Monarch Mornings Begin Anew
Last week, I revived my Monarch Morning chat sessions that I began last summer to listen to the concerns, questions, ideas and suggestions of faculty and staff.
My goal is clear: to be an effective leader, I need to not only articulate my aspirations for the institution, but also to listen to the voices of the campus in setting those goals.
Not surprisingly, in the first few sessions, the state budget has been at the top of most people's minds. While everyone is grateful that higher education received no additional cuts this year, the campus is concerned about what future years hold and how the university is planning for those possibilities.
And, like last summer's sessions, faculty and staff are full of excellent ideas and suggestions on a variety of ways to make university life even better than what it currently is.
There are several sessions coming up and I hope you'll join me.
- March 30 -
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Perry Library, Room 151 (for employees of Perry Library)
- 9-9:30 a.m. - Kaufman Hall atrium (for employees of the Education Building and Kaufman Hall)
- March 31
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Public Safety Building (for employees of Public Safety)
- 9-9:30 a.m. - Health Sciences Building (for employees of Parking Garage C, the 47th Street Gym, Stables Theatre, Gresham Hall, Research Park 1, Development Office, Health Science Building and the Frank Reidy Bioelectrics Center)
- April 15 -
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Virginia Beach Higher Education Center (for employees of VBHEC)
- April 20 -
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Gornto Teletechnet Center (for employees of Gornto, the higher education centers and distance learning sites);
- 9-9:30 a.m., Batten Arts and Letters Building lobby (for employees of BAL and the Child Study Center)
- April 23 -
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Physical Sciences Building lobby (for employees of the Alfriend Chemistry Building, Mills Godwin Jr. Building, Oceanography and Physics, Physical Sciences Building, Fisheries Ecology Lab and Parking Services);
- 9-9:30 a.m., E.V. Williams Engineering and Computational Sciences Building (for employees from this building)
- April 29 -
- 8:15-8:45 a.m., Kornblau Alumni Center lobby (for employees of Koch Hall and the Alumni Center);
- 9-9:30 a.m. - Spong Hall lobby (for employees of Spong Hall and Rollins Hall)