P&S COUNCIL NEWS
April 2, 2007

ISU BUDGET UPDATE TOPIC OF NOON P&S FORUM ON APRIL 4
Ellen Rasmussen, Associate Vice President for Budget and Planning will present an update on next year's budget and the implications of the new budget model at a noon forum on April 4 in the Memorial Union Gallery. Plan to attend and bring your lunch and questions.

17 COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED
Seventeen members will be seated on the P&S Council at the Council's annual reorganization meeting in June, as the result of elections completed on March 23.

New council members representing Academic and Research staff are Kevin DeRoos, Valerie Evans, Emily Hurm, John Dickerson, David J. Meisinger, Suzanne Coburn Van Veen, Dave Biedenbach and Brian Trewyn.

Business and Finance voters re-elected Roger Graden to a new three-year term on the Council. Business and Finance also welcomed Pat Strah, Michael (Mike) Hamilton and Amy DeLashmutt.

Dale Miller and Del Marks were welcomed back to new terms from Extension while IPRT/Ames Lab voters elected Trevor Riedeman and Mark Clarridge. Finally, Mike Noreen was elected by Student Affairs.

The P&S election was conducted online March 5-23. About 2,300 P&S staffers were eligible to vote, with total turnout at 24 percent.

225 ATTEND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
225 members of the P&S staff at ISU participated in Professional Development Day activities held March 15 at the Gateway Center.

"Ready, Set, Grow" was the theme for this year's event which was keynoted by David Williams, an artist, sculptor and poet from Ogden, Iowa, who discussed creativity in the workplace. He also presented breakout sessions on "The Inside Story About Living Outside the Box" and on Project A.W.A.R.E. which has been working to clean up Iowa's waterways.

The program also included a presentation by ISU Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman. Luncheon speakers included Cathy Good, president of the P&S Council, and Sandy Scholl, president of the ISU Council of Extension Professionals, the two groups that sponsored the program.
About 20 breakout sessions were offered on a variety of topics on personal and professional development, and several exhibits and displays also were available. The program concluded with a presentation on plans for the ISU Sesquicentennial Celebration.

MAY OPEN FORUM
The May 3 Open Forum, sponsored by the Professional & Scientific Council, will showcase innovative and successful projects that received 2006-2007 Retention & Recruitment Grants. This is also an opportunity to learn more about how staff can become part of the university's retention and recruitment efforts for students.

The forum will be held at the new Hixson-Lied Student Success Center on Thursday, May 3, in the classroom facilities. The poster session will begin at 11:30 a.m. so that attendees will have time to visit with project grant recipients before the 12:10 p.m. panel discussion on retention best practices. Light refreshments will be served and those attending also will be eligible for door prizes.