Staff Senate Meeting Notes From Aug. 11

Please note that these do not take the place of official meeting minutes.

Parking and Transit

• Full-service bus routes begin on Monday, Aug. 15.
• Resident reserved lots closed for move-in and then will be only resident reserved.
• We are still short-handed on bus drivers. We have 36 positions and 20 vacancies.
• Concerns were brought forward about lot 38.
• Lot 3 will now have 19 ADA spaces.

Latest budget was updated with lunch portion from the retreat.

Awards Committee

• Awards information will be in Arkansas News in September.
• Employee awards banquet in October will be in person.

EOQ/EOY

• Employees of the 4th quarter were selected and announced in Arkansas News.

Internal Affairs

• Bylaws are being reviewed.

Initiative-open pathways reaccreditation process. The U of A has chosen "Belonging." There are four key areas.

• Staff compensation, classification and workforce structure
• Student success initiatives
• DEI 
• Faculty collaborations