Please join us for the 14th Annual Staff Assembly Meeting Breakfast on Thursday, May 22 from 9am-11am in the Michigan Rooms.
We will have have a short program, beginning at approximately 9:30am, to recognize the nominees and winners of the 2008 Staff Recognition Award. Navy blue leatherette UM-Flint portfolios will also be on sale for $10 as a fundraiser for future Staff Council events and activities. We look forward to seeing you!
Staff Council is pleased to announce that nine (9) staff members were nominated during the month of April. Each recipient received their printable certificate of achievement (via email attachment).
Please join us in congratulating Sue Fielder, Nick Gaspar, Jamila Harris, Brenda Jencks, Lois Martin, Debbie Seyerle, Jo Ann Shabazz, Ina Tonks, and Eric (Don) Walker. Also, Jamile Harris was select Recipient of the Month and will receive a Sterling Staff Awards mug and special recognition on the Spotlight on Staff page.
More information about the recipients is available on the Sterling Staff Award website at http://www.umflint.edu/staffcouncil/sterlingstaff/recipients.htm. Another location for viewing the list is the Staff Council bulletin board which is on the second floor of University Pavilion just north of the Registrar’s office.
On behalf of the Staff Recognition Award Selection Committee, I would like to congratulate all of the nominees for the 2008 Staff Recognition Award. The nominees are:
CAPP Implementation Team (Rhonda Banks, Jennifer Daraiseh, Jay Gandhi, Donna Jacobsen, Stacy Lee, Debbie Samida)
Jeanine Bessette
Mary Deibis
Nicholas Gaspar
Carol Hall
Jessie Hurse
Suzanne Shivnen
All of the nominees are wonderful and it was difficult to make a final decision. I want to thank Sandra Alberto and Tom Wrobel for serving on the Staff Recognition Awards Selection Committee with me.
I am pleased to announce that the winners of the 2008 Staff Recognition Awards are Mary Deibis from the Office of Graduate Programs and Nicholas Gaspar from the Office of Extended Learning!
The winners and nominees will be honored at the Staff Recognition Award Breakfast NEXT THURSDAY, May 22, 2008 at 9:00am in the Michigan Rooms. We hope you will be able to join us. An invitation flyer will be emailed to all staff members.
A special thanks to all of the staff and faculty that nominated a staff member and/or wrote a letter of support. It was a delight to read the thoughtful comments on the excellence of staff members at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Congratulations!
Crystal M. Pepperdine, MPA
Staff Council Chair, 2006-2008
Dear UM-Flint Staff Members,
The Staff Council Election for 2008-2009 will be open from 9am today Monday, May 5th, until 5pm on Thursday, May 8th. Voting members are any staff with 50% or greater appointment who have completed their probationary period.
Please click on the following link to vote: http://www.umflint.edu/staffcouncil/election.htm
Election results will be announced next week. Thank you for your participation.
Crystal M. Pepperdine, MPA
Staff Council Chair, 2006-2008
Staff Council is pleased to announce the very first group of Sterling Staff Award recipients. Fourteen staff members were nominated during the month of March. Each recipient received their printable certificate of achievement (via email attachment).
Please join us in congratulating Tonya Bailey, Amanda Broadworth, Kimberly Butka, Marilyn Christensen, Karen Davis, Maris Gillis, Carol Hall, Jennifer Hogan, Brenda Jencks, Mark Mercado, Doug Mueller, Vickie Redmond-Powell, Suzanne Shivnen, and Jillene Verdier. Also, Karen Davis was select Recipient of the Month and will receive a Sterling Staff Awards mug and special recognition on the Spotlight on Staff page.
More information about the recipients is available on the Sterling Staff Award website at http://www.umflint.edu/staffcouncil/sterlingstaff/recipients.htm. Another location for viewing the list is the Staff Council bulletin board which is on the second floor of University Pavilion just north of the Registrar’s office.
In 1993, Staff Council was established to stimulate and maintain a spirit of unity and open communication between the Staff and the Administration of the University of Michigan-Flint.
Staff Council is looking for candidates to run for the 2008-2009 Staff Council. We have five positions open for non-Union employees.
If you are interested or know of anyone who might be interested in running for Staff Council, please submit the names of nominees to me at cpepperd@umflint.edu by 5pm on Friday, April 18, 2008.
Not quite sure what Staff Council does? Visit our website at www.umflint.edu/staffcouncil and check out our updated brochure in PDF. Staff Council is also sending a printed copy of our updated brochure to every staff member to learn more about the Council. We hope this will encourage staff members to consider running for the Council!
We will have an electronic election in the first week of May. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thank you.
Crystal M. Pepperdine, MPA
Staff Council Chair, 2006-2008
Tim (UM-Flint Facilities Management) and his son, Nick (age 16), traveled to Agua Viva Orphanage north of Guatemala City in response to a call for volunteers from their pastor, Gary Beck, of Flint’s St. Mark Lutheran Church.
Tim was featured in the January 14, 2008 University Record Spotlight article entitled “Guatemalans offer insight for U-M-Flint group leader”. For the full article, please visit http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Jan14_08/spotlight.shtml.
Please join us for the 13th Annual Staff Assembly Meeting Breakfast on Thursday, June 14, 2007 from 10am-12pm in the Michigan Rooms. We will have have a short program, beginning at approximately 10:30am, to recognize the nominees and winner of the 2007 Staff Recognition Award. We look forward to seeing you!
Crystal M. Pepperdine, MPA
Staff Council Chair, 2006-2007
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