millennium student center
This year has been a year of discovery and reflection resulting in change for the MSC. We evaluated all of our processes and with the help of our campus stakeholders we made progress toward changes in our website, reservations and scheduling software. These improvements are still incomplete, but moving ahead systematically to be fully operational by the start of the new semester. We effectively reorganized our custodial department to a zone cleaning model and eliminated our temporary staff. This is not the most ideal model, but working within the budgetary restraints, it has been effective for this time. For the first time in several years the building administration’s fiscal department and our food partner are working in concert with monthly zero balances in outstanding invoices. That is a great accomplishment and highly appreciated by our clients. In our efforts to provide our clients the best service we are on track in obtaining regular data regarding our daily operations, so that we can perform quarterly analysis and make adjustments as needed. Satisfaction surveys, spreadsheet as well as other assessment tools are now a part of our monthly reporting, which has been a longterm goal accomplished.
student life
Leadership & Training programs expanded for the third consecutive year to include programming leadership topics focused on women’s leadership through the Women at the Top Series. In April 2013, the Office of Student Life’s Leadership & Training program was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Women’s Leadership Council to implement the Women’s Executive Leadership Series in the upcoming year. MLK Day of Service completed its fifth year with more than 230 volunteers participating in service projects in the St. Louis community. The 2013 MLK Day of Service marked the first time that an out-of-state group participated in the program. Miami University in Ohio brought a group of 35 students to participate in the day’s activities. It is estimated that 690 hours of service was performed on MLK Day through this program. The Student Government Association successfully transitioned representation from the Check the Rec Campaign into student representation on the Recreation & Wellness Center Planning Committee. SGA currently has one representative on the planning committee and three representatives on the RFP Committee with the intent to nominate at least one additional student who can serve on the committee for the next two years. The University Program Board maintained quality campus programming while focusing on the important task of building a larger general membership. UPB successfully planned and implemented 80 programs during the 2012 – 2013 year. Participation exceeded 6,000 individuals for an average of 75 participants per program. Greek organizations expanded their collaboration efforts beyond high-profile cosponsors such as the University Program Board and Student Government Association and partnered with various on-campus entities including such groups as the Student Nurses Association, Partners in Prevention, and the Catholic Newman Center. Through these collaborations and other activities, the community raised more than $40,000 for their philanthropies.