Campus Climate

Hi Everyone,

Just a few updates this week:

Beth Walsh attended the 5/15/09 Board of Trustees meeting and gave a brief address. Our Staff Council Report was sent to the Board in advance of the meeting and is also posted on the front page of the Council website.

If you have a minute, please check out the summary from our May 5, 2009 Staff Council Meeting (also posted on the website) for the description of the upcoming Campus Climate Survey from our visitors Kathryn Friedman (Exec. Director of Diversity and AA/EO), and Diane Gaboriault (Asst. Director of Diversity and Equity).

We've been asked to collect and submit "actionable" questions from our units for possible incorporation into the survey. In their request the Council Office offered this definition:

"'Actionable' questions are those that provide feedback that allow some kind of action to occur to resolve the issue. For example a survey question could ask about how an individual views supervisory training at UVM. Since there is no mandatory on campus supervisory training, an action to take place as a result of the survey could be to increase and expand supervisory training."

Diane G. needs all completed input by the end of June, so the Council Office would like to have any suggestions from us by June 19th. If you have a good idea, please pass it along either to me to submit, or send it straight to the Council Office at Staff.Council@uvm.edu.

Thanks, and have a wonderful weekend,

Joanne