{"id":2513,"date":"2025-12-10T10:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:21:26","slug":"staff-senate-agenda-12-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/staffsenate\/2025\/12\/10\/staff-senate-agenda-12-11-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Senate Agenda \u2013 12\/11\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Staff Senate Mission Statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Staff Senate serves as a liaison to administration as an advocate for staff welfare and productivity, in conjunction with the University\u2019s mission to support, improve, innovate, and promote academic excellence.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>University Mission Statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>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.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Call to Order<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval of Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval of November Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chancellor\u2019s Report <\/strong>(Zora Mulligan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>President\u2019s Report<\/strong> (Trevor Cressman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reminder about Holiday Potluck, December 16<sup>th<\/sup> from 11 AM \u2013 1PM in the Carol Silvery Student Union in Hass-Darr Hall. Sign-ups to bring food and drinks were sent out in previous emails.<\/li>\n<li>December Surprise! \u2013 For the month of December, jeans can be work ANY DAY of the week! This also means you can wear any shirt\/sweater, as long as it is professional. Please ensure that you dress appropriately if you have any important meetings or events. This idea came from Chancellor Mulligan as a thank you for the hard work, dedication and focus everyone has shown the last few months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>President-Elect Report<\/strong> (Lauren Willis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary Report<\/strong> (Kileene Collins)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer Report<\/strong> (Alex Graham)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment Questions\/Follow-Up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Committee Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff Senate Activities Committee\n<ul>\n<li>Holiday Potluck \u2013 Planning on doing Holiday Trivia during the holiday potluck. Teams of 4.\u00a0 No need to Pre-register or anything, just show up and compete! Special Gift Basket prizes from the Bookstore for the top team! Also, as a side note, we encourage everyone to wear your favorite festive sweaters\/shirts and outfits! Bonus points from me for the ugliest sweater. \ud83d\ude0a<\/li>\n<li>Secret Grizzly \u2013 It has been so fun to see all the goodies going around campus for our Secret Grizzly event this year! This is a reminder that you will reveal yourself to your grizzly AT THE POTLUCK. Make plans to stop by and either give a final gift or just say hey to reveal yourself! Should be fun!<\/li>\n<li>Holiday Trivia \u2013 We will be hosting a holiday trivia competition at the potluck on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>. Put together teams of 4 to come and test yourselves against the rest of campus on assorted holiday trivia! If you don\u2019t have a team of 4, no worries! Show up and we\u2019ll put you on a team! We also have a nice prize for the team who wins! Shoutout to the bookstore for a great prize basket! Picture attached.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Department Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Draw for Giveaway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adjournment<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s mission to support, improve, innovate, and promote academic excellence. 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