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Professional Staff Senate
Annual Meeting – August 15, 2003

 

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Following the brunch, Professional Staff Senate Chair, Lin Brummels, called the annual meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

 

Lin presented an overview of the accomplishments of 2002-2003, the first full year of existence for the Professional Staff Senate.

• A constitution was drafted and adopted
  
• Committee chairs were introduced and a brief report from each committee was presented:
  • Mentoring (Brummels) -- A campus-wide mentoring program has been developed with faculty and support staff and will be utilized by the HR position currently being advertised
    
  • Social (Barelman) – two social events took place during the year, a potluck and a gathering at the Max. The potluck is being planned again for this year in September.
    
  • Recognition (DeBoer) – Planned the recognition brunch
    
  • Continuing Education (Gardner) – Provided several workshops throughout the year and will continue to plan workshops on additional topics of interest.
    
  • Membership (Polenske) – Keep a database of current membership
    
  • Hospitality (Weber) – Send cards, gifts and or flowers to the membership in recognition of life events. Please inform Dorothy Weber of any events. The Courtesy Club suggested donation is $3.00 and can be sent to Dorothy also.
    
  • Policy (Bulock) – Reviewed and discussed several policies.
    
  • Communication (Smith) – sends information, messages and minutes to the membership. Conducted a survey of professional staff interests.
    
    
• One member served on fall Budget Review Committee and four members served on the Budget Advisory Committee.
  
• An amendment to the Professional Staff Senate was passed to allow non-voting membership to supervisory support staff excluded from the support staff membership.
  
• The Professional Staff Senate kept informed of the budget cutting procedures and met with the President, VPAA and VPFA to keep apprised of those procedures and to offer a voice for the membership.
  
• The following members were recognized for their years of service to Wayne State College and presented a certificate by Interim President, Curt Frey:
  
  • 10 years Jason Barelman, John Dunning, Sharon Vanis and Ruth Smith
  • 15 years Marcus Schlichter
  • 20 years Marilyn Liedorff and Marilyn Wilson
  • 25 years Kyle Rose and Barbara Meyer
    
• All professional Staff employees introduced themselves.

Meeting adjourned at 10:30.

Respectfully submitted,
Cheri Polenske, secretary

 

 

 

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