Staff issues and initiatives at a university

  • Communication amongst staff and leadership.
  • Help staff and faculty, despite the challenges faced by the school.

Staff recognition and morale at a university

  • Help to redefine impossible tasks and shift narratives to improve workplace culture.
  • Employee appreciation and support are lacking in the workplace.
  • Recognizing all staff for their contributions to show appreciation and improve morale.

Recognizing staff contributions at Kentucky State University

  • Emphasize the importance of recognizing all contributions and acknowledging their efforts, citing instances of staff members providing words of encouragement to colleagues.
  • Discuss the need for a positive work environment and recognize small acts of kindness and support among staff members.

Staff appreciation and communication in an educational setting

  • Emphasize communication and transparency among staff and leadership to support students' success.

Ideas to explore.

  • Create a safe space for staff to share their thoughts without fear of judgment.
  • Emphasize the need for creative problem-solving to address campus issues, such as inadequate funding and facilities.
  • Write a grant to create a breakroom and development so staff can escape and have a mental health (spiritual) moment to relax. (Title III cannot cover this expense).
  • Institutional Research pulls a lot of data for everyone across campus, think of ideas that can help the University that Institutional Research can pull data to help faculty and staff work better.
  • Work towards initiatives for clearance that will cost no money.
  • Read the Bi-laws of the staff senate.
  • Create a news avenue from the Staff Senate.
  • Create a one to three-word slogan for staff senate members to be put on marketing items.
  • Create a cookbook.
  • Ask facilities to spread picnic tables across campus so staff, students, and faculty to eat lunch or take a mental break outside to get a breather from the day-to-day stress.
  • Farmers Market in September or October for staff, students, and faculty.
  • Sodexo will provide vouchers for employee's birthdays.
  • Cash out vacation time up to two weeks.
  • Mandatory for students to have one work-study to prepare them for the real world.
  • Suggestions/complaints on the staff