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All Staff Council open positions

Following the spring elections for the Drake All Staff Council, additional opportunities have become available. The following positions and committee members are needed for the 2024–2025 year.

All Staff Council is a good way to network with other campus staff and work to help promote a positive and collaborative campus work environment. If you are classified as a staff member, interested, and committed to serving, please contact Kevin Saunders, 2024–2025 ASC chair, at kevin.saunders@drake.edu.

Executive Committee, Chair-Elect

Members of the Executive Committee (chair and chair-elect) conduct the monthly Executive Board meetings, help to coordinate efforts of the committees, and respond to issues or recommendations brought forth by members. The chair-elect provides support for meeting minutes and agendas. The chair-elect will serve as chair in the following term.

Governance Committee

The Governance / Policy Committee finalizes the structure of the ASC by developing rules. This committee conducts yearly elections and attends to any rules changes, recommendations, or policies proposed.

Special Interest Committee

The Special Interest Committee explores initiatives, questions, and/or concerns presented to All Staff Council through research, planning, and collaboration with appropriate offices on campus.

For more information on the All Staff Council visit https://drakeedu.sharepoint.com/sites/AllStaffCouncil.

— Ryan Harris, on behalf of All Staff Council

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Collaborate contract expiring July 1

The ITS contract with Class Collaborate, formerly Blackboard Collaborate, expires July 1. If you’ve previously used or have been planning to use Collaborate, it won’t be available after July 1. Our Zoom institutional license is available as an alternative and integrated into Blackboard Learn courses. 

To save any recordings you made with Collaborate, download them before July 1 and upload into Panopto. To ask questions or request assistance with this transition, visit the ITS service portal at service.drake.edu/its and submit an Academic Technology Consultation ticket. 

— Becky Klein, ITS

 

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Ice cream week July 9–13

Ice cream week is coming! From July 9–13, Provost Mattison invites you to gather some colleagues, take a walk down to Black Cat Ice Cream on Cottage Grove, and enjoy a free cup or cone of one of their amazing ice cream or sorbet flavors.

You can pick up your ticket for one free cup at the Provost’s Office in Old Main from July 9–12.

— Madison Bemus, Office of the Provost

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Welcome Mandela Washington Fellows at reception

Drake is proud to host 25 Mandela Washington Fellows as part of the Young African Leaders Initiative for six weeks this summer. Join us to welcome the Fellows at a reception at the start of their time on Drake’s campus.

The Drake community, along with those partners who will be interacting with the Fellows during their time here are welcome to attend. The Reception will be held Tuesday, June 25, at 4:45 p.m. in Parents Hall South in the Olmsted Student Center.

Please contact yali@drake.edu with any questions regarding this reception or the program in general.

— Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center

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Mandela Washington Fellowship: Project coaches and home hosts needed

Drake is excited and honored to be an Institute Partner for the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Beginning in mid-June, Drake will host 25 of Africa’s emerging business leaders for a six-week program on our campus. One of the highlights for Fellows during the Institute are the Home-Hosted Meals and one-on-one time with Focus Project Coaches to develop action plans to identify and address a need in their business, organization, or community.

Applications for both Home Hosts and Focus Coaches are now officially open.

Home Hosts: https://drake.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9pD3Sff2lec0IXs 

Focus Coaches: https://drake.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_72vxzAMQ8GYXDNQ 

To learn more about the YALI program, visit https://www.drake.edu/yali/.If you have any specific questions about the YALI program and how to get involved, please contact Jorona Johnson (jorona.johnson@drake.edu) or Lance Noe (lance.noe@drake.edu). 

— Jorona Johnson, Global Engagement

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Update: Fair Labor Standards Act

On Tuesday, April 23, the Biden administration announced the Final Rule increasing the salary threshold required for many employees to remain salaried (and, thus, exempt from/ineligible for overtime).

Starting July 1, the rule increases the salary threshold at which executive, administrative and professional (“EAP”) employees are exempt from overtime pay from the current salary threshold of $35,568 to $43,888. The rule makes an additional adjustment to $58,656, effective January 1, 2025 (and automatic adjustments are built into the rule every three years thereafter).

Drake HR is working with members of the President’s Council and impacted managers to assess exempt positions that will fall short of the new July 1 and/or January 1 salary thresholds.

Drake HR is also working to create a webpage that will provide more information about the new Final Rule and how FLSA exemptions work. It will also address some of the ways Drake will assess impacted staff.

We do expect legal challenges to the Final Rule. For those of you who recall the 2016 Final Rule, it was subject to a court injunction right before it went into effect. We’ll be keeping a close eye on any legal developments and will share those, should they occur.

Please watch for more OnCampus updates and the roll-out of a FLSA webpage (hopefully by the end of this month).

— Maureen De Armond & Debra Wiley, Human Resources

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Register for the All Staff Council kickball tournament

All Staff Council is bringing back the highly anticipated staff and faculty kickball tournament on Tuesday, May 21, to celebrate the start of summer. Register your team or as a free agent today. Registration has been extended and must be submitted by Thursday, May 16.

Important Details

  • First round begins around 1:30 p.m. and final round begins around 3:30 p.m.
  • Single elimination
  • Teams of 10 to 12

Spectators welcome and encouraged. Yard games and refreshments will be provided—we look forward to seeing you there.

All Staff Council will also draw a winner for the parking pass at this event, names collected for events throughout the semester.

— Courtney Conrad, On behalf of All Staff Council

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Register for the All Staff Council kickball tournament

All Staff Council is bringing back the highly anticipated staff and faculty kickball tournament on Tuesday, May 21, to celebrate the start of summer. Register your team or as a free agent today. Registration must be submitted by Monday, May 13.

Important Details

  • First round begins around 1:30 p.m. and final round begins around 3:30 p.m.
  • Single elimination
  • Teams of 10 to 12

Spectators welcome and encouraged. Yard games and refreshments will be provided – we look forward to seeing you there.

— Courtney Conrad, On behalf of All Staff Council

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Drake Social on May 13 to recognize milestone service anniversary recipients and retirees

You are invited to join us at the next Provost’s Drake Social on Monday, May 13, in the Schickler Courtside Club, adjacent to the Knapp Center, beginning at 4 p.m. 

During this event, faculty and staff who celebrated (or will be celebrating) a milestone service anniversary or retirement between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, will be recognized on a rolling display at the event.  There will be cupcakes, soft drinks, wine, beer, and light snacks.

Please take a moment to stop by, enjoy some treats, and congratulate your colleagues.

— Linda Feiden, Human Resources