Staff Senators: The Staff Senate met on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. via zoom<\/p>\n Start time:<\/span> 2:04 p.m.<\/p>\n COVID UPDATE: (Dr. Berry)<\/strong> Arkansas Department of Education: (Dr. Berry)<\/strong> Campus Updates: (Dr. Berry)<\/strong> Staff Senate Award Update: (Roger Giles)<\/strong> Wilson Impson moved to approve the minutes from the January 2022 meeting and<\/strong> Committee Reports:<\/strong> (Graduate) Will be adding a grade forgiveness program per Marisa.<\/p>\n Old News:<\/strong> Staff positions: Have one person interested in joining Staff Senate per Marisa. New News:<\/strong> Adjournment:<\/strong> The motion to adjourn was made by Wilson Impson with a second by Margarita End Time: 3:04 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Staff Senate Meeting Minutes February 16, 2022 2 p.m. via Zoom Staff Senators: Members Present: Sharee Berry, Marisa Grippo, Gary Hickson, Anne Sands, Wilson Impson, Margarita Norment, Greg Taylor, Angela McLaughlin, Sage Woodham, Jennifer Ford, Lacey Dodson The Staff Senate met on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. via zoom Start time: 2:04 p.m…. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18107],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-staff-senate-minutes","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2229,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMembers Present:<\/span> Sharee Berry, Marisa Grippo, Gary Hickson, Anne Sands, Wilson Impson,
\nMargarita Norment, Greg Taylor, Angela McLaughlin, Sage Woodham, Jennifer Ford, Lacey Dodson<\/p>\n
\n-Three positive (One self-reported at home)
\n– The Task Force will send out an updated email tomorrow<\/p>\n
\n– Enrollment chart comparison: 5yr change was about 4% (SAU was down about 200) lost
\naround 1,000 graduate students. SAU were still able to boost enrollment and keep things
\nsteady.
\n– Scholarships: SAU was right in the middle which is great.
\n– Fund Balances: Need to work on reserves (fund balances) We have improved within the
\npast five years but need to work on putting more resources into reserves.
\n– Cash on hand is another category (SAU has about 5mo of funds to operate from within this
\nfund)
\n– Education and General are two other fund balances.<\/p>\n
\n– Computer roll out is 45% complete (Hope to be completed before next Fall).
\n– Recruitment: Graduate and undergraduate is up.
\n– Campus tours are up
\n– Will advertise for Fall around March 1, 2022
\n– Foundation will have a few scholarships this summer
\n– The budget committee will start meeting around March 15, 2022<\/p>\n
\n-The professional staff category is not equal to the support staff category; in the beginning they
\nwere equal. State categories and grades have changed so it is no longer a valid way to make a
\nbalance between the two categories.
\n– The current split is: 25 Support and 75 Professional
\n-Two possible categories: Professional above $40,000 and Support below $40,000?
\n– Salary may be an issue?
\n– Could split categories by exempt or non-exempt (Timesheet or no timesheet)? Will discuss and
\nget back with Roger.
\n– Staff Breakfast: Can do before or after Spring Break (Booked Grand Hall for March 29th & 30th
\nwill discuss again next week)<\/p>\n
\nMargarita Norment second the motion to approve the minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n– United Way campaign rewards: Margarita has confirmed several prizes from local business
\nsuch as: Magnolia Blossom, Bridgette\u2019s, Mule Kick, SAU Book Store and Awesome
\nBlossom.
\n– Margarita will write Thank you notes for donations.
\n– Wilson will check on Social Media thank you post for donations?<\/p>\n
\n– Survey Results?<\/p>\n
\nNorment. The next staff senate meeting will be March 16, 2022 via zoom<\/p>\n