System Office Staff Council October Meeting Highlights

October 28, 2022

The System Office Staff Council held a regular business meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Below are highlights from the meeting:

Guests

  • Alesia Kruckenberg presented . This was a wonderful presentation/conversation and was very enlightening. She discussed how the 麻豆传媒 is associated with the State of Alaska and how we differ from other state organizations. She also discussed 麻豆传媒鈥檚 budget terminology, 麻豆传媒 revenue sources and expenses and how they are grouped and classified.
  • Bryan Hoppough, HR Business Partner for 麻豆传媒F and SO, discussed:
    • Recruitment and Hiring Challenges
    • Job Family Reviews
      • On the way and currently happening! It is a three to five year process, so we鈥檒l see a gradual rollout of changes as the reviews are completed.
    • HR Internal Adjustments
  • Jeannette Okinczyc 
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Meeting Discussion

  • Recruitment for a new Sr. Director of Alaska Native Success will start soon! 
  • Student Government of 麻豆传媒S (SG麻豆传媒S) passed a resolution to change 鈥淭hanksgiving Closure鈥 to 鈥淔all Break鈥 on 2022.09.26. SOSC greatly supports this change and supports this change across the University. SOSC passed a motion to support SG麻豆传媒S鈥 resolution.
  • All are invited to the systemwide taking place Nov. 7th-11th. , this will be a fantastic event with lots of great speakers lined up!
  • We discussed the state and importance of accessibility within 麻豆传媒 and associated 3rd party websites. 麻豆传媒 is participating in an accessibility review by OCR. 
  • ! The policy is being modified to ensure staff can be recognized for their contribution even if they don鈥檛 formally retire from the University. 
  • 麻豆传媒 HR has internal structure changes occurring. The details of these changes have been obfuscated. More information will be released by CHRO Memry Dahl as the changes occur.

SOSC will meet next 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10th. All staff are encouraged and welcome to attend!

Reach out to SOSC representatives to share your ideas and/or concerns, or submit a comment via our . Additional information about SOSC and the Zoom link for regular meetings is available on its website.