Emotional Intelligence: Engaging distinct combination of emotional, personal, interpersonal skills and competencies
Catherine Rasmussen has 35 years of experience as an educator of leadership development and is a certified Emotional Intelligence trainer. She brings a passion for engaging participants in the joy of learning about themselves and others in order to create change.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Outstanding Unit Award! The Award recognizes a University unit (department, center, institute, college, etc.) judged to be exemplary in its support of P&A staff and the critical role P&A employees fulfill in carrying out the University’s mission. The winning unit receives a $1,000 professional development grant. Any unit employing P&A staff is eligible to apply. Units that previously received the award must wait three years before applying again. A complete set of guidelines is available, along with information about past award winners. Deadline for nominations is 5pm on April 5, 2019. Click here for the application form. For more information, please contact the Outstanding Unit Award committee chair.
Approved minutes of senates and their committees will be posted on Fridays, when available.
Senate Library Committee (SLC), January 23, 2019
In these minutes: Report on Collection Management; Review of Affordable Content Statement; Review Resolution from the Minnesota Student Association (MSA); Old and New Business
P&A Consultative Committee (PACC), January 24, 2019
In these minutes: Chair/Chair-Elect’s Report; Subcommittee Reports; Civil Service Consultative Committee Report; Review of Administrative Policy: Hiring Faculty and Staff; Senate Committee on Committees Review of Survey Responses
Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC), January 24, 2019
In these minutes: Values for Ethical Decision-Making: Discussion with Chief Compliance Officer Boyd Kumher; Discussion with Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations about Financial Stringency; Presidential Transition Committee Update; Nominating Subcommittee
Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), January 25, 2019
In these minutes: Questions and Answers with the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD); SSCC Updates; Discussion of SSCC Committee Charge
Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (SCFP), January 29, 2019
In these minutes: M Health/AHC Update; Status of Athletics Budget; Technology Commercialization Update
Classroom Advisory Subcommittee (CAS), February 4, 2019
In these minutes: Discussion of How Learning Spaces Support or Constrain Pedagogy
Senate Committee on Student Affairs (SCSA), February 6, 2019
In these minutes: Policy Review: Administrative Policy: Education Abroad and Student Travel; Presentation of Resolution on Education Around Best Practices for Disability Accommodations and Supporting Students with Disabilities; Student Affairs Update from the University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR); Student Affairs Update from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC); Committee Discussion on Disability Resource Center Testing Spaces
Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), February 7, 2019
In these minutes: Employee Benefits Update; American Bar Association Health Law Summit; Open Enrollment Changes Report; Pharmacy Program Update
P&A Senate, February 8, 2019
In these minutes: P&A Consulative Committee Report; Subcommittee Reports; Civil Service Senate Report; Student Senate Report; University of Minnesota Wellness Program Update; Update on the Joint Compensation Commission; Nine and Ten Month Contract Vacation Review
Senate Research Committee (SRC), February 11, 2019
In these minutes: Policy Review: Open Access Policy; Research Ethics Week; Using Legend and Investigational Drugs in Research; SPARC (Strategic Partners and Research Collaborative) Launch; Impacts from the Shutdown; Electronic Grants Management System Replacement (MN-GEMS)
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Approved minutes of senates and their committees will be posted on Fridays, when available.
Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC), January 24, 2019
In these minutes: University Core Values with the Office of Institutional Compliance (OIC), Equity, Access and Diversity Senate Committee Report, Civil Service Rules Review, OHR Update, Reports, Rules Final Vote
Equity, Access, and Diversity Committee (EAD), January 28, 2019
In these minutes: Update on Lactation Support Policy Resolution; Action on Resolution on Education Around Best Practices for Disability Accommodations and Supporting Students with Disabilities; Campus Climate in the gradSERU and SERU; Update on Draft Policy Equity and Access: Gender Expression, Gender Identity, Names, and Pronouns
Social Concerns Committee, January 28, 2019
In these minutes: Chair’s Updates; Lactation Support Policy Resolution; Discussion of University Initiatives Related to the Incarcerated Population; Proposal for Two Social Concerns Forums
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Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP), January 23, 2019
In these minutes: Library Committee Statement on Affordable Content; Discussion of SCEP Communication to Faculty; Administrative Policy: Academic Calendars; Administrative Policy:Syllabus Requirements; Updates on SRT Related Initiatives
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This winter has given all of us cocktail party conversation fodder for the rest of our lives! It has also given us an opportunity to showcase how the P&A Senate advocates for you.