Staff Forum Minutes: July 8, 2010

Attendance: Tauni Graham, Julie Ketner, Terri Jackson, Laura Walsh, Heather Warnecke, Sherry Abbott, Patsy Henderson, David I. Williams, John Weaver, R.J. Dannemiller, Rob Yarmesch, Damin Cappel, Kathy Holmes, Nicia Cary, Bruce Weaver, Charlene Santee, Norm L. Holmes, Becky Smith, Kathy Cope, C.R. Barclay, Teresa McGinnis, Lynne Benninghoff, Jim R. Woolard, Rose Hart, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo, Sue Bidwell.

Welcome: Sue Bidwell, chair

Monthly hosts: Human Resources, Marketing & Public Relations, Institutional Research

• Introduced Suzanne Bressoud, vice chair and Francesca Amigo, secretary. Thanks to previous Staff Forum officers Corri (not present), Jasmin, and Julie.
• Sue mentioned the yellow sheets on tables, asking people to check their hosting assignments, and if they want to change them to please let her know;
• Noted schedule of meetings for the year; all in WC platform; except possibly the “town meeting,” which needs to be set.
• Staff forum: not a gripe session; not for gossip; it’s a time to get to know colleagues, introduce, mingle new folks with old-timers; and get updates.

New business: None.

Area updates:


• Academic Labs: Terri: end of each quarter they do waste disposal; next pickup is middle to end of august – batteries, chemical waste, etc. – contact Terri by email. Do not take it to her yet! NO MATERIAL FROM HOME – campus only. Next pickup is December.
Rose Hart: can we use the battery dumpsters around campus? JIM: No – contact Terri.

• Business and Accounting Office: Nobody present

• Career Services: Derek is on vacation

• Child development Center: Nobody present.

• COTC Gateway: Nobody present.

• Development Office: Heather Warnecke
o Reese’s gift – Matching Gift Challenge - $10 million, April 2010 – June 2012. Matched dollar for dollar.

• Dining services: Damon Cappel
o Hours at Cyber Café have been fluctuating as they try to figure out traffic times. 7:30 am – noon, Mon-Thurs.; Table of Contents: 7 am – 3 pm. Probably close right before autumn quarter begins to train staff, will let us know closer.

• Human Resources: Sherri Abbott
o Lunch & learn workshop: sugar vs. sweetener. 11:30 – 12:30, next Thursday; points eligible. Contact Patsy to register.
o Personal health assessments: Must be done once a year for $20 premium reduction – don’t forget to complete!
o Personnel updates (see list at end of minutes).

• Information Technology Services: Julie Ketner
o Hiring classroom support person & resource management people – Howard sent email to campus, encouraging people to attend open sessions.

• Library: Tauni Graham
o Has NY Times Best sellers
o Has classics on DVD
o Putting up a jigsaw puzzle from underground railroad museum.

• Marketing & Public Relations: Alice Hutzel-Bateson
o Thanks to all involved in COTC spring commencement
o Mark calendars for Wed. Sept. 15th – annual cost-shared luncheon 11:30 – 1pm in Reese Center
o MPR is here to assist with any projects that you need help with – flyers, etc. Please involve the dept. early on.

• OSU Admissions & Advising: C.R. Barclay
o Enrollment: summer 2010, we’re on projection; headcount 600 (give or take 10); autumn on target 1350 for new students; overall projection 2625
o Currently doing weekly orientations; 20-25 students signing up for classes; planning for incoming class of 2011 has begun
o Mark Begley (Franklin County & East Fairfield) has huge load, be kind; CR has 725 students
o This year we have a very diverse group – CR = Dayton & Cincinnati; more and more students are making Newark campus their 2nd choice
o June 30 was Karen Prost’s last day; currently taking apps for that position. Karen will return on part-time basis in autumn.
o Teresa McKinney, fees & deposits: suggested that we have a gift certificate for when students have extra money that cannot be put toward their fees /tuition.

• Purchasing: Nobody present.

• Safety & Security: Jim Woolard
o Opened Pataskala campus; remodeling space in Pataskala; YMCA = 4 classrooms
o Building parking lot near LeFevre Hall
o Paving university drive over summer. Closing bridge on bike path to clean and sandblast bridge.
o There will be traps along path – trying to clear out the muskrats; they took out 30 muskrats the first 3 days.
o Ariel hall: budget approved, going to board of trustees for approval. Founders Hall: water well; master schedule available soon – Jeremy Pursley working on this; will have schedule for spring now; classrooms for next fall – lower level of founders will be classrooms – psych labs; also spaces in Reese Center.
o New RECYCLING cans this week – more info coming from Rose.
o Alice H-B: when are we vacating church in Pataskala? JIM: no decisions made yet.
o Sue: when will psych labs be ready? JIM: September 1; labs in Hopewell autumn quarter.

• Services Center: Sue Bidwell
o Last weekend, Norm had the carpet cleaned – thanks!
o Order your large quantities now – it’s a slow time; in early September they’re working on material for faculty. Give about a week turnaround.

• Staff Development: Candi Sheridan
o July 20 Tuesday, after work: Family picnic in rotary pavilion; potluck, details coming soon; everyone welcome.
o Scavenger hunt: August – date to be announced. Please look for unusual items.

• Student Life: Elaine Stevens
o Recognize Sue Foster, housing director, who is retiring
o Lance Ginn is replacement from Columbus

• Sue Bidwell:
1. WELCOME to Rosemary Saliba as new director of institutional research for COTC;
ROSEMARY: drilling into data and generating data reports from areas to increase info for decision making, instructional purposes.
2. Please review sheets on tables – let us know who the contact person in your area will be; also check the hosting dates.

Sherri: REMINDER: October 21st = benefits fair.

Next Meeting July 8 at 8:30 am on the Warner Platform

See you there!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the newly elected Staff Forum officers for 2010-2011!

Sue Bidwell, Chair
Suzanne Bressoud, Vice-Chair
Francesca Amigo, Secretary

June Meeting Minutes

Staff Forum Minutes: June 10, 2010
Attendance: Susan Jaeger, Tara Houdeshell, Jackie Stewart, Leyla Billman, Deliesha Douglas, Kim Wortkoetter, Teresa McGinnis, Kathy Holmes, Brian Boehmer, R.J. Dannemiller, John Weaver, Rob Yarmesch, Damin Cappel, Greg Halbe, Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Sheila Carpenter, Becky Smith, Heather Warnecke, Laura Walsh, Candy Sheradin, Marilyn Lees, Tauni Graham, Sue Bidwell, Cathy Mitchell, Terri Jackson, Leslie Holler, Kyle Morgan, Jamie White, Maggie Camstra, Susan Spurgeon, Beth Moss, Travis Patrick, Bruce Weaver, Mary, Miller, Mike Neff, Jim Woolard, Charlene Santee, Dan Longstreth, Norman Holmes, Patsy Henderson, Suzanne Bressoud, Francesca Amigo, Sherry Abbott, Connie Zang, Corri Edwards, Julie Ketner, Jasmin Hennosy

Welcome: Corri Edwards
Monthly Hosts: Fees and Deposits and Purchasing
• Purchasing: Maggie Camstra
o Maggie introduced Susan Spurgeon and Beth Moss
• Fees and Deposits: Kim Wortkoetter
o The office of Fees and Deposits handles tuition payments for COTC and OSU-Newark, Financial Aid refunds for COTC, BuckID deposits and sells staff parking permits, among other activities.
o Kim introduced Teresa McGinnis and mentioned that the office is also composed of Jessica Mautz, Terry Welch, Kim Benson, and Lynne Benninghoff. New 100% FTE Cashier job posting June 26th.
New Business
• Ariel Hall Project: Brian Boehmer
o Yesterday the Pataskala campus moved from the city building to former Grand Host East.
o Knox campus
 Move from Ariel Hall to Fredericktown High School temporarily during a 5.5 million dollar renovation
 Brian displayed the plans for the improvements to Ariel Hall
• Create bookends on South side of building
• Addition of windows to the south side.
 Building will be very visible on Main street in Mt. Vernon
 There are 3 floors of Ariel Hall
• First floor will house Security office, Center for Academic Success, classrooms, digital media design lab, community/advisory board room, multipurpose space (which has a capacity 0f 70)
• Second floor will house classrooms and laboratories, student lounge
 The construction will be finished and move in will be August 2011
 A question was asked about parking- Brian reported that they are always looking to find more parking for the Knox campus but that there is a large lot nearby.
• Gateway Personnel News: Susan Jaeger
o Leyla Billman introduced Deleisha Dougulas. Deliesha is from Indiana and began working at this campus in May.
• CollegeASPIRE: Tara Houdeshell
o Workshops begin on Monday of next week. 160 children are expected to attend workshops located at several of COTC campuses
o There are workshops about robotics, medical madness and forensics
o Next Saturday will be an open house from 11-1 in the Warner center
o Age groups are 10-14 year olds and 14-18 year olds
o This program targets under resource, high risk youths.

Area Updates
• Academic Labs: Terry Jackson
 There was a test on a possible meteorite and there was no Nickel so therefore it wasn’t a meteorite
• Business and Accounting Office: Kim Wortkoetter
 Kim commended ITS because Kelly Kirkpatrick was able to finagle the Datatel system so that COTC students can now view their student tuition account details/six-month history on COTCconnect.
• Career Services: No update.
• Child Development Center: Mary Miller
 There are still some part time positions for school-aged children open. There are many positions open for preschoolers.
• COTC Gateway: Susan Jaeger
 John Merrin is retiring at the end of this year. The Gateway is in the process of hiring his replacement and hopefully will be in place at the end of June.
• Development Office: Heather Warnecke
 40th Anniversary toolkit is not to be used until next year
 If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
 Thanked staff for participating in the increasing the culture of philanthropy.
• Dining Services: Damon Cappel
 Please remember to bring a copy of the invoice when you use the P-card to pay for catering
 Introduced Rob Yarmesch, the new assistant director of Table of Contents.
• Human Resource: Sherry Abbott
 Personnel updates (please see end of minutes)
• Information Technology Services: Corri Edwards
 There are two teams of people facilitating the simultaneous moves in Pataskala and Knox
 The positions of Classroom Support and Asset Management are in the process of being filled
• Library: Tauni Graham
 Tauni alluded that there will be something interesting happening with the library.
 Tauni reported that the noise levels have decreased
• Marketing: Suzanne Bressoud
 COTC commencement took place on Friday June 11th.
 Saturday July 3rd, Sticks and Stones at 6:30, Heisy Wind Ensemble at 8:30, Fireworks at 10.
• Tauni Graham mentioned that Red, White and Boom is on July 2nd so there may be a big crowd here.
• OSU Admissions and Advising: Ann Donahue
 Orientation sessions have begun this quarter
 Buckeye visit days will continue as well
 There has been budget approval for an Access Coordinator, a new position on campus
 Ann recognized Travis Patrick for video work he worked on
 Kyle Morgan announced that Karen Prost is retiring. Marilyn Barber will take over Karen’s position and there will be a new advising position opening up. There is also a full time position opening up for the front desk
• Safety and Security: Mike Neff
 Reported that security is getting ready for July 3rd fireworks.
• Security and Facilities: Jim Woolard
 First attempt to hire a security director was unsuccessful so Mike Neff will remain with the campus for the foreseeable future.
• Services Center: Sue Bidwell
 Sue told staff that if large quantities of copy are needed, please get those requests in right away. There will be an influx of requests from faculty
 Please return Interoffice envelopes
• Staff Development: Marilyn Lees
 There were 155 jars of Peanut Butter donated. This amounts to 224 pounds of Peanut butter
 There will be a list of events for next year’s Staff Development events
 Marilyn listed the nominees for employee of the quarter.
 The recipient of the Spring 2010 employee of the quarter is Cathy Mitchell
• Student Life: No update.

Staff Forum Attendance Raffle drawing: Library won pizza party raffle

Trivia Question
When do we plan to transition to MS Office 2010?
A. Summer 2010
B. Summer 2011
C. Autumn 2010
D. Newark Campus is not transitioning
The answer is Autumn 2010, Leslie Holler and Jackie Stewart won the raffle.

Next Meeting June 10, 8:30 am on the Warner Platform

See you there!

May Staff Forum Meeting minutes

Staff Forum minutes for May 13, 2010

Attendance: Holly Mason, Derek Thatcher, Rose Hart, Heather Warnecke, Jennifer Roberts, Laura Walsh, Elaine Stevens, Sherry Abbott, Patsy Henderson, Diane Jarzen, Leslie Holler, Terri Jackson, Howard Imhof, Jeff Crabtree, Tauni Graham, Candy Sheradin, Marilyn Lees, Liz Edwards, Becky Smith, Damin Cappel, Kyle Morgan, Lori Crocker, Alice Hutzel-Bateson, Maggie Camstra, RJ Dannemiller, David I. Williams, Bruce Weaver, Norm Holmes, Jim Woolard, Mike Neff, Charlene Santee, Teresa McGinnis, Mark Labutis, Mark Fegley, Brian Boehmer, Dan Longstreth Shirley Justice, John Weaver, Corri Edwards, Julie Ketner.

Welcome: Corri Edwards
• Corri announced that the current staff forum committee will be handing over the torch in June to the new officers.
• Corri thanked the Facilities and Safety department for the wonderful breakfast they have provided.

Monthly Hosts: Security and Facilities
• Jim Woolard: Informed that the runs the Maintenance and Facilities office. Jim introduced Brian Boehmer, director of facilities, Dan Longstreth, Shirley Justice, Norm Holmes, and Rick Nelson.
• Dr. Woolard reported that there are plans for a parking garage.
• There will be a three year program in which every square yard of the Newark campus will be repaved and sealed. This summer will begin with University Drive.
• Brian Boehmer reported that a lot of energy is being spent on moving and renovations at Ariel Hall, and moving to the Grand Host East in Pataskala.
• An auction will take place on Monday, May 17th to sell kitchen and catering items recovered from the Grad Host East.
• Dan Longstreth reported that flowers are coming in for the Adopt-a-Garden area. If interested, please contact Dan.

New Business
• New Employee: Corri Edwards
o Corri Edwards introduced Damin Cappel, the new dining services director. Damin told staff that he would be happy to hear ideas on menu items that could be offered.
• Creating a Culture of Philanthropy: Jennifer Roberts
o There will be a large cost-shared comprehensive campaign for Central Ohio Technical College and The Ohio State University at Newark.
o Building a culture of philanthropy.
o MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
 Opportunities-
• Maximize fundraising potential
• Leverage manpower and other resources
• Momentum of a larger campaign
• Cultivation of a larger prospect pool.
• Perpetuate the vision of NCDF -NCDF is a privately controlled budget.
• Increased stewardship of donors
• President’s Club recognition
 Threats-
• Will not achieve optimal fundraising outcomes
• Increased donor confusion
• Competing campaigns
• Perceived lack of collaboration
 Timeline-
• Planning 1/1/2010-6/30/2010
• Quiet Phase 7//1/2010-12/31/2010
• Public Phase- 1/1/2011-12/31/2011
o Culture Shift
• Eliminate the stigma associated with fundraising
• Explain the development lifecycle
• Success will be achieved once the team realizes their individual roles
o Everyone plays a role in this campaign by creating a welcoming environment on campus for all visitors, students.
• Everyone is a potential donor. Too often we think of donors as the four or five people that have their names on buildings, but in reality, it is any staff member, faculty member or student.
o Your Role
o Demonstrate your support
o Provide leads
 A family member, a neighbor, a friend. Tell Jennifer if you know anyone that is interested in scholarships or donating to the college in other ways.
o Serve as an active liaison
o Advocate for the College and University
o Jennifer closed with the quote “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark”.
o Jennifer showed a news story about a donor from Wake Forest college.
o Heather Warneke, the new Assistant Director of Development, was introduced. Jennifer introduced Laura Walsh and also Latricia Johnston.

• Recycling Book Clubs: Rose Hart
o This is an idea for people who like to read. There are many book clubs on campus. Rose said that these books would be for borrowing- no checkout or anything. Just honor system.
o Rose attended a conference about recycling.
o The recycling committee will have a guest speaker at the next meeting.

• Staff Appreciation Week: Marilyn Lees
• Staff development decided that in addition to appreciating staff, they would also give staff the opportunity to donate as well.
• During next few weeks, there will be boxes at events where staff can bring jars of Peanut Butter to donate.

Area Updates
o Dining Services: Damin Cappel
o Please send catering requests to the dining services email, Joe Dipaolo or Damin.
o Human Resources: Sherry Abbott
o Employee Updates (please see the end of the minutes).
o Picnic will be Wednesday, May 19 in the Amphitheater.
o Check the HR website for Financial workshops. The first one is next week. Employees are encouraged to sign up.
o ITS: Howard Imhof
o Last month was a difficult month due to transitions in staff. Cheryl Tucker and Joe Snow are no longer with our institution. The jobs are posted and ITS is working quickly to fill these key positions.
o If you have requests for the asset management area, please send those requests to Jeff Crabtree.
o Classroom Support requests should be sent to the ITS Helpdesk. Jonathan Harper is organizing them. Terry Gill is stepping up to manage student workers and take care of requests. Howard reported that it’s possible that things may fall through the cracks, so please be understanding during this time of transition.
o Windows 7 is coming out soon. Founders 180 will have Windows 7 installed.
 Founders 180 will be available during the break.
 The rollout plan is that as you receive your new computers, they all will have Windows 7.
o Also Office 2010 is coming out. Transition to Office 10 will occur duing the autumn quarter of 2010.
o Corri Edwards added that there will be plenty of professional development and training workshops available for faculty and staff to learn the new software.
o Staff Development: Tauni Graham
o Tauni mentioned that there is opportunity to nominate new officers.
o Marketing: Alice Hutzel-Bateson
o There FAQ documents available for students and prospective students. If hard copies are needed, please contact Alice or Suzanne Bressoud.
o Alice noted that the transitions that are occurring, these moves are very positive. These moves open up many doors in terms of marketing.
o Jasmin Hennosy has been out of the office on Maternity leave. Jasmin is expected to return in early June.
o The Ohio State Newark Graduation celebration is May 18th.
o COTC commencement in Adena Hall is June 11th.
o OSU Admissions and Advising: Kyle Morgan
o Graduation Celebration is for students that have earned their Associates degree, bachelor (or 80% of their degree) here at Newark.
o Mark Fegly reported that orientation start on May 26th and continues during the summer.
o Mark reported that Ann wanted to thank everyone who has signed up to participate in the Reality Store.
o Kyle Morgan mentioned an article in the Newark Advocate
o Purchasing: Maggie Camstra
o It was noted that there is a new Pepsi vending machine in the basement of Founders hall.
o Please use P-cards when purchasing items. This helps things flow more smoothly.
o Safety and Security: Mike Neff
o Officer Neff gave an update on the parking situation on the Newark campus. He reported that there were over 500 parking spots at 12:30
o Reminder emails have been sent out about paying parking tickets. There will be stricter enforcement.
o Employees are advised to lock offices and cars. Put anything of value away and out of sight. Someone will break your car window to grab $1.00 worth of change.
o Staff Development: Marilyn Lees
o Social dance class will be held from 11:30-1:00 on Thursday, May 20th in the Adena gym.
o The book discussion club is finished for this year.
o Employee of the quarter nominations are due this month. Please send all nominations to Mary Kay Yaus.


End of meeting minutes

April Staff Forum Minutes

Staff Forum Minutes for April 8, 2010

Attendance: Teri Jackson, Bruce Weaver, Rose Hart, Sunny Caldwell, Connie Zang, Ann Donahue, Kyle Morgan, Mary Miller, Becky Smith, Derek Thatcher, Sherry Abbott, Howard Imhof, Tauni Graham, Norm Holmes, Marilyn Lees, Lisa Smith, Sue Bidwell, Jamie White, Charlene Ross, Mary Kay Yaus, Kathy Holmes, RJ Dannemiller, David I. Williams, Kendra Linkous, Charlene Santee, John Weaver, Tim Deaver, Ste Veyon, Jeff Crabtree, Mary Miller, Leslie Holler, Travis Patrick, Corri Edwards, Julie Ketner.

Welcome: Corri Edwards
• Jasmin Hennosy, Staff Forum Vice Chair, is not here today because she recently had her baby. We send her well wishes!
• Staff Forum officers apologized to any individuals from the academic labs that were left off of the agenda.

Monthly Hosts: OSU Math, Writing and Chemistry Labs, COTC Center for Academic Success, COTC Science Labs and OSU Education Curriculum Center
• OSU Science labs: Teri Jackson
o Please call if you have batteries, or hazardous materials. She can assist with disposal.
• COTC Center for Academic Success: Bruce Weaver
o Bruce reported that he recently made a transition from interim director for CRC and is now hired full time. The Center for Academic Success is located in Warner.
o CRC provides written and spoken communication support.
o Technology support is facilitated by Regina Williams
• OSU Newark math center: Rose Hart
o Located next to the Writer’s Studio on the second floor in the Warner Center.
o There are multiple individuals that staff the Math Center.
 Sudha Kolathu-Parambil is the program assistant and also teaches math courses.
 Rose stated that there are wonderful student assistants, too.
• OSU Writing lab: Sunny Caldwell
o Staff members are invited to use the witting lab for assistance with memos, manuscripts and other writing needs.
o Writing handbooks are available for you to have in your office.

New Business:
• Introduction of New Case Manager for Disability Services: Connie Zang
o The new Case Manager is R.J. Dannemiller
 R.J. to this campus from Terra Community College with experience in admissions and advising experience.
 R.J. will work with students and also with Access Plans that are viewed by faculty.
 Please welcome R.J. to the campus.
o Connie also noted that Student Life Activities Program Manager, Casey Ray, welcomed a new addition to his family, Parker Ryan Ray.
• OSU Campus Campaign: Kyle Morgan
o There are many posters around campus that have buttons on them. These are for the Campus Campaign.
o Pledge cards will be distributed soon.
o The Ohio State Campus Campaign is one of the most successful fundraising campaigns in the country. There are many funds available if you would like to donate to a specific cause.
o Kathy Millard and Barb Bruner founded a scholarship for Appalachia.
o There is a link to donate online.
• Child Development Center Special Announcements: Mary Miller
o Mary announced that the CDC is now taking reservations for the summer school-age program.
o There will be an open house on April 29th with the Mad Cap puppet theater.
 The puppet show is for ages preschool through twelve.
• “5” Digit Phone Extension: Becky Smith
o New phone directories were sent out on the first day of the quarter.
o The updated directories are also posted in the Phone Directory folder in the K drive.
o Becky reported that she is still regularly receiving phone calls from people who still have three digit extension contact information and therefore can’t get through.
o There are many places that 3 digit extensions are hiding:
 Family and friends
 Email signatures
 Course syllabi
 Business cards
 Printed material
 Voicemail messages- remember to change both internal and external
 Web sites- remember to change it on both OSU and COTC sites
 Phone postings near your phone
o Howard Imhof noted that ITS would help with this effort, especially with the web content.
o It was also noted that some of the public phones still have old extensions posted on them and will update them as they are found. Please notify either ITS or Becky about the phones.
• College Access & Reality Store: Ann Donahue
o College Access is about getting people to think about going to college that normally wouldn’t.
 Often times these are first generation college attendees.
o College Access is reaching out to families in the Newark City School district.
o CAN DO= COTC, A call for College, Newark City Schools, Denison, Ohio State Newark
 VISTA volunteers have been assisting with this initiative as well.
o Blueprint college is being coordinated by Ohio State Newark. It will bring parents onto the campus to inform them about the college process.
o COTC Aspire is part of the program as well.
o Reality Store= “The game of Life”. Teaches students about financial literacy. Hopefully it will teach students how important it is for them to do well in school. Role playing based on real demographics in the area.
 Volunteers are needed for Reality Store.
 Sunny Caldwell noted that it is valuable for staff members to be present and thus serve as role models.

Area Updates:
Career Services: Derek Thatcher
 March 30th, alumni from COTC serving in law enforcement shared their experience with current academy students.
o Derek thanked the Development office, Dr. Weinblatt, and Joy Padgett for assistance with this program
 Wednesday April 9, there was a program for students to gain experience with interviews.
o Bryanna Stigger, a student at COTC, gathered professionals in hiring roles at companies and there was a panel discussion where students could gain knowledge about the job process.
o Staff members also volunteered their time to assist with mock interviewing exercises for the students.
Human Resources: Sherry Abbott
• Employee updates (see end of minutes).
• Faculty and Staff Picnic is May 19th in the Martha Grace Reese Amphitheater. In the event of rain, it will be in Warner platform.
• Health Screenings are on April 28th.
• STRS workshop on April 8th
• Depression Management workshop will be April 28th in the Warner center from 11:30-12:30.
Information Technology Services: Howard Imhof
• Howard reported that ITS is aware of the slow speed of the Wireless internet around campus.
• ITS is trying to streamline the process of how students, faculty and staff access the wireless internet.
• Email distribution lists have been reworked. There is now a list for COTC staff, OSU staff and Cost shared staff.
o Howard noted that if you are sending an email to a lot of staff members, please put those names into the BCC field.
Library: Tauni Graham
• Scott and Molly Bates welcomed a new addition to their family, Rebekah Lynn Bates.
OSU Admissions and Advising: Kyle Morgan
 Many students are transitioning to the Columbus campus
 Jamie White noted that the OSU Graduation Celebration is Tuesday, May 18th in the Reese Center
Safety and Security: Norm Holmes
• There have been approximately 100 tickets written for individuals that have parked their cars in the grass.
• Rose Hart noted that last week she saw that a person was checking car doors to steal.
• Connie Zang noted that sometimes someone could be having a medical dilemma that would cause them to act strange and disoriented and that people should be conscious of this, too.
• Connie Zang asked why the flags were at half mast. Norm Holmes informed that it is because Ohio Chief Supreme Court Justice passed away.
Staff Development: Marilyn Lees
• There will be a food drive during Staff Appreciation Week.
• Request for nomination for Student Leadership Awards was sent April 7th. Nominations are due April 28.
Student Life: Marilyn Lees
 Request for nomination for Student Leadership Awards was sent April 7th.
Financial Aid: Lisa Smith
 Nancy Sheppard recently added a new member to her family, as well.
 Student Appreciation week is next week.
o Monday 11 am-1 pm open house lunch and gift bags.
o Monday through Thursday- opportunity to enter a drawing for door prizes.
o Tuesday Grab and Go breakfast
o Wednesday – Study break, popcorn and drinks
o Thursday from 11 am-1:00 pm is Game day
Services Center: Sue Bidwell
 Please remember to return the out of office envelopes. Don’t throw them away!

Open Session:

Trivia Question: Is there a swimming pool in the Action Plan for the renovation of Adena Hall?
Answer: True

Winners: Jamie White and Charlene Santee

Thanks to Student Life for providing the prizes!