Hi there!? We have worked with a company called, All Colors,

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, and they are awesome to work with.? We work with them to create an online store that folks can go to and the items that we select.? Then you advertise the link and folks can order, and it gets shipped directly to the buyer.? You can either set them up to…

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Hey Caleb!??

This has been my life since COVID and we are finally back out of the trenches…well, almost.? I found what worked was finding that one or two core leaders that would take the bull by the horns and make things happen.? Our programming board, CAB, currently consists of an E-board (pres, vp, treas, secretary), along with about…

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Hey Rebecca!!? It’s been too long!!!!??

This topic is always so tough to have in training…one of those necessary evils!? What has worked for us this past year is having our police come and act out different scenarios for my staff to encounter and handle in a role play situation.? Then we all talk through it as a group.? The students are…

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Here at Rutgers Camden, we have three student positions: Building Managers, Office Assistants and Info Desk staff.? At one point, I had cross-trained all three positions, which worked for the most part.? The only issue I ran into was the students that didn’t work very often in the Info Desk would forget how to print ID cards.? The following…

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Hi there Marvin!? At our institution, the folks responsible for the event depends on the the event and its components.? Each night, I have graduate students working, so they are on shift.? They are only responsible for checking in on the event that it’s going well and there aren’t issues.? They may also become time-checkers, if we feel the…

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Hi Chuck!? We were just speaking about this, so if you scroll through, you will find a ton of responses!? Here at Rutgers-Camden, we have an end of the year party, where we celebrate our graduating seniors by giving them a bag of swag from our alumni office.? We also draw/create paper plate awards for each of the staff (we have about…

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Happy Summer everyone!? ?I am looking to display the Progress flag within our student center and am wondering what other campuses for displays to ensure that all identities are included.? Do you post any signage with the flag? If so, can you share that too?? Thank you!!!

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Happy Summer everyone!? ?I am looking to display the Progress flag within our student center and am wondering what other campuses for displays to ensure that all identities are included.? Do you post any signage with the flag? If so, can you share that too?? Thank you!!!

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Here are some photos!

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Chrissie King
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Rutgers University Camden
Camden NJ
(856) 225-6449
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From: Chrissie King
Subject: Student Staff Uniforms

Hello friend!   We do have…

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Hello friend!? ?We do have the same thing…polos and 1/4 zip fleeces!!!? We also have spirit Wednesdays where the staff can wear any Rutgers tops for the day.? We also try to work in different fun days where sports jerseys are okay to wear as well.? Right now, we do not have it specifically listed that the polos and fleeces have to be…

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Thanks so much Braden!!!? I worry about the wheels on the first one…I feel like as much as we move them around, they would break. I like the second one but was worried about the bottom breaking.? These are super great options though!!!? Thank you!

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Happy Friday!? I wanted to reach out to see what you all are using for your hi/low cocktail tables?? Currently we have tables that are in 3 parts: small round table top, an adjustable silver pole, and then a 4 point table base.? They work for what we need, but wanted to see if any of you can share vendors you use that may offer a sturdier…

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Happy Friday!? I wanted to reach out to see what you all are using for your hi/low cocktail tables?? Currently we have tables that are in 3 parts: small round table top, an adjustable silver pole, and then a 4 point table base.? They work for what we need, but wanted to see if any of you can share vendors you use that may offer a sturdier…

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Hi Michael,?

At our university, we have a ton of outdoor events as well and depending on who is hosting them, depends on who does the set-up.? If it is a student group/org or department within our building, my student employees will set up the equipment needed.? When this is on the schedule, I post extra shifts so that other students can pick…

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Hi everyone!? I wanted to reach out and ask how everyone handles smaller type infractions for your student employees.? I know that some friends have shared point disciplinary systems with me in the past, but as an office of one, I haven’t figured out how to manage that just quite yet.? I have some of my staff that are not having radios on them,…

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Hi everyone!? I wanted to reach out and ask how everyone handles smaller type infractions for your student employees.? I know that some friends have shared point disciplinary systems with me in the past, but as an office of one, I haven’t figured out how to manage that just quite yet.? I have some of my staff that are not having radios on them,…

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Thank you everyone for sharing your practices!!!? I appreciate your prompt responses!

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Rutgers University Camden
Camden NJ
(856) 225-6449
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Happy April friends!? For years, my student employees have been asking for a stole or cord to be worn at commencement for graduating staff.? Just reaching out to see if any of you offer any type of recognition for student employees to wear at graduation?? If so, can you please share!

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Happy April friends!? For years, my student employees have been asking for a stole or cord to be worn at commencement for graduating staff.? Just reaching out to see if any of you offer any type of recognition for student employees to wear at graduation?? If so, can you please share!

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Thanks so much for sharing this Kerry!? I brought it up to our campus police and they did not agree for a weekly pick up lol!??

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Rutgers University Camden
Camden NJ
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Good morning Jeanni,?

This is a great question!? Each of our meeting room spaces in our Campus Center has a slim window, so a few years back, we added some frosting on them.? I honestly don’t know the tier level, but you are not able to see through them.? We spoke with our campus police and they shared with us, that it’s up to us if we want…

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Ooh these are great ideas and reminded me that I have also asked leadership to write thank you notes…this past year though, instead of a thank you note, I asked them to donate a gift card or something up to $25 and then we did a raffle for our student employees to win those items.? This could be done during National Student Employment week or…

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Hi there Chuck!!!??

Here at Rutgers University-Camden, I wouldn’t say that we have a defined student staff recognition program, but we do many different things throughout the year to let our staff know how great they are!? First, during training each summer, we typically end training with an off-campus (depends on budget) activity where we…

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Thanks Kerry!!? Can you share more about your “police lost and found”…we typically call our police and have them come pick them immediately so that we aren’t storing pricier items.? I’d love to hear how you do things!!!

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Happy New Year!!!!? I wanted to reach out to see if folks have started thinking about training for their students?? I know we host monthly all-staff meetings and I want to offer something different to the staff at these…I’ve had our Career Center and our Social Justice offices come and do presentations, but trying to think of something…

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Hey there Kilee,?

At this time, the only cost we had was to purchase the Roku’s that were needed.? ?There isn’t a streaming cost that hit us…yet…lol.??

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Hi there!? At my previous institution, Stockton University, they had students assist with reservations….this was almost 10 years ago, so not sure if they still do or not, but I would reach out to their office for information…Laurie Griscom is the director and her email is laurie.griscom@stockton.edu and the scheduler for student…

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Hey Jenn!!!? At Rutgers University-Camden..I just finished updating our scheduled based on what call the University makes.? We wait for their call and then make arrangements based on that.? In tonight’s case, they moved everyone to have class online and work from home if they can, but since Dining is in our Campus Center, then we still have…

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Our university is currently switching from cable television over to a streaming service called Streeme.tv via DirecTV.? As a part of this, some of our TV’s will be getting built in Roku services for our multi-purpose rooms and classrooms (I believe) and then for our other TV’s, we are in the process of changing over to Roku sticks for our…

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Hi Yakima!!!? We just bought some 6′ rectangular tables from an online store, Webstaurantstore.com.? These are the tables we purchased,

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Hi Laura,?

Please find answers below:

• Do you have more than one event per day in your space?? (i.e. will you do a flip during the day)? Is there a set time that you designate between events for event set-ups?? We allow as many events as possible in our space.? Our hours are Monday through Friday 7am to 11pm and on weekends, Saturday 10am to…

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Hi there everyone!? Can you all share any policies or thoughts about having different animals on campus for events?? We have allowed therapy dogs, which I know that many of you also do and this semester, we recently had goats on campus as well for a wellness fair.? One of our groups is requesting to have a cat cafe.? For me, it feels a…

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Hi there everyone!? Can you all share any policies or thoughts about having different animals on campus for events?? We have allowed therapy dogs, which I know that many of you also do and this semester, we recently had goats on campus as well for a wellness fair.? One of our groups is requesting to have a cat cafe.? For me, it feels a…

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Hey there Katie!? So I have more issues with name tags, which I haven’t figured out, but for the most part, uniforms have been okay.? We also are able to provide our staff with a short sleeve polo and a Campus Center fleece, so that they can wear that when it’s colder out.? The only other thing that we allow is for folks to wear something…

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Hi there Chuck!!? So we have not done this for a fundraising effort, but I think it’s a great idea!!!? We did a Winter Wonderland, where we invited community members and local schools to bring their kids for a fun day!? Each child received a small gift (baseball, stuffed animal, puzzle) and then we had a whole bunch of different activities.?…

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Happy Friday everyone!? Could you please share any vendors that you have used to purchase podiums in the past?? We are looking for wooden, more formal looking podium that has a laptop shelf.? Thanks for your help!

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Happy Friday everyone!? Could you please share any vendors that you have used to purchase podiums in the past?? We are looking for wooden, more formal looking podium that has a laptop shelf.? Thanks for your help!

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Looking for additional training for you ANNNNNND your building managers??? There’s still time to register for this year’s Building Manager Seminar that is going to be at West Chester University from September 26-28th.? We have an amazing schedule that we have planned for you!? More information and registration can be found here, …

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Looking for additional training for you ANNNNNND your building managers??? There’s still time to register for this year’s Building Manager Seminar that is going to be at West Chester University from September 26-28th.? We have an amazing schedule that we have planned for you!? More information and registration can be found here, …

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Hi there James,?

New Jersey also just passed this law within the last year or so and we were able to work directly with our Facilities department for them to purchase, fill, and maintain the dispensers in our bathrooms.? We did not put them in all of our restrooms, but definitely in all of our all-gender restrooms, and our 2 main lady’s rooms.…

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Hi there Sarah!? Not sure if you want to just get people up and talking to each other or if you wanted it be specifically geared towards communication, but I borrowed an awesome icebreaker that gets people talking from a colleague, Ashley Venneman.? I call it “It’s Meeting Time”…each participant receives a sheet of paper with a clock on it…

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Hi Deanna,?

At Rutgers-Camden, I handle doing all diagrams as the Assistant Director of the Campus Center.? We have a centralized Events Office, but they haven’t ever gotten trained on making diagrams, and it’s always just come down to my role doing it for the Campus Center.? We use free version of Visio, so none of our diagrams are to scale.…

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Hi there Tessa,?

Here at Rutgers University-Camden, we do allow our clubs to use those for fundraising and bake sales.? The clubs make a reservation for a vendor table and then use their own linked accounts.? Some of them have specific accounts for their clubs or orgs, but most are their personal accounts.? They then have 24 hours to then…

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Happy Friday ACUI family!!!? My name is Chrissie King and I currently serve as the Student Involvement Coordinator for the Region VII Leadership Team.? My colleague, Antonio Talomo, and I have created a one-day Grad & Grow Institute which will provide graduate students the opportunity to meet and learn from other graduate students and attend…

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Happy Friday ACUI family!!!? My name is Chrissie King and I currently serve as the Student Involvement Coordinator for the Region VII Leadership Team.? My colleague, Antonio Talomo, and I have created a one-day Grad & Grow Institute which will provide graduate students the opportunity to meet and learn from other graduate students and attend…

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Happy Friday, friends…unfortunately we have to cancel our chat today, well, because April!!? We apologize for the short notice, and will get you all information for our summer conversations!? If you have specific topics you’d like to talk about, please reply to this thread!!!!

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Ooh maybe you can bring in someone from Career Center to speak with them about the impact of uniforms? or share a video in your training about the impact…

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I think it’s a go with your gut type of decision honestly…it’s going to be what works for your team.? Since my staff is not allowed to wear leggings, I never wear leggings either…we made that a rule so it is consistent.? The $$ conversation did come up and we would not be able to provide pants for everyone, but that is why I tell them in…

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Hi there Andy!? If anyone can figure this out, please please let me know!? I try starting with explaining in training about them being the start of every great event…that we make or break the event.? ?I also have tried providing steps in making sure that a room is event ready…all that to say that I have not figured out the magic answer to…

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So I’ve been bouncing around the idea of rethinking how I do training.? I have about 5 returning student employees that I would trust our union with if I was out of the country on vacation…it got me thinking, why would I have them sit through allllll of our training in August.? I know that I want them to be a part of the teambuilding…

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