Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is now accepting students, staff, and faculty for the spring training. Register here. You must be able to attend all three training sessions to be certified:
For questions please contact Lynne Cornelius, violence prevention coordinator, at Lynne.Cornelius@drake.edu or ext. 4141.
Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention Coordinator
Are you stressed out just thinking about managing your stress? You’re not alone. But managing stress is not as hard as you think.
Join our Stop Stress This Minute wellness incentive challenge beginning Monday, March 11. During this eight-week program you will receive a copy of the book Stop Stress This Minute by James Porter. Each week you will read portions of the book, complete a short quiz, and record your stress number, stressors in your life and any stress management activities you tried during the week. Along the way you will receive a variety of tools to help you conquer your stress. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
To get started, send an email to Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu. Deadline to register is Friday, March 8.
Linda Feiden, Wellness & Recognition Specialist
The best way to keep yourself safe is to avoid risky situations whenever possible. Unfortunately, violent crime can happen anywhere at any time. The next line of defense is knowing how to protect yourself should the need arise. This one hour self-defense course is designed to make you more aware, prepared, and ready for any situation that may come in your everyday life.
Join us Tuesday, March 5, at 10 a.m. in the Olmsted Center, Room 310–313. Scott Law, director, Public Safety and Operational Services, will present.
To register for this event, contact Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.
Linda Feiden, Wellness & Recognition Specialist
Have you ever noticed the names etched into the south portal of Cowles Library? Did you ever wonder how these scholars were chosen for representation? Did you ever think there might be other scholars worthy of recognition? We have answers…and questions for you.
The names — Galileo and Newton, Plato and Kant, Bacon and Pasteur, Beethoven and Wagner, Euripides and Shakespeare, Michelangelo and Rembrandt — were chosen to represent “the six branches of knowledge—Philosophy, Science, Music, Art, Literature, and Astronomy,” according to a 1939 document by (we think) Mary Bell Nethercut, director of Cowles Library. “The first of each group was one of the older and recognized representations and the other, one typical of a trend of the newer age.”
As we look at the list now, though, with 21st Century perspective, what leaps to mind is that they’re all white men. We believe that there have been other scholars worthy of recognition in the Cowles portal: scholars of color, women scholars, scholars with disabilities. We invite your help in identifying them. Submit a nomination by March 15.
For questions, please reach out to a member of Cowles Library’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee: Marcia Keyser and Cameron Tuai, co-chairs; Hope Bibens, Dan Chibnall, Laura Krossner, Kathy Lincoln, and Jill Gremmels, members.
Jill Gremmels, Dean, Cowles Library
Drake’s online recognition tool, Peerceive, is a quick and simple way to show recognition to colleagues. Recognizing employee contributions, and creating meaningful recognition and awards programs, are an important part of the Drake culture.
The Peerceive dashboard includes easy-to-use tools to send electronic kudos or e-cards. Kudos are a way for co-workers to express gratitude for a unique contribution to the workplace. They can be sent as often as you wish and to any employee (or group of employees) in any department. E-cards are an electronic version of a hand written note. Use these to tell an employee happy birthday, thank you, congratulations, or wish them well.
Recipients will receive an email letting them know they received a kudos or e-card. A link will take them to the site where they can view the message.
You can access Peerceive on myDrake under Other Employee Apps on the All Apps page. Your username is your Drake email address and your initial password is your employee number, including any leading zeroes.
For additional information, contact Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.
Linda Feiden, Wellness & Recognition Specialist
All Staff Council nominations are due on Thursday, Feb. 28, by 5 p.m. Submit a nomination.
Michelle Huggins, ASC Governance Committee
The Office of Community Engaged Learning is hiring Service-Learning Ambassadors for the 2019–2020 academic year.
Service-Learning Ambassadors (SLAs) are students committed to working with service learning and community engagement. Each SLA focuses on a specific project, such as food recovery, Alternative Breaks, the Sprout Garden, graphic design and social media projects, and coordinating trainings and events. SLAs commit to working six to seven hours a week on their project, working to plan and organize the event/project, recruit Drake students, and perform follow-up.
The role of a Service Learning Ambassador:
— Connect Drake students to the community and recruit volunteers to fulfill community needs
— Educate the campus on meaningful service and social issues
— Engage students in reflection
— Raise awareness of community engaged learning and its impact on Drake students and the community
— Plan and organize events and opportunities to achieve these goals
Pay is $8.25 an hour. A resume, cover letter, and name of reference is due to amanda.martin@drake.edu by March 11.
Visit the Service & Learning website for more information.
Amanda Martin, Assistant Director of Community Engaged Learning
Test your trivia knowledge by joining All Staff Council for a faculty and staff trivia night immediately following the Provost’s Social on March 6 from 5–6 p.m. at Shivers Hospitality Suite. Teams of up to six are encouraged, but not required, and there will be prizes for the winning team.
Anthony Leto, Collection and Loan Specialist
Full-time faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2019 Great Colleges to Work For survey.
On Monday, Feb. 25, faculty and staff will receive an email with an invitation to participate in the survey. If you don’t receive it on Feb. 25, check your junk folder or contact Mary Alice Hill, director, HR Partner Services, at maryalice.hill@drake.edu or 271-3676.
What is the Great Colleges to Work For survey?
The Great Colleges to Work For survey is the primary employee survey used by the University to gather feedback on workplace culture.
The survey is administered by ModernThink, a management-consulting firm focusing on workplace quality in higher education, and is sponsored by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
More information about the Great Colleges to Work For survey is available at www.chroniclegreatcolleges.com.
Why should I participate?
Your voice matters and your responses help the University to identify opportunities to improve workplace satisfaction and engagement. Your responses provide valuable insight into employee opinions and needs.
Is participation mandatory?
Participation is voluntary, although we do hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to share your feedback and make sure your voice is heard. A high response rate will help ensure an accurate representation of our community.
Are my responses confidential?
By having a third-party provider facilitate the survey process, your participation and the feedback you provide will be completely anonymous and confidential; no one at Drake will be able to trace results back to individuals. Drake will receive reports summarizing the results, but will not have access to individual response data. Furthermore, ModernThink will not report back results for questions that have less than five respondents.
Learn more by reading The Chronicle’s Great Colleges to Work For Statement of Confidentiality.
When and how do I participate?
The survey period begins Monday, Feb. 25, and ends Monday, March 11. The survey is administered online. Full-time faculty and staff will receive an email invitation to participate in the survey from Great Colleges.
How long will it take to complete the survey?
It typically takes about 15 minutes to complete the survey.
How is the data used and will the results be shared?
A summary of the findings will be shared with employees and will be used to identify our strengths and opportunities for improvement. Several key measures and targets in the University’s continuous improvement plan (CIP), and in many unit-level CIPs, are tied directly to feedback from the survey. For example, Drake is striving to earn a place on the Great Colleges to Work For Honor Roll by 2020. In addition, ModernThink provides valuable benchmark data against which we can compare our results. With this evidence in hand, senior leaders and individual units can make informed, strategic decisions about new initiatives.
Can I complete the survey during work hours?
Yes. Faculty and staff are encouraged to complete the survey during working hours. Completing the survey is an important contribution that you can make to strengthen our campus community.
For questions, contact Mary Alice Hill, director, HR Partner Services, at maryalice.hill@drake.edu or 271-3676, or visit greatcollegesprogram.com.
Faculty, it’s time to submit your course material requests for summer. The deadline for submitting your materials is March 15. Receiving your list of materials as soon as possible allows the Book Store to source the most affordable books for your students and provide top dollar for students selling books back at the end of this term. With the Book Store’s Online Adoption Tool, selecting your course materials is fast and easy.
Access the Online Adoption Tool
— Visit www.drake.bkstr.com
— Go to Books in the top navigation and under the Information heading, click Online Adoptions.
— If you need additional training to use the Online Adoption Tool, please contact me.
Are You a New User?
— Follow the steps listed above.
— Click on New? Register Here and complete the required fields.
— Enter 1623 in the Bookstore Supplied Password field.
Download the 6 Ways to Help Students Save on Textbooks to learn about Follett’s different types of course material purchasing options. If you have any questions about the Online Adoption Tool or how to save students money, please contact Donna Hallstrom, course materials managers, University Book Store.
Donna Hallstrom, University Book Store
