Staff Forum Minutes: December 9, 2010

Warner Center Performance Platform
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Attendance: Sue Bidwell, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo, Saralee Etter, Annie Schuster, Barb Bruner, Cherie Snyder, John Weaver, Charlene Santee, Mike Neff, Paul Green, Kyle Morgan, Leslie Holler, L. Edwards, Corri Edwards, Howard Imhof, Dan Longstreth, Candy Sheradin, Sherry Abbott, Patsy Henderson, Tauni Graham, Rose Mary Saliba, Connie Zang, Teresa McGinnis, Laura Walsh, Becky Smith, Kim Barton, Terri Jackson, Kathy Holmes, Jessica Mautz, Marilyn Lees.

Welcome: Sue Bidwell

Monthly Hosts: Ohio State Newark Admissions & Advising

Barb Bruner, admissions: winter apps on track; autumn quarter is too early to tell; increased attendance at Buckeye Visit Days, etc. Reminder: Retention Retreat this Friday; OCAN and OASFAA conferences are combined this year, Dec. 13-15; several people from campus will be attending from both sides of the house.

Kyle Morgan, advising: Admissions & advising are not the same; Annie Schuster is newest advisor; conversion to semesters – beginning in March – Transitional Advising Plan (TAP), working with students on their credits. Enhanced university note system – all advisors can access. Tell students to talk to their advisors with questions about semesters.

Area updates:

Academic Labs: Terri Jackson: Battery collection went fine. Next one is first Monday of March.

Business & Accounting: Nobody present

Career Services: Nobody present

Child Development: Nobody present

Community Access: No update

COTC Gateway: Nobody present

Development Office: Laura Walsh: will have table set up for alumni at COTC commencement.

Dining Services: Nobody present

Facilities/Safety & Security: Dan Longstreth, facilities: It is winter time! Will do best to keep things clear; there will be icy spots, so be careful.

Mike Neff, safety & security: been a quiet quarter; SWAT team is training here next Friday 12/17/10 – don’t be alarmed! Don’t leave things in your cars – we’ve had a few break-ins.

Human Resources: Sherry Abbott: Personnel updates – see web for list.

ITS: Howard Imhof: We’ve been impacted since yesterday – Times Warner had an outage, effected us in many places/ways; OSU side has a tremendous impact; there are extra work stations in the Tel-Center if you need access to email, etc. Kicking off new remote desktop capability – can access from home- alternative to VPN, much better; getting to roll out emergency broadcast system – similar to Buckeye Alert System – MUST OPT-IN.

Corri Edwards: E-reader playground workshop on Friday 12/10/10.

Library: Tauni Graham: Scott Bates has left (see updates, below); COTC students will no longer use SSN for library functions – by around middle of quarter they’ll have to use their student ID number preceded by “CT.”

Marketing & Public Relations: Alice Hutzel-Bateson: Winter commencement for COTC – please let guests take seats in the Alford Performing Arts Hall; Cost-shared holiday party – should have received “save the date” – Friday, December 17, 3-5 pm, Reese Center.

OSU Admissions & Advising: See above (monthly hosts).

Purchasing: Nobody present

Services Center: Sue Bidwell: remodeling is being done, may effect some jobs, be sure to allow plenty of turn-around time; postage stays the same.

Staff Development: Tauni Graham: Door decorating is going on now; judging starts Friday 12/10 at 11 am in the services center; Our judges from last year are returning – retirees Bob Klingensmith, Cindy Downer, Lee and Mary Ellen St. John, Joe Tebben, and Jane Williams; potluck 12/16 in Reese center from 11:30 – 1pm, winners of door contest and employee of the quarter will be announced; potluck sign-up sheet is in the services center.

Marilyn Lees: scavenger hunt/game day - January 13-20 = H64, pizza; collecting peanut butter for the Food Bank again, so bring peanut butter.

Student Life: Connie Zang: There was a bake sale on Wednesday to raise money for funeral expenses for the family of Josiah Steward, the OSU student who died on Ohio 16; you can still make donations – contact Vorley Taylor for info: ext. 69443.

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Next Meeting: Thursday, January 13, 2011

Warner Center Performance Platform

Hosts: Development Office and Library

Staff Forum Minutes: November 18, 2010

Attendance: Laura Walsh, Kim Barton, Liz Edwards, Tauni Graham, Leslie Holler, Candy Sheradin, Michelle Marko, Diane Jarzen, Jackie Stewart, Angel Fisher, Veronica Rine, Tina Pickering, Linda Reynard, Elaine Stevens, John Marin, Susan Jaeger, Delisha Douglas, Ray Hill, Travis Patrick, Julie Ketner, Jason Kruder, Corri Edwards, Howard Imhof, Becky Smith, Maggie Camstra, Lindsey Erisey, Rose Hart, Heather Pursley, Lisa Smith, Cheryl White, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo; Sue Bidwell.

Welcome: Sue Bidwell, chair

Monthly hosts: COTC Gateway: John Marin

o   Susan Jaeger: academic advising - introduced staff; hiring one more advisor by end of year.

o   Jackie Stewart: manager/registrar – introduced staff

o   John introduced Gateway staff on behalf of Labutis

o   Customer Service: introduced; Tina is leaving sometime

o   Center for access   & retention: introduced staff (not present)

Area updates:

·         Academic Labs: Candy Sheridan – no report

·         Business and Accounting Office: Nobody present

·         Career Services: Elaine Stevens – Transfer Fair (week and a half ago) had the largest number of students and colleges ever – very successful

·         Child development Center: Nobody present

·         Community Access: Nobody Present

·         COTC Gateway: John Marin

o   Still searching for his replacement

o   Goal target 4541 for winter – 6% increase over last winter; as of this morning, at 2929 (66% of where they need to be); newly renovated gateway in Newark; please drop in – area that used to be bookstore in Hopewell hall; complete around end of February. New technology for spring quarter: culinary science.

·         Development Office: Laura Walsh

o   Kim Barton, COTC development officer, full time until December 31, 2012; helping with next generation challenge

o   Monday November 29 – “Human 40” in the Warner Center – for the final scene in viral video (40^th anniversary) – 3:30 pm (near the fireplace)

·         Dining services: Nobody present

·         Facilities: Norm – nothing; Dan Longstreth – potholes have been filled around campus; let him know of any missed potholes; finishing up mowing etc. – done in next week or so.  ROSE: why do speed bumps disappear? Dan: plowing for the winter.

·         HR: Sherry Abbott

o   Introduced new employees (see list at end of minutes)

o   Workshop – “eat this, not that” – presented by Sherri Gallop – Wednesday, December 8, 11:30 – 12:30, Warner Center, Platform – RSVP to Patsy Henderson;

o   “Parable of the Coyote” – Dave Wyrick, John Glenn School; Wednesday, December, 9 – 11:30 am, Warner Center platform; RSVP to Patsy Henderson;

o   Complete the sexual harassment training by the end of the quarter; not mandatory but greatly encouraged;

o   Personal Health Assessment (PHA) – to get entire 2011 premium reduction – November 30^th to ensure no gap.

·         Information Technology Services:

o   Jeff Crabtree: Two analysts moving on to new positions; let IT helpdesk know of PC-related issues during the break;

o   Corri Edwards – Skype workshop still has openings; workshop about giving presentations; just got in iPads, Kindles, and Nooks – available to be checked out (up to 2 weeks).

o   Howard Imhof: Kudos to Jonathan for his promotion; sad about Brittany moving along; will be short-handed for a bit but has a transition plan in place; another position being posted – application support specialist; in the next few weeks will roll out new remote desktop capability – can log in from home and user experience will be the same as if you were sitting at your work station on campus. Emergency broadcast system – coming soon; about 2 weeks out; will have to opt-in to system – can choose to get text messages, phone calls, etc – users can determine after logging in. BY END OF NOVEMBER. Only used for emergencies. Will have voicemail broadcast capability to all phones attached to campus system – email to work account plus work phone automatically set up. FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, all extended campuses.

o   OSU only people – email addresses need t move off central system into new environment;

·         Library: Tauni Graham

o   Received new copiers, including a color copier. They’re very excited about that. Putting together a workshop about copyrights – sometime in winter;

o   As of winter quarter, COTC students’ social security numbers will be out of the library system – will go to student number. Not sure how to get the word out to the students.

·         Marketing & PR: Suzanne Bressoud

o   Francesca – Holiday celebration on Friday Dec. 3.

·         OSU Admissions & Advising: no updates

·         Purchasing: Maggie – introduced Lindsay Erisey, new bookstore manager; new RICOH’s still coming – they replacing printers, copiers, fax machines, etc.; going to new supply program with Office Max, Jan/Feb – leaving Staples supply program;

·         Safety & Security: Norm  - no updates

·         Services Center: Sue Bidwell - Still place to get toner; if you need toner, they need to know specifically what color; they need inner-campus envelopes – please take to the services center; during the break, there will be some work being done to the office. COTC Fact sheets – will have more at end of month / first of December.

·         Staff Development: Tauni Graham: Door decorating dec 6-10; judging last 3 days – same retirees as last year; potluck on Dec. 16 in Reese center ballroom; staff development workshop (per Sherri, see above for details); book club in the spring; Nov. 29 = deadline for employee of quarter.

·         Student Life: Elaine – activities next week for beat Michigan week – keep your eyes open for details; Brandi Morehouse halftime tutoring center and something else (dave Williams)

·         TERRI JACKSON – having battery pickup Monday December 6; on-campus batteries (flashlights, etc) call her at extension 69-323 to set up drop-off time. Include list of batteries (number and type) with your drop-off

Next meeting: Thursday, December 9

Warner Center, Performance Platform

Hosts: OSU Admissions & Advising

Staff Forum Minutes: October 14, 2010

Attendance: Lori Crocker, Kathy Holmes, Jessica Mautz, Lisa Smith, Leslie Holler, Tauni Graham, Rose Mary Saliba, Kendra Linkous, Kim Foster, David I. Williams, Dan Longstreth, John Berry, Charlene Santee, Sherry Abbott, Patsy Henderson, Norm Holmes, John Weaver, Diane Jarzen, Becky Smith, Casey Ray, Holly Mason, DeeDee Fetters, Elaine Stevens, Susan Adams, Kasia Wilson, Brittany Balo, Howard Imhof, Ann Donahue, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo.

Welcome: Suzanne Bressoud, vice-chair

Monthly hosts: Office of Student Life: John Berry
o Recognized/introduced Student Life staff members present
o Save the Date: Wed. 11/03 – presenting Italian Immersion Program – students will present film about their trip (5:30 – 6:30 pm in Alford performing arts hall/Reese); refreshments & prizes.

Area updates:

Academic Labs: Nobody present

Business and Accounting Office: Nobody present

Career Services: Nobody present

Child Development Center: Nobody present

Community Access: still taking apps for Big Brothers Big Sisters – lunch buddies/reading tutors; Mary / Jen (get email addies to include)

COTC Gateway: Kim Foster
o New people
o Still in process of interviewing for advisors
o Oct. 27- half of staff moves into new space (old bookstore – Hopewell Hall)
o Enrollment for autumn well over 4500 – 4% increase over last year’s record autumn enrollment

Development Office: Nobody present

Dining services: Nobody present

Facilities: Dan Longstreth
o Triple H here on Friday – to patch potholes at north entrance;
o No blacktopping this year;

HR: Sherry Abbott
o ―Civility in the workplace‖ workshop – November 10
o Benefits fair – next Thursday (10/21) – about 29 vendors, health screening, door prizes;
o Open enrollment starts 10/25 (thru 11/05) – material will be arriving for staff soon
o Personnel updates (see list)

Information Technology Services: Howard Imhof
o Permanent positions being filled;
o Several searches going on;
o Capital projects for ITS: new projects – $2.1 million—
 Datatel: Quarter to sem. Conversion – alert system Something for project accounting Enterprise something – mine info from Datatel for institutional research
 WEB site side: $225k (initial investment) Electronic forms Virtual tour of campus Library site redesign Sharepoint group collaborations (document sharing, blogs, etc.)
 E-readers – new project; with library, purchased iPads, Kindles, Nooks, people can check them out to use; in about a year will make determination which is most effective (most popular?) – so we know what to support (?)
 Document scanning
 Remote access for faculty and staff – rolling out in approx. a month
 Emergency broadcasting system – blast updates to students, faculty and staff – email, voice mail, etc. – users can choose how they want to receive notifications (including FB, Twitter, etc)
 Terminal services - PCs for labs – ―dumb terminals‖ – PCs for all labs
 Disaster (?) Recovery –
 Outsourcing student email – Microsoft Live (.edu) – OSU already uses (Columbus) – push student email accounts so that provider manages, maintains email accounts.
 Web conferencing – underway this year
 Upgrades: Telephones A/V multimedia;
 Rosemary Saliba – will outsourcing student email mean that students will have their email for the rest of whenever? Howard: Yes. (no idea what that means)

o Corri- Professional Development Calendar will be posted soon and sent via email:
 ―E-reader playground
 Skype sessions– more people on campus are using – tool for RT phone calls, video conferencing;
 MS Office sessions
 Angel & Carmen sessions
 "How to give effective presentations" – will have limited availability.
 ITS Open House – November 5 – details coming out soon

o Kasia – some printer recalls; techs will be coming around installing drivers and mapping printers to system.

Library: Tauni Graham
o Recently received quilt made by Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
o Mrs. Warner purchased
o Hanging over mantel in library
o Now have library pickup /delivery service to Pataskala campus

Marketing & PR: Suzanne Bressoud
o Events on campus – increased in the last few years;
o Both homepages, events are listed – printable PDFs;
o Let us know if you want to add something (public events)

OSU Admissions & Advising: Ann Donahue
o Two new staff members – Ann Schuster, Educ. Advisor; Stephanie Weaver now at front desk;
o Enrollment: not officially announced from Columbus – we will have record-breaking enrollment (was 2515 last year) between that and 2600 this year; (subsequently has been released as 2562).
o Already recruiting for the class of 2011.
o Dr. MacDonald has charged a retention committee. They are planning a retention retreat for Friday, December 10. If you wish to attend, contact Dr. Sanders, who is the chair of the committee.

Purchasing: Nobody present

Safety & Security: Norm - no updates

Services Center: Nobody present

Staff Development: Tauni Graham
o Professional development workshop in November;
o Start thinking about your door decorating.

Student Life: Holly Mason
o Vorley – October 19th – workshop on cyber bullying (Elizabeth Weiss); workshop about gay community - Oct. 25 (Laura Younger); Warner 126, 5-6 pm;
o Casey – October 28, 6-8 pm; annual fall festival; games, caricature artist; Adena Gym to residence hall for trick or treating; beat Michigan week – still need buckeyes!
o Holly Mason- outside company called OrgSync – going live this fall (November) all student organizations can be online and have sites; can archive student organization/involvement information. Other:

Miscellaneous:
o Kendra Linkous– Testing Center – Brandy Morehouse – 10 yrs on campus; started as student tutor; now professional staff; shared between tutoring & testing (halftime each);

o John Berry – Large campus wide assessment – experiential assessment – co-curricular learning – internships, externships (?), etc – please let Derek know;

o Dan Longstreth – do we have a lot of internships on campus? Possibility of getting one in his area? JOHN: We have a lot going on; yes, come see us for your intern needs.

Next meeting: Thursday, November 18, 2010

Warner Center, Performance Platform

Hosts: COTC Gateway

Staff Forum Minutes: September 9, 2010

Attendance: Laura Walsh, Jamie White, Terri Jackson, Tauni Graham, Gayle Gambs, Jasmin Hennosy, Candy Sheradin, Kathy Holmes, Lisa Smith, Jeseca MacDonald, Kyle Morgan, Becky Smith, Bret Whitaker, Rose Hart, Dale Main, Tim Deaver, Howard Imhof, Mary Miller, Jason Kruder, Jeff Crabtree, Kelly Kirkpatrick, Julie Ketner, Kasia Wilson, Bruce Weaver, Charlene K. Santee, Connie Zang, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo, Sue Bidwell.

Welcome: Sue Bidwell, chair

Monthly hosts:

·         Business & Accounting Offices: Lisa Orr

o   Introduction of business & finance and accounting offices

o   Implementing in 2010 for COTC employees – will be able to access W2’s online (OSU employees have already had access)

New business:

·         AmeriCorps*VISTA- Access– Jen Anthony (OSU) & Mary Fox (COTC)

o   Collaboration: CANDO Partnership; College Access Campaign; Big brothers,  big Sisters;

o   Jen: Access & Engagement (OSU) – main initiatives = Blue Print: College; data collection of service learning models; build infrastructure: juvenile mentoring program (SOC 489), internship opportunity, student activism conference (10-20 students in the spring).

o   Mary: Center for Access & Retention (COTC) - community engagement; specific CollegeASPIRE Recruitment; bridges out of poverty: planning, programming and training; Access and retention tracking & follow-up.

o   CANDO Partnership: COTC, ACTC, NCS, DU, OSU

o   PEAK: Providing early awareness & knowledge; 2^nd 4^th, and 8^th grade classrooms in NCS; promote college-going behaviors;

o   Newark campus awareness of: College access, the Newark community; college access action opportunities (for students, faculty, staff);

o   Big Brothers Big Sisters: continue to strengthen the Newark campus partnership with BBBS; recruit staff & faculty to be mentors in the Newark city schools;

§  Inspirational video;

§  SEE MINUTES ONLINE (OSU / COTC websites) for complete PowerPoint presentation.

Area updates:

·         Academic Labs: Nobody present

·         Business and Accounting Office: See above

·         Career Services: Nobody present

·         Child development Center: Nobody present

·         COTC Gateway: Susan Jaeger – open for walk-ins; send interested people over.

·         Development Office: Nobody present

·         Dining services: Damon Cappel

o     Next week is a big week for the Table of Contents & catering - all student employees are coming back, so please be patient with students at lunch next week – they’ll be in training;

o     New this fall: coffee card program – punch card, 10^th cup is free;

o     Coffee cart – Hopewell and Founders Hall, not sure what it will have besides coffee (pastries, etc.); at least ½ hour each weekday morning; cash only;

o     Catering: brand new catering menu, will be up on OSU & COTC websites with form to fill online; week after next 7 a.m. -6 p.m., Mon-Fri will be hours (Cyber Café= 7am – 2pm) ; salads will be available until 6 pm;

o     Got a toaster oven from Quizno's – we’ll now have toasted subs for lunch; new menu board will be up next week (passed around handout);

o     Trying to offer more economical options; breakfast changes – new things will be offered.

·         Facilities: Jim Woolard – single stream recycling; dozen recycling stations around campus; pickup once a week (Thursday) – will add days if necessary; cardboard is still its own item – we bale it; will increase recyclables, which decreases trash pickup

o      Repaving University Drive behind Adena – Country Club: week of October 18 – 27; will be closed on and off – expect informative signage;

o      City is changing Country Club drive to three lanes, a 10-month project.

·         HR: Sherry Abbott

o   Personnel updates: see end of minutes for details

o    Benefits fair – October 21^st – health screenings, door prizes

o   Your Plan for Health – remember to register for Hit the Road with the Buckeyes;

o   Personal health assessment – September 17^th – eligible to win a trip to Wisconsin!

·         Information Technology Services: Jeff Crabtree

o   Dale Main has asked faculty for classroom needs -  be sure to get those in

o   Corri Edwards – professional development workshops will be out 2^nd week of quarter

o   Help desk – back to normal hours (7:30 am – 10 pm) (currently closing @ 5pm)

o   End of summer quarter to beg. Of fall quarter, touching 330+ computers to do updates/software updates, refreshes, etc.

·         Library: Tauni Graham

o   Remind faculty to contact library for services

o   If you hear of any problems with their operation, let them know

·         Marketing & PR: Alice Hutzel-Bateson

o   Don’t forget to RSVP to fall welcome luncheon (Wed. Sept 15 11:30 am– 1 pm)

·         OSU Admissions & Advising: Ann Donahue

o   Enrolling new and continuing students; as of last week at target registration rate – goal is 2625

·         Purchasing: Nobody present

·         Safety & Security: Charlene Santee

o   Fingerprint machine is back up (VCI $25; FBI $35);

o   Faculty/staff parking permits are in;

o   Jim Woolard – will be tougher on parking this year, more tickets; purchased new John Deere spreader, which will make ice/snow cleanup time faster

·         Services Center: Sue Bidwell – back to hours (7:30 am – 7 pm, Mon-Thurs; 7:30 – 5 on Friday); gearing up for new school year.

·         Staff Development: Tauni Graham - Employee of the quarter

o   Nominees: Sherry Abbott, Kathy Cope, Jaime McCullough, Julie Ketner, Janet McGuckin, Jeffry Hudson, Alan Seidler, Brandy Morehouse, Kathleen McNally, Robert Evans

o   Winner:  Sherry Abbott – congratulations!

·         Student Life: Connie Zang

o   Introduced new part time counselor – DeeDee Fetters

Staff Forum Minutes: August 12, 2010

Attendance: Laura Walsh, Jamie White, Terri Jackson, Tauni Graham, Gayle Gambs, Jasmin Hennosy, Candy Sheradin, Kathy Holmes, Lisa Smith, Jeseca MacDonald, Kyle Morgan, Becky Smith, Bret Whitaker, Rose Hart, Dale Main, Tim Deaver, Howard Imhof, Mary Miller, Jason Kruder, Jeff Crabtree, Kelly Kirkpatrick, Julie Ketner, Kasia Wilson, Bruce Weaver, Charlene K.  Santee, Liz Edwards, Connie Zang, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo, Sue Bidwell

Welcome: Sue Bidwell, chair

Monthly hosts:

·         ITS: Howard Imhoff – introduced staff  & duties

·         Services Center: Sue Bidwell – introduced staff & duties.

HR: Sherry Abbott

·         Personnel updates: see end of minutes for details

·         Benefits Fair – Oct. 21 in the Reese Center; vendors will be present; health screenings; and flu immunization;

·         Patsy: OSU and cost-shared employees: Must have an I-9 on file. Those hired after Nov. 1986 must have an I-9 on record. Patsy will contact those who need to file or re-file an I-9. Deadline is October.

o   Terry: Re: flu shots – will we sign up for that (yes); can spouses take part? (yes)

o   Rose: What is e-verify (federal govt. system that is used to validate info on I-9); what is I-9? (Governmental form to ensure that people are here legally); where does info go, what about identify theft?

New business:

·         Athletics & Club Football – Bret Whitaker

o   Titan Bus – to use the bus, contact Marilyn Lees in Student Life

o   Questions re: varsity, intramural sports; use of rooms/equip in Adena, contact Bret (x69410) Club Football – student organization, started & run by students; not a varsity football team – it is a club like any other club; Sunday Sept. 5 is first game against Denison; will play at Licking Valley HS. For questions, contact Bret who is their advisor.

o   Fundraiser @ BW3 on Monday – discounts available.

·         Services Center - Sue Bidwell

o   Copiers: all are on a maintenance and supply contract – contact services center for toner, paper, and all other copier –related supplies;

o   Using alternate toner could harm copier, which could cancel contract

o   Send callers to Services Center (Sue) or Susan Spurgeon

o   Question: Jamie – are we getting new copy machines? (Hope to have installed by end of October)

Area updates:

·         Academic Labs: Terri Jackson

o   Batteries- send list of batteries (quantity and type) to Terry by Monday; they’ll be picked up following Monday; Founders 2189 (call first); next pickup will be December – Terry will *not* hold on to them until then.

·         Business and Accounting Office: Nobody present

·         Career Services: Nobody present

·         Child development Center: Mary Miller

o   Annual children’s show on Friday Reese Center 10 am

o   They have preschool and limited toddler openings

·         COTC Gateway: Tara Houdeshell

o   New staff, Mary Fox; they’ve been very busy; former AmeriCorps Vista, Katie Rappaport, introduced new AmeriCorps Vista, Jen Anthony.

o   Now at the new Pataskala campus

o   Hiring new people

·         Development Office: Laura Walsh

o   We will receive an email re: COTC Transitions Award nomination form; recognizes a COTC faculty or staff member who is also a COTC alum; can also be found on the Alumni Page, from the COTC page (http://www.cotc.edu/alumni/alumni-awards/Pages/index.aspx).

·         Dining services: Nobody present

·         Information Technology Services: Howard Imhof

o   Introduced new staff:

§   Dale Main , classroom support specialist, who came from Knox campus;

§   Jason Kruder , was PC technicians and is now the new asset manager;

§   About to rollout standard wallpaper for computers – cost-shared wallpaper;

o   Kasia Wilson: they buy toner for labs, classrooms and communal printers; offices buy printer toner from Staples;

o   Jeff Crabtree

§   All computers being refreshed will get Windows 7 (not XP); MS is ceasing support of XP; they’ve been testing Windows 7 for months; some areas already have it. More classrooms will be refreshed before quarter begins (in LeFevre

§   When new staff/faculty start, IT needs more detailed information in order to set proper securities; will soon be utilizing a tool that will streamline information/delivery process.

§   Terri asked about Office 10 (no plans yet – Tim Deaver)

o   Tim Deaver:

§   Phone numbers - getting more structured re: extensions for new employees;

§   Steve Veyon is the new PC network administrator;

§   “Patch Tuesday” critical patches will be “forced down,” others made available for campus PC’s to go out and fetch when they can.

·         Library: Tauni Graham

o   Reminder about display

o   Getting lots of calls for other offices, mostly admissions

o   Web page –there will be an informational brochure on how to use OhioLink.

·         Marketing & PR: Suzanne Bressoud – no updates

·         OSU Admissions & Advising: Gayle Gambs

o   On target to meet projections – 2,600 students in the fall

o   Will admit until the start of the quarter

o   Still doing orientations, very busy

·         Purchasing: Nobody present

·         Safety & Security: Charlene Santee

o   Busy issuing ID’s and parking passes

o   Staff parking passes will be available in next couple of weeks.

·         Services Center: Sue Bidwell (see above)

·         Staff Development: Candice Sheradin

o   Scavenger hunt – please send suggestions for the list to Tauni Graham or Candice Sheradin

o   Grab & Go Breakfast – Monday before classes start; Sept. 20, 7:30 am – 10 am.

o   Start thinking about door decorating for December

·         Student Life: Connie Zang

o   Derek Thatcher back from vacation

o   Introduced DeeDee Fetters, new mental health counselor – she was working @ time of Staff Forum but will be at fall luncheon

o   Gearing up for new quarter – lots of new activities, convocation, resident life, training new RA’s, etc.

o   New faculty & staff diversity program – different from what we’ve done in the past. Info forthcoming

o   Disability services – very busy, lots of students, keep referrals coming

o   Still working on new policies and procedures (re: referrals)

o   Convocation speaker will be Chief Glenna Wallace (details will be available on the OSU web page soon)

o   Italy trip people will present at the September COTC board meeting; will do another public presentation.

o   SUE: Please note the recycled notepads on the table