CSO Meeting
September 16, 3:00 p.m.
SAC 115
CSO Chair’s Welcome – Amanda Gill welcomed everyone and introduced the 2014-2015 CSO officers. She also asked that members introduce themselves. Including the CSO officers, 26 classified staff members were present at the meeting.
LCSC Comprehensive Strategic Plan FY 2014 -2018 Goals
All organization chairs have been asked to report to the President’s Council on the goals and objectives that relate to their organization. The goals and objectives that were discussed at the CSO meeting include:
§ Goal 1 Sustain and enhance excellence in teaching and learning.
Objective 1C. Optimize Technology-Based Course Delivery, Resources, and Support Services for Students, Faculty and Staff– The professional development training courses allows CSO to improve their skills with computer programs, such as Excel or Adobe Acrobat. CSO employees can use that knowledge to assist not just faculty, but students as well.
Objective 1D. Maximize Direct Faculty and Student Interactions Inside and Outside the Classroom. – Student Health Services organizes a health screen fair for students to attend. The Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics sends students to conferences, therefore CSO employees register the students and help faculty coordinate travel, lodging, etc. Continuing Education & Community Events looks for student volunteers to help with events such as Art Under the Elms, Center for Arts and History and any other events that may arise. A few CSO members volunteer as discussion leaders in an NS-150 class that addresses sustainability issues with students.
Objective 1E. Recruit and Retain a Highly Qualified and Diverse Faculty and Staff – A lot of CSO staff are involved in recruitment, from posting job ads to making travel, lodging, and meal reservations (complete with MERs) for candidates.
§ Goal 2. Optimize student enrollment and promote student success
Objective 2C. Maximize Student Satisfaction and Engagement – CSO employees whether they work directly or indirectly with our student population have an impact on student satisfaction and engagement. CSO employees are usually the first people that students will interact with in most departments. We help set the tone for customer service on this campus. Residence Life staff provide regularly-scheduled, varied activities to directly address student engagement and satisfaction, with added goals of students getting to know each other/develop a sense of community and keeping students on campus. Employees, who work indirectly with our student population, still provide a support. An example of working indirectly would be building maintenance.
§ Goal 3. Strengthen and expand collaborative relationships and partnerships
Objective 3A. Increase Volunteer, Internship, and Career Placement Opportunities - The campus has a lot of work study/non-work study students and many of those students are supervised directly by CSO employees. We help our student workers get future jobs, by being one of their job references. We may also be a student’s first job experience; therefore we mentor them in learning job skills for future careers. DONSAM’s INBRE grant has funded some student internships, which are supported by CSO’s staff’s purchasing of supplies, completing payroll paperwork if stipends are involved, etc.
Objective 3B. Collaborate with Relevant Businesses, Industries, Agencies, Practitioners, and Organizations for the Beneficial Exchange of Knowledge and Resources – The profits that CSO raises from fundraisers not only go to our members, but to the campus and the community. We’ve donated money for events like the Martin Luther King, Jr service project, LCSC Cares, school supplies for the YWCA, Santa’s Helpers as well as local food banks.
§ Goal 4. Leverage resources to maximize institutional strength and efficiency
Objective 4B. Assess and Modify Organizational Structure and Institutional Processes to Ensure the Most Effective Use of Resources – Some of our CSO employees are directly involved with ordering office supplies for their divisions or units, and do so within the constraints of state contracts and purchasing rules while using best judgment on quantity and quality of items ordered.
Objective 4C. Continuously Improve Campus Buildings, Grounds, and Infrastructure to Maximize Environmental Sustainability and Learning Opportunities - A few CSO members are involved in the campus Sustainability Action Team and volunteer as discussion leaders in an NS-150 class that addresses sustainability issues with students,
LCSC Cares food drive – guest speaker Robin Van Sickle
§ LCSC Cares Committee will be doing a campus-wide holiday food and toy drive. Last year items that were collected were delivered to the YWCA and the food banks. Anyone who wanted to join the committee or have a donation box placed in their building was asked to sign up on the sign-up sheet. A flyer will be distributed around campus, regarding the dates of the drive, where the donations will be delivered and a list of items needed. The first committee meeting will be on Friday, September 26th @ 10:00am in SUB 141. Anyone interested can come to the meeting.
College Advancement – guest speaker Alexcia Jordan
§ If faculty/staff would like to donate to LCSC, College Advancement has it set up where you can donate via payroll deduction. Alexcia handed out faculty/staff payroll deduction authorization forms. On the form you can fill out when and how much you would like to deduct from your paycheck. You can also choose where you would like your contribution to go to. The form and other information about donating to LCSC can be found on the College Advancement web site.
CSO Recognition Committee
§ The Recognition Committee needs a chair. If interested you can contact any of the CSO Officers.
Winter Revels
§ CSO will be represented by Sarah Willmore and Lynda Rupert.
§ Members at the meeting also discussed about what we would like to do for a basket this year. More to come on what is decided.
Book and Media Sale
§ Last year we raffled off a Kindle. Ideas for something this year included a $500.00 gas card or a trip up Hells Canyon.
§ A date for the sale has not as this point been set.
Treasurers Report
§ Our current budget is 3,229.22. We spent $99.60 to purchase school supplies for the YWCA School Supply Drive. We also received a donation of $50.00 to use for school supplies.
Drawings
· Members present at the meeting were given the opportunity to win a prize. We drew five names and the prizes were coffee cards.
Meeting adjourned