P&S COUNCIL NEWS
Feb. 13, 2008

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P&S Council Nominations Due Feb. 15, 2008
P&S Awards Nomination Deadline Feb. 25, 2008
Upcoming Open Forums
P&S Council Web Site
Next P&S Council Meeting March 6, 2008

P&S Council Nominations Due Feb. 15, 2008

Professional and Scientific Staff at ISU will have the opportunity to fill 10 open seats on the P&S Council during annual elections to be conducted online in March.

Vacancies exist in four of the Council’s six representation areas for three-year terms that begin in July 2008. Successful candidates will join 27 carry-over Council members whose terms expire in 2009 or 2010. The Council includes one seat for every 75 P&S employees in each representation area. One new seat will be added in the Academic and Research area this year due to growth of the workforce.

Nominations are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, using a nomination form available online at: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/Election08Pre.html.

All P&S staff are eligible. Voting will be conducted March 3-21 on AccessPlus, and successful candidates will be installed at the Council’s annual reorganization meeting in June.

Vacancies to be filled, by representation area, include the following:

Academic and Research: 19 seats total, 5 seats open this year including one new seat
Extension: 5 seats total, 2 open this year
Student Affairs: 4 seats total, 2 open this year
President’s Office: 2 seats total, 1 open this year
Business and Finance: 4 seats total, no open seats this year
Institute for Physical Research and Technology/Ames Lab: 3 seats total, no open seats this year

P&S Awards Nomination Deadline Feb. 25, 2008

Nominations for several awards for which P&S employees are eligible have nomination deadlines of Feb. 25. They include the Regents Award for Staff Excellence, the Professional & Scientific Excellence Award, the Carroll Ringgenberg Award, the P&S Outstanding New Professional Award, and the Extension/Professional Practice Awards.

Nomination information and additional details are available at: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/Awards.html

Upcoming Open Forums

March 6
Memorial Union Gallery, 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Richard Reynolds, Director of the Memorial Union, will speak about the renovations taking place in the Memorial Union.

April 3
Memorial Union Gallery, 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Ellen Rasmussen, Associate Vice President for Budgeting and Planning, will discuss the FY09 budget.

P&S Council Web Site

Have ideas for the P&S Council home page? We’d like to hear your ideas! E-mail them to the Communications Committee. mailto:pands-c@iastate.edu

To view the P&S Council Web site, go to: http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/

Next P&S Council Meeting March 6, 2008

The next P&S Council meeting is at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2008, in the Memorial Union Campanile Room.

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To submit items to the next P&S Council newsletter, contact:

Ann Bugler
bugler@iastate.edu

Mike Noreen
mnoreen@iastate.edu