Staff Advisory Committee's Year in Review

The Staff Advisory Committee recently released a list of its accomplishments for 2006. The list included:

creating and posting to its Web site profiles of staff members who received Excellence Awards;

creating an online survey of staff energy use, the results of which were shared with Facilities Management;

creating a Brown Employee and Recognition Day survey to obtain feedback about the event. The results were shared with the Center for Learning and Professional Development;

after soliciting applications and interviewing candidates, recommending Tim Thorp, manager of education at CIS, for the staff vacancy on the University Resources Committee;

setting up deposit areas to help collect pull-tabs to benefit Ronald McDonald House;

developing the budget for an e-mail kiosk project, which will provide computer access to Brown staff members without desks;

organizing the Rebuilding Together volunteer project at the Groden Center Greenhouse. The center helps children and adults with autism and related disorders;

creating a "Welcome New Employee" letter.

For more information about the Staff Advisory Committee, minutes from its meetings, and other news, please see its Web site.