SACD Update -- October 2002

After a short summer break, the Staff Advisory Committee to the Dean is now back at work for the 2002/2003 academic year. There is now a Leadership Committee in place within SACD consisting of a chair, chair-elect, and past-chair in order to better distribute the work among committee leadership as well as to maintain leadership continuity. The current membership of the committee, as well as their unit affiliation, is as follows:

Chair: Dianne Petrunak - Crop & Soil Sciences
Chair-elect: Suzanne Simons - Food Science
Past Chair: Darlene Jury Kim - Cooperative Extension
Gary Abdullah - Information & Communication Technologies
John Dickison - Information & Communication Technologies
Debra Ellis - Conference & Short Course Office
Patti Fantaske - Agricultural & Extension Education
Claudio Frumento - Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Benjamin Harwood - Horticulture
Linda Houtz - Poultry Science
Marsha Hull - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Barbara Irwin - School of Forest Resources
Margaret Kensinger - Veterinary Science
Dave Love - Entomology
Stephen Shala - Information & Communication Technologies
Teresa Shirk - Plant Pathology
Sylvia Way - Dairy & Animal Science

REMINDER! The fall College-wide staff meeting with the Dean will be held on October 15 in 101 ASI. The social and refreshments begin at 9:30 in the lobby of ASI with the meeting to start at 10 am in 101 ASI. The Ella Reagle Staff Assistant Award will be presented at this meeting in addition to a question and answer session with the Dean, similar to those of past meetings. So come prepared with your questions for the Dean. We also have some great door prizes for some lucky people!

SACD held our first meeting of the 2002/2003 academic year on September 19. The committee is busy preparing responses to the unanswered questions from the spring College-wide meeting. Look for these questions and answers to be posted on our web site in the future (http://sacd.cas.psu.edu/). Also, while you check out our web site, please feel free to send any concerns or questions you have to the committee through the anonymous suggestion box. You can also contact your representative or any member of the committee with any questions or concerns.

The Safety Subcommittee has been active over the summer. They have met with University representatives and are currently working with them to develop a College safety plan. Look for more details on this in the future.

The SACD will continue to keep you updated on the work of the committee, so keep looking for our updates. Once again, if you have an issue, question, or concern, please contact a committee member or submit a question through our web site. Hope to see you at the College-wide meeting on the 15th.

Dianne Petrunak
Chair, Staff Advisory Committee to the Dean