laura Fetting

DSU held our 2nd annual Employee Development Conference on July 16th. The 2024 conference focused on connections and community, providing a platform for campus members to share their expertise. Sessions included utilizing artificial intelligence in the office setting, community connections, emotional regulation, and experiencing different cultures. The conference was coordinated by the DSU Staff Senate Employee Development Committee. Members of the committee were Connie Klein, Rus Kiser, Mackenzie Hicks, and Laura Fetting. The committee will begin coordinating next year’s conference in the upcoming months.

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  • Had a float in the State Fair Parade and passed out 800 books to kids!

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June 2024 Campus Updates

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Update Provided By: Mike O’Toole

-We are excited to have recently hosted the ND State Staff Senate annual face-to-face meeting on our campus. This meeting, spread over an afternoon and following morning, allowed for lots of great discussion about the direction the ND SSS will work towards over the next year.

-Our staff senate at DCB has had a more active voice this past year, largely in part to our Campus Dean forming a College Council, which has representation from the Staff, Faculty, and Student Senates. Along with forming of the College Council, several internal campus policies/procedures were revised to have the College Council serve as an active role in steering the direction our campus moves forward in. This has brought a lot of positive momentum towards our Staff Senate having a voice and larger purpose.

-We will most likely not meet again until August, as the summer term is a challenging time to find a meeting date where most are available.

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May 2024 Campus Updates

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– DSU Staff Senate is planning on having our second annual Employee Conference on July 16th.  Email requests for presentation proposals have been sent out. 
– The Appreciation Committee will be planning a faculty/staff picnic sometime this summer.
– We will be awarding the second quarter Above & Beyond award in the next couple of weeks.
– Two recipients will be awarded the Staff Senate Scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year.
– New senators have been elected to begin July 1st.  
– We are waiting to hear back from the DSU President about once again giving Medora Musical and Big Sticks tickets to those faculty and staff wanting to use them.

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Update Provided By: Mike Wozniak

-Our Executive Committee is finishing their respective handbooks to guide future chairs/officers.
-We tabled at the annual Employee Wellness Fair on campus, sharing the social, occupational, and emotional wellness benefits that Staff Senate offers.
-We lost a staff senator, Jamey Holweger, to a brutal murder this past week.  He was just finishing his 5th year serving in Staff Senate, was a great contributor, and will be sorely missed.

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March 2024 Campus Updates

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-Our Executive Committee is finishing their respective handbooks to guide future chairs/officers.
-We tabled at the annual Employee Wellness Fair on campus, sharing the social, occupational, and emotional wellness benefits that Staff Senate offers.
-We lost a staff senator, Jamey Holweger, to a brutal murder this past week.  He was just finishing his 5th year serving in Staff Senate, was a great contributor, and will be sorely missed.

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January 2024 Campus Updates

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  • Budget allocation increase has been submitted. Amount has been static since 2017.
  • Storage solutions/facilities are being explored, as Staff Senate supplies and equipment are scattered around campus.

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December 2023 Campus Updates

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Update Provided By: Matthew Giddings

  • New Business
  • Propose a staff senate representee to sit on Parking Appeals hearing panel.
  • President Comprehensive Eval feedback

Committee Reports/Updates
Professional Development – Planning for all staff training in June of 2024 Employee Success – Planning for Winter festival door decoration event.
By Laws – review of charter and by laws to be completed by April of 2024

Update Provided By: April Abrahamson

  • Staff senate hosted a bake sale to provide a scholarship for PTK membership. Staff senate raised enough to support 1 full scholarship for a student entering PTK.
  • The Leaderjacks (student organization) hosted a toy drive. The toy drive was help to support teens and children affected by domestic violence during the holiday season.
  • The DCB Foundation and Alumni Associate hosted a holiday open house where they drew names for winners of their fundraising raffle. Returning students are awarded scholarships based on the fundraising done by the Alumni

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Update Provided By: Mike Wozniak

  • Staff Senate has utilized Vevox to assist with hybrid voting.
  • Many new leadership roles are being hired at UND, with the search for the new Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences coming soon.
  • The Student Fee Advisory Committee has met to discuss student fee allocations to those service units.
  • Bylaws were updated to more accurately reflect the roles of the Executive Committee members.

Update Provided By: Kelly Spanier

  • Door Decorating event throughout the month on December.
  • Had Holiday sweater day(ugly/festive sweaters), cookie exchange and Secret Viking (Santa) gift exchange.
  • Wrapped up Thanksgiving Turkey Bingo Professional development session on Making Positivity a Habit.

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November 2023 Campus Updates

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  • Staff Senate has partnered with an apparel store in the area to offer Staff Senate branded merchandise to Senators. All Senators would be responsible for purchasing their own apparel, but we now have some cold weather options for Senators to wear.
  • 31 Days of Glory raffle tickets are on sale now for $20 each. The proceeds from this program support our Seeds for Staff Success program, which awards professional development scholarships for staff. Winners are drawn each day in December, with weekday winners receiving $100, Saturday winners getting $250, and Sunday winners getting $500.
  • Parking services has contracted a consulting company that will be evaluating the parking situation on campus, with a report delivered sometime during the summer. This report will contain recommendations for pricing, pass areas, pass sales, etc.

Update Provided By: Kelly Spanier

  • VCSU Staff Engagement is holding a turkey bingo through the month of November with donated prizes from local businesses.
  • Preparing a float for the Christmas light parade in town. Planning a cookie exchange for holidays.
  • Had a Halloween costume and decorating contest with lots of fun themes by various departments.
  • Meeting as broadband groups to discuss or review surveys that were completed last spring.

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October 2023 Campus Updates

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  • DCB celebrated Arbor Day on October 13th in recognition of the appreciation and commitment to trees on campus.
  • The DCB Foundation hosted the Athletic Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards Banquet on October 21st. Recipients of the alumni awards were Allan Fredrickson, Penny Dolbeare, and Reed Loucks. Athletic awards were given to Jason Harris and the 2010-2011 Women’s Basketball Team.

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Update Provided By: Mike Wozniak

  • November 9th was our most recent Coffee with Kathy, where staff could meet with the First Lady for some casual conversation.
  • Staff Senate marched in the Homecoming Parade on October 7th.
  • We are in the process of cleaning up our bylaws and working to increase our voice on campus.
  • Met with marketing to develop a promo video for Staff Senate that will be used during staff orientations.
  • Working to partner with a local manufacturer to develop new Staff Senate attire for Senators to purchase.
  • An outside parking consultant is evaluating UND’s parking situation and plans to suggest new efficiencies and improvements by the end of the year.

Update Provided By: Kelly Spanier

  • Attended local high school homecoming parade. College parade cancelled due to rain. Planning to do holiday parade in Nov/Dec.
  • Staff recognitions for each month getting more noticed on Facebook posts by the University. Monthly recipient receives a framed certificate, pen and notebook.
  • Planning a Halloween costume /decorating event for office/department staff to be a part of. Will award a traveling trophy to winner that is voted on by staff, faculty and students.
  • Looking at hosting various professional development sessions for all staff.

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