http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/ News about general from Staff Council News en-us Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:51:13 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5369/Staff-Council-Fall-Blood-Drive http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5369/Staff-Council-Fall-Blood-Drive The IUPUI Staff Council is hosting a blood drive on Friday, October 28, 2011, at the following locations: Bloodmobiles outside of Taylor Hall, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Medical Sciences Building (635 Barnhill Drive) - Atrium from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Campus Center, Room 148, next to Barnes & Noble, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged. To make an appointment, go to www.donorpoint.org. Click on "find a drive," enter sponsor code 8576. Your one donation will help up to three Hoosier patients at hospitals like riley, Methodist, IU, St. Vincent's, and over sixty others in the state! Thank you!!   Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5094/Staff-Council-Blood-Drive-April-28 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5094/Staff-Council-Blood-Drive-April-28 On Thursday, April 28, Staff Council, Circle K Student Government and the Indiana Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive on campus. The event will take place at Taylor Hall Bloodmobiles from 10:00a to 3:00p and the Medical Science atrium from 10:00a – 3:00p. All students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to donate blood! Saving a life by donating blood is the single most selfless act one can do. Please support Indiana Blood Center, our local blood bank, so that our Indiana hospitals have the supply they need. Indiana Blood Center is a vital link in Indiana's health care infrastructure and must collect more than 550 units of blood every day to support over 60 Indiana hospitals. The nonprofit community service organization was founded in 1952 to provide a continuous, safe and adequate supply of blood products and testing services to the people in Indiana. Visit www.indianablood.org for more information. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Lee klee2@iupui.edu.   Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5067/Summer-Course-Initiative http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/5067/Summer-Course-Initiative IUPUI is offering flexible summer courses designed to help students progress toward timely graduation. Priority registration begins on March 21, 2011. See the flyer and FAQ for more information. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4844/State-of-the-University-Address http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4844/State-of-the-University-Address In keeping with the Faculty Constitution and Indiana University tradition, the University Faculty Council (UFC) has invited IU President Michael McRobbie to present the annual "State of the University" address. President McRobbie will deliver his address on the IUPUI campus on Tuesday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m., in Room 450, of the IUPUI Campus Center. A reception with light refreshments will follow the address in the Campus Center on the fourth floor terrace. Members of the university community are cordially invited to view the president's address in person at the Campus Center or in the following ways: via live-stream broadcasting at http://broadcast.iu.edu; live on IU Bloomington Campus Cable (Channel 32); on tape delay on Tuesday, September 28, at 6 p.m. off-air on Digital Multicast Broadcast Channel WTIU-World 30.2 or on Comcast Cable Analog Channel 17 in Bloomington and repeated later that evening on September 29, at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) off-air on Digital Multicast Channel WTIU-HD 30.1 or on WTIU Comcast Cable Analog Channel 5 in Bloomington; via archived broadcast, available soon after the address at http://broadcast.iu.edu. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4820/Ellen-Poffenberger-WorkLife-Program-Fund http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4820/Ellen-Poffenberger-WorkLife-Program-Fund Ellen Poffenberger, former Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, retired in August 2010 after a 24 year career at IUPUI. Ellen provided leadership to the campus by advocating for work/life balance, human resource consulting for campus units, and thoughtful recognition of the achievements and success of the employees on the campus of IUPUI. Her service to the campus provided her with a firm foundation to understand and advance student employment, employee engagement strategies, and to launch the first staff bonus pay plan. Her role in forming a state-wide chapter of HR professionals in higher education brought external attention to the campus paving the way for IUPUI to be recognized as a great place to work. In recognition of Ellen’s vision to establish a Work/Life Program for employees at IUPUI, the Staff Council has established the Poffenberger Work/Life Program Fund which will offer general support to enhance and develop programs. The Work/Life Program benefits all IUPUI employees by promoting job satisfaction and allowing people to maximize their contribution at work while enhancing their personal lives. Your gift to the Poffenberger Work/Life Program Fund will help establish the legacy that will be used for the general support of the Work Life Program within the Office of Human Resource Administration. IUPUI’s work-life programs focus on inclusiveness, creativity and high-quality, practical information and programming. The fund is a great tribute to Ellen’s commitment to advancing work-life as a business strategy integrating work, family and community. A donation card can be found here:  http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/documents/poffenberger_fund_card.pdf. The Staff Council thanks you for your consideration. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4754/Chancellors-State-of-the-Campus-Address http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4754/Chancellors-State-of-the-Campus-Address The Chancellor's State of the Campus Address will be on November 2, 2010, in conjunction with the IUPUI Faculty Council meeting.  The IFC will meet from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. with the State of the Campus Address immediately following.  The location has not been confirmed at this time. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4691/Chancellor-meets-with-the-IUPUI-Staff-Council http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4691/Chancellor-meets-with-the-IUPUI-Staff-Council Chancellor Charles Bantz met with the IUPUI Staff Council at their meeting on May 19.  Please see the Chancellor's discussion of this meeting from his From the Desk of the Chancellor message of May 24, 2010. newscenter.iupui.edu/4690/From-the-Desk-of-the-Chancellor-May-24-2010100511 Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4421/Spring-2010-Town-Hall-Meetings--All-invited http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4421/Spring-2010-Town-Hall-Meetings--All-invited Dear Faculty and Staff, As a part of our commitment to providing open communication and seeking input regarding academic initiatives at the IUPUI level, Dean Sukhatme is inviting you to attend five town hall meetings this spring. The topics relate to our academic priorities: RISE, Honors College, 2012 campus accreditation, improving graduate education and support, and our role in STEM teacher production. Please add the following events to your calendars. We look forward to seeing you at the town halls and hearing your ideas for achieving best practice in each of these important areas! RISE (Mary Fisher) Feb. 15, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Lilly Auditorium   IUPUI Honors College (Jane Luzar) March 8, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Lilly Auditorium   IUPUI’s Role in the STEM Teacher Production (Kathy Marrs) March 22, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Lilly Auditorium   Improving Graduate Education and Support (Sherry Queener and John Omachonu) April 1, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Lilly Auditorium   2012 Accreditation – Connecting Courses with PULs and Assessment (Mary Fisher and Trudy Banta) April 28, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Lilly Auditorium   Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4414/Faculty-Council-Motion-to-Honor-Staff http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4414/Faculty-Council-Motion-to-Honor-Staff Dear Staff Members: Yesterday, I attended the IUPUI Faculty Council Meeting to give my monthly report about activities of the Staff Council. After my report, Marianne Wokeck, Associate Dean in the School of Liberal Arts, made a motion to recognize the staff. I wanted to share with you the motion, which was passed unanimously, because it is important to me that you know, and all staff members know, that the faculty care about us and appreciate what we do for them. The motion reads: The IFC recognizes that in many instances the staff has been carrying disproportionately the financial burdens brought about by difficult economic times in the academic year 2009-2010. The faculty appreciates this sacrifice by the staff.  The Faculty Council is aware of the budget situation and are facing challenges themselves with their fringe benefits (just as we are with ours). As one of our Staff Council Executive Committee members said at our last EC meeting, “We are all in this together.” Thank you, and if you are so inclined, send a note of thanks to Simon Atkinson (satkinso@iupui.edu), President of the IUPUI Faculty Council. They are doing all they can to help staff as we go through the budget transition together. Sincerely, Sue Herrell IUPUI Staff Council President   Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4407/2009-Staff-Satisfaction-Survey http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/news/4407/2009-Staff-Satisfaction-Survey The 2009 Staff Satisfaction Survey has been released by by Office of Information Management and Institutuional Research (IMIR).  Use the link below to browse the survey results. http://imir.iupui.edu/surveys/reports/default.aspx/STF/STF_SAT/64/3/2009 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500