Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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

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