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| Staff Newsletter | September 2022 |
Dear colleagues,
President Michael Schill has arrived, Fall Quarter has begun, and the academic year is now fully underway. This is always an exciting time, and I hope your year has gotten off to a good start!
We will gather together for our Fall Quarter Office of the Provost all-staff meeting from 9-10 a.m. Oct. 26 in McCormick Auditorium in the Norris University Center. Calendar invitations will be sent out by the end of the week. If you have questions or topics that you would like for us to address, please let us know.
Following the all-staff meeting, The Block Museum invites all staff to a special private viewing of the new fall exhibition, "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s," from 10-11 a.m. The museum visit is optional but highly recommended.
I look forward to seeing you all again next month.
Thank you,
Kathleen Hagerty |
Awards and recognition |
HEED Award
Northwestern University has received the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The HEED Award is the only national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion across their campuses. This is the second consecutive year Northwestern has received this honor. The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion applied for the HEED Award on behalf of Northwestern. |
All about the staff |
Meet Clint Swanson
This month’s featured colleague is Clint Swanson, health information technician in the Student Immunization Compliance Office that recently became part of the Office of the Provost. Clint joined Northwestern in this role last October.
What do you enjoy about your job? I enjoy helping people with meeting their entrance health requirements as mandated by Illinois state law and University policy. It’s confusing for people who have never had to deal with their immunizations or haven’t seen them in a long while. Most undergraduates have to ask their parents or guardians for their childhood immunizations. Graduates—especially older-aged students—have to collect their immunization records from many different sources, which can be difficult at times. All students who need it deserve a helping hand with explanations to guide them toward their completion of the requirements.
What is your proudest accomplishment at Northwestern? I feel very proud every day here at Northwestern. The community push toward shared knowledge and advancement is almost palpable at times. This has pushed me to go beyond my basic duties and find new ways to assist students to achieve their requirements the easiest and fastest way possible. Even though I have a state mandate to follow, I want the students to feel like we are here to help them and ease their stress of completing what is required of them.
Can you share a personal fun fact about yourself? In a past life of mine, I was an EMT for over a decade. My focus was pediatrics, which is difficult for most people to deal with, but it really developed and rounded me as a person. Making a emergency room visit for kiddos fun and exiting is a challenge, but so much fun was had in those times and hearing children laughing is chicken soup for the soul.
Brag about your teammates! We feature one staff member in each newsletter. Nominate someone by emailing the Office of the Provost and telling us, in a sentence or two, how your colleague contributes to Northwestern’s mission and why everyone in the Office of the Provost should get to know them.
New staff arrivals
Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Center For Leadership
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Financial Aid Evanston
Office of Equity
Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
Undergraduate Admission
Performance goals due Oct. 26
The first Performance Excellence deadline for 2022-23 is approaching. By Wednesday, Oct. 26, all staff must have goals entered in myHR Learn. Additional information and job aids to help staff (i) determine goals with their supervisor, (ii) enter/edit/delete goals in the system, and (iii) track goal progress can be found on the Human Resources website. As a reminder, the recommendation is to set two to four goals that follow the SIMple framework:
S = Specific or objective measurable
As noted in our August newsletter, the Office of the Provost recently refreshed its strategic priorities, which are guided by the University's goals. Individual goal-setting provides ample opportunity for staff and supervisors, together with unit leaders, to consider how your work and your unit support and contribute to these commitments.
More on performance deadlines
In addition to the Oct. 26 target for submitting goals, the remaining deadlines for the 2022-23 performance year are:
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News and notes |
Women's Center theme
The Women’s Center has chosen Lessons From Harm Reduction as its overarching theme for the year. The theme will guide the content of programs for the academic year. This fall will feature Shira Hassan’s upcoming book "Saving our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction," an anthology of essays and interviews grounded in the history and values of liberatory harm reduction.
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