Staff Senate Mission Statement:
The Staff Senate serves as a liaison to administration as an advocate for staff welfare and productivity, in conjunction with the University’s mission, to support, improve, innovate and promote academic excellence.
University Mission Statement:
Missouri State University-West Plains empowers students to achieve personal success and to enrich their local and global communities. As a two-year public institution, we provide accessible, affordable, and quality educational opportunities.
- Call-to-Order
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of July Meeting Minutes
- Chancellor’s Report- Dr. Dennis Lancaster
- Welcome Guests
- Linda Wulff-Risner, Faculty Senate Chair
- President’s Report (Bryan)
- Welcome new staff:
- Marcus Cook – Success Coach, AACCESS
- Rusty Laverentz – Director of Athletics
- Alex Cochran – Administrative Assistant II, University Advancement
- Volunteering Discussion Cont.
- October 15th – Disc Golf Tournament – Needs a few volunteers – I’ll be emailing the volunteer list soon, please email me ASAP if you want to be on the volunteer list
- President Elect Report (Vickie)
- Secretary Report (Kileene)
- Treasurer Report (Alex)
- Committee Updates
- Department Reports
- Human Resources (Alyssa)
- The Chancellor is reviewing the GAP applications. The new cohort will be announced soon!
- GOCAT (Sheila)
- See Lunch and Learn attachment in calendar invite
- Upcoming Events & Important Dates:
- 8/22/22 – Free Movie Night (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Amphitheater @ 8pm
- 8/22/22 – First day of Fall semester
- 8/30/22 – Test of the Missouri State Alert system @ 10:50am
- 9/8/22 – Next Staff Senate meeting @ 10:30 am, via Zoom
- For a complete list of events please go to https://calendar.wp.missouristate.edu/
- Adjournment
- Human Resources (Alyssa)
- Welcome new staff: