SAC's November Meeting Minutes

At this months SAC meeting we had two guest speakers. First, Doug Marsh - Office of the University Architect and Sarah Misner, Employment, Human Resources

Doug Marsh spoke to us about the campus plan.
Most of you know about the new science building going up across the street, this project will be completed in 2006. The Gugielmino Athletic Center which is being built behind the Rolf will be completed early 2005.

January '05 - Dec. '05 they will start to clean the ND woods to get ready for the road expansions. Jan. '06- Dec. '06 Juniper will close. ND must have new roads in place before they close Juniper or change Edison Rd. (Juniper has over 6,000 pedestrians crossing a day).
2007 take away old Juniper Rd.

They will cut off Bulla Rd. to eliminate neighborhood traffic, in other words we will not be able to access Bulla Rd. to use as a through way to get to Ironwood. The excess traffic makes the neighborhood with it's narrow streets unsafe for the people who live there.

The soccer fields across the street on Edison will no longer have the soccer leagues playing there. Those fields will then become the main construction site so there will be not be 2005 football parking. That parking will be moved to the White Field and other pockets on campus. When it reopens it will allow 1000- 1200 parking spaces, now it holds approx. 1500.

After commencement the new student health and counseling center will begin construction, in the interim the health center will move to the security building and the counseling center will move the post office. When it is completed a drug and alcohol center will have been added.

Two new residence halls will be built north of the library.(within the 10 yr. plan)
There will be renovation of the current residence halls (when the donation's are complete) those will take a year so the students will have to move out during that period, so the new halls will have to be built first

The funding for a Indoor golf practice facility has been raised so construction will begin soon.
Spring of 2005 will bring a Orthopedic Engineering Research Bldg. This project will be funded by the government. Warsaw, In. is the "orthopedic capitol" so that will be a big plus for that industry.

There are future plans for a hotel over by the old golf course but that is more for the 10 year plan.
And of course our favorite subject ....parking. We have all probably heard talk of the possibility of a parking garage, well I doubt that will happen. The current cost for the parking lot like the one we have now is $8000.00 per space per year. That includes the paving, maintenance, lighting and etc. The cost for a parking garage space is $18,000.00 per year. So I guess that is not an option of our parking dilemma.

Currently being built in White Field is the building for the new generators. Our current generators are WW II submarine engines that Father Joyce was able to purchase. The University makes 30-40 % of it's own electricity and we purchase the rest. For an example,when it is July and it is 100 degrees the University needs to purchase more electricity when it is at peak price, if we can produce more power ourselves it will save us money by not having to purchase the power when it is needed.
If you are interested in more information about the future of the campus you can go the ND home page, click on the A-Z link at the bottom and go to "U" , click on University Architect and at the top of their page is a tab "campus plan".

Sarah Misner came to offer hiring and transfer information.
The process that is supposed to be followed for the posting of an open position is as follows.

The open job is identified, review of the PD/revise if needed. Submit to Compensation Dept. at HR.
Submit a Position Funding Verification form (where funding is coming from that position) must have before posting begins
It is then taken to the Employment office at HR.
Contact with the hiring manager to discuss and write posting, then it is ready for web page posting
It is asked by HR to be hung up within the department first.
Minimum of 5 days for campus employees (sometimes there are simultaneously posted with the public posting if the hiring manager feels they will not receive enough candidates for the hiring pool.
They close out the posting when the hiring manager feels they have enough candidates.
If the application or resume is submitted through HR they will screen to see if the requirements for the position have been met before sending it on to the hiring manager.
HR may review a possible candidates file to relay any information that may be helpful to the hiring process.
Candidates are kept informed or at least they try to as to where they are in the hiring process. If you have submitted a resume for a position and you have not heard anything you can call Sarah Misner or anyone that works in the Employment office to check on the progress of that posting. If you feel you were qualified for that position and were not considered they ask that you please let them know.
When the decision has been made then plans are made for orientation of the new hire to their new position.
HR is working towards a more fair process, obviously it will never be flawless but I think it nice to see that they are trying to make it as fair as possible and they are encouraging the hiring managers to look at internal candidates first before going outside the campus.

This meeting was an informative one and I hope I have shared it with all of you as clearly as possible.
If you have any questions I will do my best to answer it.

Thank you,
Joy