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Share Your Thoughts – Performance Review Taskforce

It is with great excitement that we share the formation of a taskforce to evaluate the staff performance review process at Lawrence University.  This taskforce will be charged with exploring and assessing best practices and emerging trends in performance evaluation and providing recommendations of which will impact all University staff.  The taskforce will include individuals from across campus to provide a diverse perspective.

During the meeting on March 13, 2018 the taskforce will be looking to provide a recommendation in the following areas:

  • Timing
    • During what time of the year should performance reviews be completed?  What amount of notice is needed for supervisors to feel these can adequately be completed?   
  • Feedback Outside of an Annual Performance Review
    • What feedback would staff members like to receive from their supervisor throughout the year?  Are there questions staff members would like answered in regards to their performance outside of the annual performance review?  What would be the preferred method of how this feedback is shared with you (verbally, written, electronically, other)?   
    • As a supervisor, are there tools/resources or other types of assistance that could be provided to you to assist in providing your direct reports with feedback throughout the year?

Members of the taskforce include:

Taskforce Members
Geri Angiulli, Financial Services
Dana Rose-Schmalz, Technology Services
Trevor O’Brian, Facility Services
Jenny Ziegler, Development Analytics
Anna Simeth, CFSR
Pete Gilbert, Library
Rosie Cannizzo, Conservatory
Shaniqua Crawford, Title IX
Rich Jazdzewski, Wellness Services
Joe Sagar, Athletics
Lindsay Kehl, Human Resources
Lisa Van Zeeland, Human Resources
Tina Harrig, Human Resources

We encourage you to share your thoughts, ideas, and feedback with any member of the taskforce.  Taskforce members will be asked to bring these items to the meetings.  We look forward to sharing additional information as this initiative progresses.

Info Session: Fellowship Opportunity at Lincoln Park Zoo – Animal Welfare Science Program

On March 5, join Katie Cronin in Steitz Hall Room 202 to learn about a fellowship opportunity being hosted by the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Animal Welfare Science Program.

This is a one year position which would work on a topic that advances our understanding of applied animal welfare. The fellow will work collaboratively with program staff to collect and analyze data on several species at the zoo. The position offers the potential to gain skills in animal behavior methods, literature reviews, data analysis, endocrine lab work, scientific writing and presenting. This fellowship includes an opportunity to conduct an independent project of mutual interest to the mentor and student that advances our understanding of applied animal welfare.

Register on Handshake today: https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/events/282915

Move it Monday Buddy Walk

Monday, March 4th

All Day Online

This is a fun way to increase your energy level and clear your mind!

Recognition for participating includes being entered for a chance to win one of three gift baskets which include a yoga mat, water bottle, workout bands and so much more! To participate all you have to do is go for a walk with a buddy at some point during the day and take a photo together on your walk. The walk doesn’t have to be long and can be done outside or inside, on the track, on a treadmill, around the building, or any other creative way you can think of! To participate email the photo to sarah.a.guzior@lawrence.edu of you and your buddy on your walk together along with both your names.

Did you know? A short walk will help you burn calories, boost your metabolism, clear your mind to help you focus, and increase you energy level, so let’s get moving!

New Blog! Leading with Diversity

Leading With Diversity: Professional Development for Faculty, Staff and Students

Lawrence University strives to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion by creating easily accessible resources for Professional Development for faculty, staff and students. Leading with Diversity blog lives under the Resources on the Diversity and Inclusion webpage go.lawrence.edu/13472 

Check back each month for topical materials to build awareness and skills for cultural competency.

Sometimes Disabilities are Invisible.    

Wed, 02/06/2019 – 1:47pm 

“When one is disabled, the problem is not really that they have impairments and social skill deficits. The issue at stake is that they live in an ‘ableist’ culture that rarely affords them the space or opportunity to make their unique contribution to society and does not lift up the value of choosing them as … 

Continue reading “Sometimes Disabilities are Invisible.   “ 

Funding Available for Summer Experiences!

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement is excited to announce the launch of a “common application” for experiential learning funding. We have worked with partners from across campus to consolidate several funds available to students for internships, service projects, volunteer experience, and self-designed projects to one application to ensure equity and access by all students to the funding available.

There is over $40,000 available for these experiences!

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.

Funded Internships Available!

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement invites you to apply to our Signature Funded Internships which provide a $5,000 award and include experiences at:

  • Merit School of Music: The main focus of the Merit School internship will be to help and support the Merit library staff. Additionally, the internship will include a number of hours each week providing support in the student services area.
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago: This internship will provide the opportunity to work on a variety of projects in preparation for Lyric’s 2018/19 season. This position will assist all major areas of Development, including Donor Reporting, Annual and Planned Giving, Individual Giving, Institutional Partnerships, Women’s Board, Chapters Executive Board/Chapters, Guild Board, Ryan Opera Center Board, and Lyric Young Professionals.
  • Ensemble Español Dance Company: For the summer of 2019 this internship will cover a broad area of non profit arts management including educational outreach, community workshops, arts administration, development and the annual American Spanish Dance and Music Festival.  Start date is approximately June 10th.
  • The Center for Deep Listening: The student intern will work at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer. The internship will include work as a teaching assistant for a course on Deep Listening, working in the Center’s extensive archives, and bringing Deep Listening practice into schools.
  • New York Jazz Academy: Alumnus Javier Arau ’98 will integrate the student directly into his administration and engage the intern in strategic planning for his expanding organization. Pending faculty approval, the intern may have the opportunity to work in a teaching capacity during summer workshops for younger age groups.
  • Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute: This position is to provide general assistance and administrative support for one of the programming teams in the Weill Music Institute (WMI), the education and social impact arm of Carnegie Hall, one of the leading music presenters in the world. The student intern will work with a dedicated staff to help prepare for the upcoming season of programming.
  • Bread for the World: Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policymakers, and the public about hunger in the U.S. and abroad. The primary objective for the internships is to provide legislative and administrative support to the GR policy analyst(s) responsible for international humanitarian and poverty-focused development assistance issues.

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.

Annual Academy of Music Raffle

The Academy of Music is holding its annual raffle to benefit the Tutti Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to students who would otherwise be unable to afford music instruction. Tickets are only $5 each and can be purchased at the Academy office (100 West Water St.) as well as from any Academy student or teacher.

Prizes:

·         $500 Visa Gift Card or Academy tuition credit (winner’s choice)

·         Shiny Car Fast Pass (good for one car wash per week for one year)

·         Two 2019-20 Lawrence University Jazz Series season tickets

·         Four Float Light passes

The drawing will be held March 23, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. following the Academy Girl Choir concert at the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Winners need not be present to win.

More information: go.lawrence.edu/academy-giving

Thank you for helping us provide access to the joy of music-making in our community!

Climate change, the environment and federal policy: A panel discussion with Congressman Mike Gallagher

When: Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 11:10am – 12:20pm

Where: Warch Campus Cinema

Join us this Friday for an exciting discussion with Rep. Gallagher on the climate change and environmental issues in Wisconsin. Professors from the Environmental Studies Program will be on a panel discussing climate change issues and translating the best available science and data into meaningful action. This is an opportunity for your voice to be heard by your federal representative on issues of climate, the environment and new policy. There will be an audience Q&A with the representative and the faculty panel. We encourage you to submit your question beforehand using this Google form to make sure your question gets asked.

Due to limited space, attendance to the event is open to members of the LU community only.