The Town Hall Meeting will feature Dr. Coe and Dr. MacDonald. They will be answering questions from staff members.
It will begin at 8:30 sharp in the Reese Center Ballroom.
We hope to see you there!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Staff Forum Minutes for February 11, 2010
Staff Forum Minutes for February 11, 2010
Attendance: Joe DiPaolo, LeeAnn Wilson, Tauni Graham, Terri Jackson, Jamie White, Liz Edwards, Charlene Santee, Norman Holmes, John Weaver, Kendra Linkous, Mark Fegley, Travis Patrick, Marilyn Lees, Leslie Holler, Kasia Wilson, Howard Imhof, Jeff Crabtree, Mark Labutis, Holly Hagans, Jeseca MacDonald, Diane Jarzen, Misty Amacher, Candy Sheradin, Karen Prost, Nancy Shepard, Amanda Bays, Sherry Abbott, Mary Miller, Susan Aleshire, Bruce Weaver, Julie Ketner, Corri Edwards.
Welcome: Corri Edwards
• Reminder that next month is the town Hall meeting. Please submit your questions for Dr. Coe and Dr. MacDonald.
Monthly Hosts- Financial Aid and Child Development Center
• Financial Aid: Misty Amacher
o Misty Amacher- Senior Aid Advisor, Deb Clark- Senior Aid Advisor, Nancy Shepard- Advisor, Luci Hardesty- Advisor, Jessica MacDonald- Advisor, Holly Hagans- temporary Advisor, Kathy Holmes- Administrative Assistant, Amanda Schoop- advisor
• Child Development Center: Mary Miller
o Susan Aleshire is the assistant director.
o The CDC is in the midst of hiring cooperating lead teachers.
o There are currently child care openings for 18 month to 5 year olds.
o The CDC created cookbooks and they are available for $5.00 donation. If you are interested, contact the CDC.
New Business:
• Child Development Center Noteworthy Events: Mary Miller
o April 29th will be an open house. Mad Cap theatre puppets will be performing.
Area Updates:
Academic Labs: Terri Jackson
• There was no class the last two days.
Business and Accounting:
• No representative present.
Career Services:
• No representative present.
COTC Gateway:
• No representative present.
Development Office:
• No representative present.
Dining Services: Joe DiPaolo
• Katie O’Neill accepted a position up at the Columbus campus.
• There will be some updates to the menu at Spring quarter.
o Pizza by the slice
o 2 types of burgers
Value Size- burger, fries and small drink for $3.99
• Katie’s position will be posted on the OSU jobs web site.
Facilities:
• No representative present.
Human Resources: Sherry Abbott
• Employee Update (see update at the end of minutes).
• Biometric screenings will be held on April 28th at 8 am in HP 64.
o Register at http://www.osuhealthplan.com/screenings/register.
Information Technology Services: Jeff Crabtree, Howard Imhof
Jeff Crabtree
• Helpdesk Analyst position is open.
• Systems Specialist position is open.
Howard Imhof
• Added that these are two critical positions for frontline support and ITS will be doing its best to continue the level of support.
• Noted that Restricted Data includes: Student Information, Grades, Social Security Numbers, Information protected by FERPA, and financial aid accounts.
• Don’t copy any restricted data to your hard drive on your computer (C drive). That is a very un-secure location for that data.
• The most secure place for data is as follows (in order of highest level of security to lowest)-
o H drive = most secure (because only you have access to this drive)
o Department/Local Drive
o K drive
• Phishing Attempts through email. No legitimate business or academic institution will ever ask for your account information or ID via email.
• How can you tell if the web site you’re looking at is secure?
o Look at the web address for https. The ‘s’ means secure.
Library: Tauni Graham
• No update.
Marketing and PR:
• No representative present.
OSU Admissions and Advising: Mark Fegley
• Applications from all OSU campuses for autumn 2010 have increased for this year.
• The Columbus campus has met Dr. Gee’s goal of 25,000 applicants which is about 5,000 more than last year.
• 1578 applications for the Newark campus. This is 674 greater than last year
• Second choice applications are up by 535 this year and first choice applications have increased by 139.
Purchasing:
• No representative present.
Safety and Security: Norm Holmes
• Watch out for black ice.
• Howard Imhof asked the staff forum attendees if the communication was sufficient regarding the notification of campus closings.
o Web Site announcement
o Email
o Voicemail message to all phones connected on the global network
• A suggestion was made that wording on the web site be more specific about whether classes were cancelled, offices were closed, clinical, etc.
• The severe weather extension was noted as needing to be updated as well.
Staff Development: Marilyn Lees
• Soup cook-off is today, Thursday, February 11.
• Employee of the quarter nominations are due Friday, February 26th .
• There will be an announcement soon regarding the Staff Development Book Discussion Group.
o The book will be Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts.
Student Life:
• No representative present.
Next meeting will be the Town Hall meeting on March 11th in the Reese Ballroom.
Trivia Question: When is the Newark Campus Career Fair this year?
A. February 15, 11-2 in Adena
B. February 23, 11-2 in Adena
C. March 10, 11-2 in Adena
D. June 1, 11-2 in Adena
The Answer: B
The Winners: Tauni Graham and Norm Holmes
Thanks to the bookstore for providing the prizes!
Attendance: Joe DiPaolo, LeeAnn Wilson, Tauni Graham, Terri Jackson, Jamie White, Liz Edwards, Charlene Santee, Norman Holmes, John Weaver, Kendra Linkous, Mark Fegley, Travis Patrick, Marilyn Lees, Leslie Holler, Kasia Wilson, Howard Imhof, Jeff Crabtree, Mark Labutis, Holly Hagans, Jeseca MacDonald, Diane Jarzen, Misty Amacher, Candy Sheradin, Karen Prost, Nancy Shepard, Amanda Bays, Sherry Abbott, Mary Miller, Susan Aleshire, Bruce Weaver, Julie Ketner, Corri Edwards.
Welcome: Corri Edwards
• Reminder that next month is the town Hall meeting. Please submit your questions for Dr. Coe and Dr. MacDonald.
Monthly Hosts- Financial Aid and Child Development Center
• Financial Aid: Misty Amacher
o Misty Amacher- Senior Aid Advisor, Deb Clark- Senior Aid Advisor, Nancy Shepard- Advisor, Luci Hardesty- Advisor, Jessica MacDonald- Advisor, Holly Hagans- temporary Advisor, Kathy Holmes- Administrative Assistant, Amanda Schoop- advisor
• Child Development Center: Mary Miller
o Susan Aleshire is the assistant director.
o The CDC is in the midst of hiring cooperating lead teachers.
o There are currently child care openings for 18 month to 5 year olds.
o The CDC created cookbooks and they are available for $5.00 donation. If you are interested, contact the CDC.
New Business:
• Child Development Center Noteworthy Events: Mary Miller
o April 29th will be an open house. Mad Cap theatre puppets will be performing.
Area Updates:
Academic Labs: Terri Jackson
• There was no class the last two days.
Business and Accounting:
• No representative present.
Career Services:
• No representative present.
COTC Gateway:
• No representative present.
Development Office:
• No representative present.
Dining Services: Joe DiPaolo
• Katie O’Neill accepted a position up at the Columbus campus.
• There will be some updates to the menu at Spring quarter.
o Pizza by the slice
o 2 types of burgers
Value Size- burger, fries and small drink for $3.99
• Katie’s position will be posted on the OSU jobs web site.
Facilities:
• No representative present.
Human Resources: Sherry Abbott
• Employee Update (see update at the end of minutes).
• Biometric screenings will be held on April 28th at 8 am in HP 64.
o Register at http://www.osuhealthplan.com/screenings/register.
Information Technology Services: Jeff Crabtree, Howard Imhof
Jeff Crabtree
• Helpdesk Analyst position is open.
• Systems Specialist position is open.
Howard Imhof
• Added that these are two critical positions for frontline support and ITS will be doing its best to continue the level of support.
• Noted that Restricted Data includes: Student Information, Grades, Social Security Numbers, Information protected by FERPA, and financial aid accounts.
• Don’t copy any restricted data to your hard drive on your computer (C drive). That is a very un-secure location for that data.
• The most secure place for data is as follows (in order of highest level of security to lowest)-
o H drive = most secure (because only you have access to this drive)
o Department/Local Drive
o K drive
• Phishing Attempts through email. No legitimate business or academic institution will ever ask for your account information or ID via email.
• How can you tell if the web site you’re looking at is secure?
o Look at the web address for https. The ‘s’ means secure.
Library: Tauni Graham
• No update.
Marketing and PR:
• No representative present.
OSU Admissions and Advising: Mark Fegley
• Applications from all OSU campuses for autumn 2010 have increased for this year.
• The Columbus campus has met Dr. Gee’s goal of 25,000 applicants which is about 5,000 more than last year.
• 1578 applications for the Newark campus. This is 674 greater than last year
• Second choice applications are up by 535 this year and first choice applications have increased by 139.
Purchasing:
• No representative present.
Safety and Security: Norm Holmes
• Watch out for black ice.
• Howard Imhof asked the staff forum attendees if the communication was sufficient regarding the notification of campus closings.
o Web Site announcement
o Email
o Voicemail message to all phones connected on the global network
• A suggestion was made that wording on the web site be more specific about whether classes were cancelled, offices were closed, clinical, etc.
• The severe weather extension was noted as needing to be updated as well.
Staff Development: Marilyn Lees
• Soup cook-off is today, Thursday, February 11.
• Employee of the quarter nominations are due Friday, February 26th .
• There will be an announcement soon regarding the Staff Development Book Discussion Group.
o The book will be Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts.
Student Life:
• No representative present.
Next meeting will be the Town Hall meeting on March 11th in the Reese Ballroom.
Trivia Question: When is the Newark Campus Career Fair this year?
A. February 15, 11-2 in Adena
B. February 23, 11-2 in Adena
C. March 10, 11-2 in Adena
D. June 1, 11-2 in Adena
The Answer: B
The Winners: Tauni Graham and Norm Holmes
Thanks to the bookstore for providing the prizes!
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