P&S COUNCIL NEWS
June 23, 2005

New Officers, Council Members Installed at June 8 Meeting

Dan Woodin was installed as president of the P&S Council at the Council’s annual reorganization meeting held June 8 at the Scheman Continuing Education Building. Woodin succeeds Kevin Kane who served two years as president. Other new officers are Cathy Good, president-elect; Barbara McBreen, secretary; and Bonnie Whalen and Brenda Van Beek, at-large members of the Council executive committee.

Seventeen P&S staffers elected to Council seats in March also were installed at the meeting. Beginning new terms are, by representation area:

Academic and Research – Thomas Hillson, Steven Kovarik, Robin McNeely, Teresa Lee Peterson, Camille Sloan Schroeder, Julie Sen, Sue Ellen Tuttle and Brenda Van Beek

Business and Finance – Dave Brotherson, Roger Graden and Michelle Stotts

Extension – Virgil Schmitt and Margaret VanGinkel

External Affairs – Scott Dahl

Institute for Physical Research and Technology/Ames Laboratory – Lynne Mumm

Student Affairs – Craig Chatriand and Penni McKinley.

Members leaving the Council on completion of their terms are Marcia Brink, Sarah Cooney, Rex Heer, Jim Jensen, Marie Mayer, Trevor Riedemann, Pat Strah and Judy Strand.

Council membership is listed at: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/Members06.html

Photos of new officers and new council members are online at http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/05Election.html

Recommendations Needed for New P&S Awards

The P&S Council and university administration would like the opportunity to recognize more outstanding P&S employees through implementation of one or more additional awards.  Therefore, the Awards Committee is soliciting ideas for additional awards for Professional and Scientific staff.  To see a list of the award categories view this web site: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/Awards.html. If you have an idea for a new award, whether the award would recognize a specific kind of achievement or would apply to a broad base of P&S employees, we hope you'll share it with us.

Please send comments and ideas to Awards Committee Co-Chair Nancy Knight at nknight@iastate.edu by Friday, July 15, 2005. Proposals for new award categories will be drafted for action by the P&S Council and final approval by the Provost's Office.

Help Plan Next Year's P&S Professional Development Day to be Held March 28

The P&S Professional Development Day Committee is starting to plan for next year's event and would like your ideas on topic selection and keynote speakers. Send suggestions to Joyce Lash at lash@iastate.edu. Next year's meeting will be held Tuesday, March 28, at the Gateway Center in Ames. The P&S Professional Development Day Committee is also looking for more committee members, so if you'd like to volunteer contact Barb McBreen at barbmc@iastate.edu.

P&S Committees Formed for 2005-2006

Chairs for the seven standing committees of the P&S Council have been announced for the coming year by Council President Dan Woodin. They are:

Awards – Debra Bahr and Nancy Knight, co-chairs

Communication – Dave Brotherson and Del Marks, co-chairs

Compensation and Benefits – Lynne Mumm

Peer Advisory – Steve Karsjen

Policies and Procedures – Penny Rice

Representation – Malisa Rader

Retention and Recruitment – Craig Chatriand

Additional information on committee membership and responsibilities is available under the Committees link on the P&S Web site: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/

P&S Staff Honored with CYtation Award Presentation

ISU President Gregory Geoffroy presented eleven P&S staff members with "CYtation" Awards, May 31. This award recognizes individuals who have performed above and beyond the call of duty, done something extraordinarily well, or acted in such a way as to make a very real difference at Iowa State University.

Receiving the award at the ceremonies held in the president’s office were:

• Lenore Binen, staff psychologist, Student Counseling Service;
• Joe Detrick, agriculture specialist, Animal Science
• Gloria Erickson, program assistant, Facilities Planning and Management
• Stephen Gaul, assistant scientist, Animal Science
• Mark Hawley, systems support specialist, Animal Science
• Anne Krapfl, communication specialist, University Relations
• Pandora Lamar, program assistant, Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute
• Kathleen Larson, administrative specialist, Center for Agriculture and Rural Development
• Larry Patrick, systems support specialist, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research
• John Newton, golf course supervisor, Facilities Planning and Management
• Susan Ziegenbusch, program assistant, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Three other staff members were selected for the award but were unable to attend the ceremony:

• Michelle Boettcher, hall director, Department of Residence
• Brian Meyer, program director, Agriculture Communications
• Allan Schmidt, instructional development coordinator, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

This group of honorees was selected from nominations submitted last December and in April of this year. Lenore Binen was selected previously for the award but had not been able to attend a previous ceremony. The deadline for the next CYtation Awards submission is Dec. 1.

More information about the CYtation Award is online at http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/CYtation.html