P&S COUNCIL NEWS
August 22nd, 2006

FIRST OPEN FORUM, NEW ISU BUDGET MODEL

Please join us on September 7th at 12:00 noon in the Memorial Union Gallery for a presentation on the new ISU budget model. This presentation is intended to introduce P&S employees to the process the committee is proposing as well as offering a "view from 10,000 feet". Please join us for this important informational session.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR P&S STAFF

P&S Council will be filling four vacancies for P&S representation on university councils and committees, and appointing one P&S representative to be a member of ISURF:

1. University Traffic Appeals Board -- a representative is needed for a three-year term; term ends 6/30/09. Meets every two weeks. For more information see http://www.committees.iastate.edu/comm-info.php?id=13
2. P&S Professional Development Committee -- a representative from the student affairs area is needed for a three-year term; term ends 6/30/09.
   Meets 3 times/year. For more information see http://www.committees.iastate.edu/comm-info.php?id=71
3. University Library Committee - a representative is needed for a three-year term; term ends 6/30/08. Meets monthly, September through April. http://www.committees.iastate.edu/comm-info.php?id=66
4. University Committee on Women (UCW) -- a representative is needed to complete the final year of a three-year term; term ends 6/30/07. Meets monthly on the 2nd Monday of every month, 11:30-1:00. This position represents P&S Council on UCW. In addition, several at-large P&S vacancies on the committee also need filled; the names of all interested parties will be forwarded to UCW for consideration for the at-large positions. http://www.committees.iastate.edu/comm-info.php?id=32
5. ISU Research Foundation -- a representative is needed to serve as a member of ISURF, an ISU affiliated, non-profit corporation; 3-year term ending 6/30/09 (can be renewed twice). Meets 2 times/year. The person should have some involvement with research so they understand and are interested in the general issues that ISURF deals with. http://www.techtransfer.iastate.edu/en/about_us/who_we_are/oiptt_isurf.cfm

If interested in any of these positions, please contact Tom Hillson <hillson@iastate.edu>, chair, P&S Representation Committee.

AD HOC SURVEY COMMITTEE

P&S Council is recruiting non-Council members for an ad hoc committee for a survey of P&S employees. The committee will determine the best and most cost effective method of conducting the survey, then, if feasible, will review past surveys (including the last comprehensive survey completed in 1999-2000) and materials prepared by the previous hoc committee, finalize a survey instrument, and proceed with the survey, analysis of results, and a subsequent report. If interested in assisting with this effort, please contact Cathy Good <cgood@iastate.edu>.

RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT GRANT AWARDS

The Professional and Scientific Council’s Retention and Recruitment Committee recently awarded 20 grants totaling $45,000 to support retention and recruitment efforts. Grant funds are to be used for innovative purposes within the context of the University’s commitment to retention and recruitment. P & S employees are eligible to submit proposals each year in June. The call for proposals identifies several priority considerations in the funding process and programs must impact retention and recruitment of students and specifically address one or more goals of ISU's 2005-2010 Strategic Plan.

This year’s funded projects were selected by the P&S Council Retention and Recruitment Committee from among 31 submitted with over $116,000 in funding requested. The program is in its thirteenth year at ISU. For more information please see our website http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/RandRCommittee.html

NEXT P&S COUNCIL MEETING

The next P&S Council meeting will be September 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Memorial Union Campanile room.