A Destination Workplace

GOAL: Commit to being an employer of choice.

Goal Co-Chairs

  • Christine Bataille (faculty)

Family Care Center Action Group

Developing a family care center was a major theme from the strategic planning process. This group will envision, establish, and charge a committee to fact-find, benchmark, and recommend a plan for a family care center, which will be presented to the senior leadership team.

Action Group Members

  • Co-chair: Kirra Franzese (staff)
  • Desoni Cooper (student)
  • Rilya Greeslamirya (student)
  • Frances Harrison (faculty)
  • Eleanor Henderson (faculty)
  • Mary Holland-Bavis (staff)
  • Bill Kerry (staff)
  • Greg Lischke (staff)
  • Elise Nepa (staff)
  • Jenny Pickett (staff)
  • Caleb Robbins (student)
  • Amy Rominger (faculty)
  • Tim Ryan (staff)
  • Jeremiah Sheppert (student)

Invest in Employees Action Group

This group will

  • develop and deliver a comp statement in HCM,
  • expand and promote wellness policies and programs for staff, and
  • expand and promote flexible work options.

Action Group Members

  • Co-chair: Cheryl Thomason (staff)
  • Karen Edwards (faculty)
  • Michelle Hammond (staff)
  • Siena Howenstein (student)
  • George Lampila (staff)
  • Beth O'Neill (staff)
  • Sarah Mannix (student)
  • Frank Micale (faculty)
  • Melanie Reyes (staff)
  • Jess Shapiro (staff)
  • Samm Swarts (staff)
  • Amy Thompson (staff)
  • Maggie Wetter (staff)
  • Karen Witek (staff)

Research Support Action Group

Devise and actualize a plan for annual grant writing workshops for faculty and staff in support of our objective to increase support for faculty research, collaboration, and innovation.

Action Group Members

  • Co-chair: Warren Calderone (staff)
  • Nancy Cheri-Arif (staff)
  • Jennifer Jolly (faculty)
  • Patrick Luker (staff)
  • Doug Turnbull (faculty)
  • Rebecca Emery (student)
  • Victoria Brooks (student)

Internal Communications Action Group

Improve and innovate the ways in which faculty, staff, and students are connected by identifying issues and opportunities and developing a plan to address them.

Action Group Members

  • Co-chair: Wendy Hankle (staff), Bob Wagner (staff)
  • Dave Cameron (staff)
  • Benjamin Costello (staff)
  • Laura Davis (staff)
  • Denise Fullerton (staff)
  • Natalie Jenereski (staff)
  • Casey Kendall (staff)
  • Dave Maley (staff)
  • Katie Sack (staff)
  • James Riegel (staff)

Additional Goal Objectives

This initiative will be tackled by specific operational units and will not call for an action group to be formed:

  • Increase support for faculty research, collaboration, and innovation by moving the sponsored research from the Office of Institutional Advancement to the Division of Academic Affairs in the Office of the Provost.