Professional and Scientific Council

The Eunice A. Dell Award was presented at the Administration and Financial Services Employee Recognition on January 13, 2011 to two very worthy recipients.  This year’s deserving “Making a Difference” recipients are Gary Shontz and Therese Callaghan.

Regents Staff Excellence Awards are presented annually to those P&S employees from Regents institutions who have made outstanding professional contributions during their careers. We strongly encourage you to participate in the nomination process. Review the award guidelines and view past award recipients

Please take a moment to nominate someone you feel deserves this honor. Nominations for the 2011 award are due April 8, 2011.

The P&S Council wants YOUR news and announcements to share on our web site Submissions may include anything that may be of interest to P&S employees, including upcoming events, kudos, recent news stories affecting our work, employment, etc. 

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The P&S Council invites you to participate in a study of the benefits provided for you at UNI. Participation in the study will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

The winners of the 2010 Regents Staff Excellence Awards were announced at the UNI fall convocation and they were also recognized at the Meet the President event sponsored by the P&S Council.

On Friday, October 1, 2010, the annual Meet the President program was hosted by the P&S Council.  President Allen recognized the recipients of the 2010 Regents Staff Excellence Award and talked about current issues at UNI.  P&S Council President, Jason Vetter, acknowledged council members, talked about P&S council committees, initiatives, and updates.  Special invitations were sent to new employees and they were welcomed to UNI at the event.

Every 10 years, UNI conducts a self-study in preparation for reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Assocation of Colleges and Schools.  That process is now underway in prepartion for the reaccreditation site visit November 8-10, 2010.  For more information visit http://www.uni.edu/accreditation/

All benefits eligible employees can enroll in flexible spending for 2011 and can make changes or enroll in Avesis vision coverage. The 2011 open enrollment and change period will start Friday, October 29  and run through Monday, November 29. All changes are effective January 1, 2011. For additional information and enrollment forms, please visit www.uni.edu/hrs

Shashi Kaparthi, director of the UNI Office of Institutional Research, and a faculty member in the College of Business Administration, has been named UNI's inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Effective Oct. 11, UNI's Information Technology Services and the Office of Institutional Research will be combined, eliminating one senior-level administrative position. Information Technology Services (ITS) is comprised of ITS-Network Services, ITS-Educational Technology, ITS-User Services, ITS-Information Systems and ITS-Administration. Kaparthi will report to Gloria Gibson, executive vice president and provost, and will be a member of President Allen's cabinet. "I'm very excited to welcome Shashi to my leadership team," said Gibson. "He brings a faculty-perspective to the management of the information technology function, which will greatly benefit faculty, staff and students."

The P&S Staff Excellence Awards are presented annually to those P&S employees from Regents institutions that have made outstanding professional contributions during their careers. We strongly encourage you to participate in the nomination process.