COLLEGE OF DESIGN STAFF ASSEMBLY December 6, 2016

AGENDA Call to order Welcome new staff Brief reports from Senators/Committees/Workgroups (attached to agenda) Staff searches News and updates Report from the Dean

WELCOME NEW STAFF! Greg Flannigan, Fabrication Technician, W.L. Hall Workshop & DigiFabLab Molly Sanford, Art Research Studio Technician, W.L. Hall Workshop & DigiFabLab Midori Green, Graduate Program Coordinator, DHA Calee Cecconi, Principal Graphic and Multimedia Designer, External Relations Kaileigh Nicklas, External Relations Assistant, External Relations Ellen Skoro, Museum Photographer, Goldstein Museum of Design Jessica McCann, HR Generalist, Human Resources Mary Shannon Bocock, Academic Advisor, Student Services Nancy Xiong, Business Analyst/Project Manager, Design IT Read Names 11/14/16

REPORTS FROM SENATORS, COMMITTEES, AND WORKGROUPS (ATTACHED TO AGENDA) Senators: Lori Mollberg and Patrick Smith Academic Technology: Julie Hillman Diversity Committee: Holley Locher Honors & Awards: Lin Nelson-Mayson Curriculum Committee: Sauman Chu CS/L-R Leadership Committee: Theresa Tichich and Nicole Kennedy P&A Leadership Committee: Abby Burkhart and Bob Glunz Graduate Education Working Group: Marilyn DeLong

Non-instructional staff STAFF SEARCHES Non-instructional staff Executive Operations and Student Services Specialist Engagement and College to Career Coordinator Design IT Academic Technology Operations Manager Technology Coordinator

Initiatives moving forward NEWS AND UPDATES Regular business Chili Fundraiser $305 total > 60 donors Donated to Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless P&A leaves for summer/fall 2017 Deadline March 27, 2017 Initiatives moving forward Feedback on new onboarding principles and procedures Employee Engagement action steps Diversity goals and action steps for CDes staff

REPORT FROM THE DEAN

Academic program review Center reviews REPORT FROM THE DEAN Academic program review Landscape Architecture Center reviews MDC GMD Faculty unionization

REPORT FROM THE DEAN SLG work Class scheduling to optimize enrollment Curriculum efficiencies Search procedures revisions Academic Personnel Plan revisions Intercultural Development Inventory SLG notes distribution http://design.umn.edu/about/intranet/governance/index.html

Instructional faculty FACULTY SEARCHES Instructional faculty Architecture (Blaine Brownell, Chair) Architecture, Cass Gilbert (Tom Fisher, Chair) Interior Design (Stephanie Zollinger, Chair) Interior Design Lecturer (Stephanie Zollinger, Chair) Product Design (Barry Kudrowitz, Chair) Retail Merchandising (Hyunjoo Im, Chair)

DEAN SEARCH UPDATE Search Committee Members: Jean Quam (Chair), Dean, College of Education & Human Development Sarah Alfalah, Ph.D. Student, Graphic Design Abimbola Asojo, Professor, Interior Design Michael Bjornberg, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Architecture Missy Bye, Head, Design, Housing, & Apparel William Conway, Professor, Architecture Patrick English, Undergraduate student, Architecture Joseph Favour, Head, Landscape Architecture Richard Graves, Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research Hyunjoo Im, Assistant Professor, Retail Merchandising Kate Maple, Assistant Dean Lin Nelson-Mayson, Director, Goldstein Museum of Design 11/14/16

DEAN SEARCH - CAMPUS VISITS Listening sessions spring 2016 What kind of interactions are we having with the dean candidates? How have we been enacting radical hospitality? How are we presenting who we are in the best possible way? Have you been submitting feedback? How are we preparing to onboard a new dean?

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UPCOMING EVENTS Cookie exchange Staff appreciation event in January

2016-2017 ASSEMBLY DATES Wednesday, Feb 15 9:00-10:30am - Faculty Assembly (Rapson 225) 10:40-11:45am - Staff Assembly (Rapson 225) Monday, May 15 9:00-10:30am - Faculty Assembly (McNeal, TBD) 10:40-11:45am - Staff Assembly (McNeal, TBD) 11/14/16

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