University of Arkansas at Little Rock

It is time to elect staff senators across campus. As our constitution indicates, Staff Senate is comprised of 1 senator for every 20 employees.

All staff will receive a ballot via email this year (thanks Nomination committee!). Please vote for 5 people you would like to represent your area on Staff Senate. It would be beneficial to ask around for who is interested in serving before casting your ballot. Voting is open until May 31, 2013.

It is time to elect staff senators across campus. As our constitution indicates, Staff Senate is comprised of 1 senator for every 20 employees.

All staff will receive a ballot via email this year (thanks Nomination committee!). Please vote for 5 people you would like to represent your area on Staff Senate. It would be beneficial to ask around for who is interested in serving before casting your ballot. Voting is open until May 31, 2013.

Staff Senate is a group of full time classified/non-classified employees who serve the university through staff advocacy, community outreach, staff recognition, and professional development.

Want to know more about what we do? Here is a list of Staff Senate’s accomplishments over the past year:

• Our Open House was a huge success this year by raising almost $1500 to go to our Helping Hands campaign.
• Our Helping Hands campaign provided a full holiday meal to a record breaking 150 families at UALR!
• Our Professional Development committee has hosted 6 different workshops for the campus and was integral in bringing Toastmasters to UALR!
• Our Issues and Concerns committee has passed several resolutions on behalf of staff members. Also, coming soon to our website is a virtual suggestion box for any staff member to make suggestions for the committee to pursue.
• Our Blood Drive committee has collected over 150 units of blood so far this year. That is potentially 450+ lives saved!

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Updated 5.5.2013

Congratulations to our 2013 Achievement Award winners!

Tony Rose - Personal Growth
Jennifer Godwin - Service to Community
Marie Sandusky - Service to UALR

Also, a special thanks goes to our keynote speaker Tonya Oaks Smith. Watch Tonya’s presentation from the 2013 Staff Senate Awards.

You can also view a slideshow of staff recognized at the ceremony. Thanks to Alveno Smith for the photos and slideshow.

The Professional Development committee presents Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007 as part of its ongoing learning series.

When: Friday, April 19, 2013
Time: 9:30-11:30a.m.
Where: SU-A 109
Instructor: Phylesia Davis, Financial Systems Administrator with UALR Office of Finance

Reserve your place now!

What you will learn:

• Office Button and Quick Access Toolbar use/customization
• Home tab menu items and handy shortcut keys
• Insert tab: Header and Footer menu item
• Page Layout tab: Page Setup and Sheet Options menu items
• Formulas tab: Insert Function menu item
• Data tab: Remove Duplicates and Subtotal menu items
• Review tab: Spelling, Comments, and Protect Sheet menu items

For more information, contact Shanna Morris at semorris@ualr.edu.

Make sure to mark your calendars for the Staff Senate fundraiser at MOOYAH! This Thursday, April 11th from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

A portion of proceeds that night will be donated to UALR Staff Senate to help continue efforts of staff professional development and assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: This is ONLY at the Kanis and Shackleford location and you must mention UALR to be counted towards the total proceeds.

For more information or questions, contact your Staff Senator or Sarah Harrison in the Office of Development.

The annual Staff Awards Ceremony will take place on April 17, 2013 at 10:30 AM in the DSC Ledbetter Rooms A,B,C. Staff members will be recognized for years of service, recent graduation, staff achievement and retirement. Tonya Oaks Smith, Director of Communication at UALR Bowen School of Law, will address the staff. Tonya has served UALR on both the main campus and at the Law School during her tenure. She provides an interesting and unique perspective of life as a staff member at UALR to which we all can relate.

Following the ceremony, staff can enjoy the reception in the DSC Upper Concourse. Live music will be performed by two UALR students–Korey Fells and Spencer Lloyd. Join us in celebrating the hard work, dedication and accomplishments of our co-workers!

The Helping Hands committee and CLC has done a FANTASTIC job this year. All non-perishable items were donated to the Arkansas Foodbank and to UALR Staff Senate Helping Hands. CLC met their goal of reaching 13,000 (they actually reached 14,000!) and helped Staff Senate fill remaining items needed for Helping Hands baskets. In the end, we provided food to 150 families in the UALR community.

This year, we were lucky to have students from Bale Elementary help sort and pack food boxes on December 17th.

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The American Red Cross Blood Services and UALR have an alliance that spans decades, but for the last several years, the UALR Staff Senate has played host to the campus’ blood drives. The last three drives yielded over 150 productive units of blood.

The Spring blood drive held March 12 at the Student Housing Commons collected 40 units of blood, which exceeded the goal of 35 units. Special thanks go to the many student volunteers who were on hand to facilitate the donation process, and who did such great work in promoting the event. And thanks to Senators Rikki Turner, Allen Houston, Chuck Werninger, Frances Frazier, Michael Yang, Jamie Jilka, and Leanna Payton for volunteering to work the drive.

To those of you who “rolled up your sleeves”, you really are heroes! Your donation can help up to three patients. You support is greatly appreciated. We hope to see you again in approximately 56 days!

-Dan Shelton, Staff Senate Blood Drive Committee Chairman

ARC Staffer, Josh with “Buddy Blood Drop”