CONSIC

During the April meeting we:

1. Review SIC’s Purpose & Function

2. Discussed the Staff Survey Status

3. Defined Awards timing, criteria, & voting method. A follow up email will be sent on this matter.

4. Next meeting: Tuesday, June 4th 9:30am

Next week’s Staff Issues Committee Meeting is on Tuesday, April 2^nd from 9:30-10:30am in PKH 549.

Please email Sarah (sherndon@uta.edu) with any agenda items by Friday, March 29^th at 5pm.

If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for the UTA Zumbathon: http://utazumbathon.eventbrite.com/

It’s also happening next Tuesday, from 6-8pm at the Maverick Activities Center.

The votes are in!  Bianca Glaze has accepted the position of S.I.C. Co-Chair.  Congratulations Bianca!

Leah will be stepping down as Chair & Sarah will take over as Chair. Voting for a new Co-chair will occur through Friday, 2/8. Vote by writing your candidate’s name on a piece of paper & placing it in Leah’s mailbox. Once the winner has accepted the position,  the announcement will be made!

Examples of the STAR Award & Customer Commitment Award were distributed.

At the next meeting, decorating assignments for Halloween & Christmas will be made. The duties will be assigned to BSN & MSN/DNP, but all staff members are encouraged to participate in both.

Bring a bag & treats to distribute on Valentine’s Day (Thursday, 2/14)!

A sample draft of the Staff Survey was distributed. Please email any suggestions to sherndon@uta.edu. The Dean would like the survey questions to be reviewed and for clear goals to be outlined prior to the survey’s occurrence.

Mark your calendars for the Staff Potluck on Wednesday, March 20th! A GoogleDoc sign-up for food & drinks will be emailed.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 2nd 9:30-10:30 in PKH 549.

We discussed the possibility of a Staff Potluck, but decided that it was too late to get one together.

Instead of hosting a Secret Santa, we will have a Secret Pal exchange that happens throughout the Spring semester.

To split up the decor duties, we have decided to assign a holiday to each department.

A staff survey, similar to the faculty survey, will go out soon in order to get feedback. Be on the lookout for this & please participate so that your concerns will be voiced.

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 5th from 9:30-10:30am for the next SIC meeting!

Uses: Do you get repetitive questions from customers and end up repeating the same information daily?  Quick Parts makes it easy to reply to those similar emails.

Step 1: When composing a new message, select the text you want to save, go to Insert tab and find the Quick Parts button.

Step 2: When you click the Quick Parts button, a drop-down menu will appear with “Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery” option.

Step 3: A new window will appear and this is where you can name, describe and categorize content. After clicking the “Ok” button, it will be saved to the Quick Parts gallery.  *I recommend naming/describing your saved Quick Parts for quick reference.

Composing a new message with Quick Parts:  When composing a new message, go to the Insert tab and click the Quick Parts button.  *If you cannot click the Quick Parts button, make sure you have your cursor in the body of the email.

A drop-down menu with your previously saved text will appear. You can click the saved text of your choice and it will be inserted into the email.

Hello, boys & ghouls!

Here’s the agenda from today’s meeting:

Halloween

-Halloween décor

-decorate front office

-Costumes

-use your best judgment

-no pajamas, no jeans

Birthdays

-if a birthday is on a lunch hour then you must take your lunch hour

-celebrate birthdays once per month for everyone so no one gets left out

Bring back STAR Awards

-We discussed appointing a committee to review the nominations. We plan to have the first awards ceremony in February 2013

SIC Form

-new draft for S.I.C. form

News

-Policy for New Hire packet is being created

-this is being created by the Dean’s office

-there will be one for faculty & one for staff

Tricks and Treats

-anyone that has any useful tricks can email me the “how to” and we will post in the new Staff Blog for all to see

Faculty/Staff Luncheon December

-Volunteers for Sharolyn Dihigo

Unnecessary since it will be assigned by dept

Staff Nominations for Outstanding Employee

-nominations due by Nov. 2^nd

*Award categories are:

(1) Professional, para-professional, and technical

(2) Administrative support

(3) Service and maintenance

(4) Administrative and professional

(5) Team with a maximum of 10 members

Homecoming 5K Nursing Run/Walk Team

-November 17^th, 9am

-Early registration ends November 5^th, late registration through November 14^th

-Register  here: http://www.uta.edu/campusrec/homecoming5k/index.php

-Put “College of Nursing” as team name

-Bring your family & friends!

-Email Sarah (sherndon@uta.edu) so she can keep track of our team

Photo booth pics will be posted soon!

Hello, fellow College of Nursing staff member! This is the Staff Issues Committee blog. Here you will find information about upcoming meetings, highlights from previous meetings, and tips to make every workday better!

If you have any questions or suggestions, please email the Staff Issues Committee Chair, Leah McCauley (mccauley@uta.edu) or the Co-chair, Sarah Herndon (sherndon@uta.edu).

Save the date! The next Staff Issues Committee meeting will be October 23rd from 2-3pm in PKH 549.