Hello! We are in the process of getting ready to renovate our Arcade/Game Room space and our cafe area.? I am looking to do an assessment to collect information on what students would like to see in the new space.? If you have done this type of assessment and wouldn’t mind sharing, I would love to take a look at it!?

Thank you!

All the joy,

Kait?

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Hi Isaac,

Attached is our club office agreement.? Let me know if you have any questions!

All the joy,

Kait?

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Kaitlyn Howarth
Assistant Director, University Commons Operations
William Paterson University
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Hello and Happy Thursday!

Does anyone have a no-cost, digital solution for selling tickets for student organizations?? We tried qualtrics but even setting the capacity, it was letting to many people sign up.? We also tried a sharepoint but didn’t want to have to share it with all 30 staff members who need access.? We were thinking just a…

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Hello everyone!

Recently my department was split into two departments and I am now a department of 1 full time staff and 30 student staff called University Commons Operations. We operate the building, execute events, and work with the AV services in the meeting spaces. My job title is being updated and I am looking for suggestions on job…

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This is your daily reminder to practice some form of self-care!?

It’s August, and for us student affairs professionals it means we are either frantically preparing for the student’s arrival or already have students on campus and are spending all our time planning/executing activities for them. ?Below are a few easy ways you can…

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Hello!? Does anyone have recommendations for a lightweight podium on castors that we could use in our ballroom space?? Our podiums are in desperate need of replacing and I am curious to see what others are using.? Thanks in advance!

All the joy,
Kait?

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Hello Wonderful Women!

We are having a Women’s Leadership COP Virtual Meet Up on Thursday, May 11th at 11:00am EST so mark your calendars!? We will be meeting with members of the ACUI Regional Engagement Task Force, fielding ideas for what you would like to see within the community, and just hanging out and relieving some end of the…

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Hi Koriana,

I struggled a lot with dress code and leggings, but after listening to my students I reluctantly allowed leggings to be worn at work.? A lot of the feedback I was getting was that students don’t really own “hard pants” like jeans or khakis that are work appropriate (they said their hard pants all have holes and are more for going…

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Hi Chrissie!

While I was at Temple University we partnered with the Disability Resource Services office and they provided a few training sessions for us.? One that really stood out to me was how to best provide customer service to individuals who are visually impaired.? We also had current students lead training sessions that focus on…

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Happy Women’s History Month everyone!!

This month, I challenge you to say thank you and celebrate the women in your life.? To help you with your thanking, I created some “thank you cards” that you can print out and give to a woman in your life (you can even screenshot them and email them to someone).? Use what is created or make your own thank…

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Happy New Year Women’s Leadership COP!? I hope you all were able to relax a little, spend time with family and friends, and take some time to do something for yourself over the last week!

A staple of every winter break (and who am I kidding, basically every week) for me is to watch a Hallmark movie.? I know they are almost always predicable…

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Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and were able to get some rest.? I wanted to hopefully bring this topic back up in conversation.? We were just informed that our campus will be eliminated or Philo streaming service in January so we are now scrambling to find a way to stream live TV on 18 of our TVs around the building.?… Read more

Do you know an awesomely amazing woman who would be a great ACUI volunteer?  Nominate them now for one of the upcoming volunteer positions including Regional Leadership Teams and Regional Conference Planning Teams!

Nomination form: 
https://www.acui.org/volunteer/nominate 

Also, don’t forget to sign up for our Friends & Mentors… Read more

Hi everyone!

Here is a little motivation to help get you through this week.? A quick remineder that you are AMAZING and that everything you do makes a differrence in the lives of your coworkers, students, and families!?

All the joy,
Kait

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Hi everyone,

Once a month, we are going to post a topic to talk about in the forum (typically on a Tuesday ? we like alliteration).? Yesterday got away from me so let’s Talk About it Wednesday!

What is one thing you are struggling with at work? ?As a group, we will support you and help you work through your struggles.

I’ll go first ? recently…

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Hi everyone!

Are you feeling as overwhelmed as I am with the start of the semester/end of August already here?? I am in desperate need of a reboot and have been trying to find little ways to add some type of self-care to my routine.? I found this list of 21 Self Care Tips for Women to Reduce Stress and Overwhelm.? I am going to try to add some…

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Hello everyone! ?

My name is Kait Howarth and I am so excited to be co-leading this wonderful community with Jessi!

A little about my ACUI background: Along with co-chairing this COP, I currently serve on the Volunteer Development Team and just rolled off as a COP tri-lead for Student Employee Supervisors.?

A little about my work life: I’m…

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Hi Everyone!?

We are looking to revamp our 18 year old Information Desk. While we can’t do a complete renovation of it, we are hoping to jazz up our space with some branding/vinyls and brighten up the area to make it feel more welcoming.? If you have an Info Desk in your bulding, I would love it if you could share a picture of it on this thread… Read more

Hello Everyone!

It is officially time to Spring into Recruitment!? I don’t know about you, but I am anxiously looking ahead to the Fall semester and trying to determine how many staff I will need to hire. ?I am also worried about finding students that want to work for our department because we are more than just a job, our goal is to build…

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Hello Everyone!

We are excited to host our first meet up of the year next Friday, February 25th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST.? Join us for the entire hour or pop by for a few minutes.? A zoom link will be coming soon!

Our topic of discussion for this month will be Staff Recruitment.? I know I struggled with finding students to apply for/hire for… Read more

Hi Alison,

We used to have an old school punch time clock but it gave us so many problems so I found a free time clock online, called Homebase.? I was able to set it up really quickly and the students had no problem learning how to clock in/clock out. With the free version there are a couple of different time clock options including cell phone… Read more