All Staff Council (ASC) and Human Resources are teaming up to facilitate a virtual town hall for staff tentatively planned for Friday, Oct. 22, at 1:30 p.m. While we want staff members to feel comfortable, empowered, and encouraged to bring questions to the town hall, we want to gage the amount of time needed to have a productive and meaningful dialogue. Consequently, we invite staff to submit questions to ASC ahead of time.

Final decisions regarding the meeting date and time will be based on the topics and volume of questions received. We ask that questions be of general interest to staff and can be directed to All Staff Council and/or Human Resources. We will reserve time during the town hall for interactive dialogue but believe we can best plan and schedule the event if we have some sampling of the ASC and HR questions that are top of mind for staff.

At present, HR’s new Executive Director Maureen De Armond will kick off the event with a few comments about early observations at Drake and describe some of the HR initiatives staff should expect to hear more of in the coming months.

Members of the ASC Executive Committee, including Andy Verlengia, Jenny Jones, Sara Heijerman, and Linda Feiden, will be present to share information about upcoming ASC events and describe some of the ASC priorities for the academic year.

If this sounds like an event you are interested in attending, save the date: Friday, Oct. 22, at 1:30 p.m. As soon as we solidify the date and time, we will provide an update with meeting details.

— Andy Verlengia, Director, Alumni Relations