Staff Senate Initiatives - Staff Senate - Missouri State University

Sponsor and coordinate the Lee Denim Day Breast Cancer Awareness Project
Provide information about Staff Senate during the Human Resources New Employee Orientation
Staff Senate Picnic

Increase of employee course fee waiver from 12 credit hours to 15 credit hours per academic year beginning fall 2009
Reduced meal plan for faculty and staff through Sodexo
Creation of the Staff Senate Scholarship
Paid summer leave days; number of days at the discretion of the President and Administrative Council

Flexible work schedule or release time from work that is not counted as lunch hour, vacation or compensatory time off to visit Taylor Health and Wellness Center

Lunch Hour Lecture Series presentations hosted by the Staff Senate Public Affairs Committee
Installed a case and clock on the second floor of Carrington Hall to celebrate the contributions of staff as part of the Centennial Project
Collected 703 pounds of food during a food drive for Ozarks Food Harvest hosted by the Staff Senate Public Affairs Committee
Facilitated an increase in the vacation accrual rate to 15 days after 5 years of service and 20 days after 10 years of service; funded as part of the FY06 budget

Submitted proposal to the Staff Excellence in University Service Award to the President; funded as part of the FY05 budget as a presidential award
Lunch Hour Lecture Series presentations hosted by the Staff Senate Public Affairs Committee
Veterans Recognition Project coordinated by the Staff Senate Veterans Recoginition Committee

Continued participation on the Staff Salary Task Force
Lunch Hour Lecture Series presentations hosted by the Staff Senate Public Affairs Committee

Submitted proposal to increase the family sick leave to 12 days per year; approved by the Board of Governors
Lunch Hour Lecture Series presentations hosted by the Staff Senate Public Affairs Committee

Assisted with the Campus Mail Policy changes and the procedure to register a bona fide University organization