A Minor Divergence

I'm taking a bit of a divergence from my usual Penn State Web Conference topic to introduce myself in a new role as a member of Penn State's Staff Advisory Council. For all who are in ITS, or any Penn State staff member for that matter, please consider me a confidential conduit to presenting any pertinent issues to the council.

So, what is the Staff Advisory Council (SAC), you may ask?  Since I'm new to this, I'm still learning the answer to that question, but I'll give it my best shot.  It is a group of volunteers at Penn State who bring forth issues that affect staff members and advocate (through the Associate Vice President for Human Resources) for changes to policies, procedures or programming to the Central Administration.  For instance, the SAC has recently worked to get Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in the workplace as well as recommending the development of flexible work schedules and telecommuting policies.

For more information, the SAC web site may be found at http://www.ohr.psu.edu/sac/. 

Please do not hesitate to approach me with any issues you may wish to be brought in front of the council.  Any information shared will be kept strictly confidential.

Thanks!

P.