Kourtney,

We use ShiftPlanning which is a product through Humanity.com; it costs us $600 a year and is great for scheduling, shift trades, text alerts for upcoming shifts, etc. A very reliable tool for our facility and student employees.?

Joe

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Hi Linda,?

Always good to see messages from the alma mater! Our University system switched to CollegeNet (25Live) for all campus scheduling (events and academic). Our catering is third-party and they have their own systems that does not integrate with 25Live. We utilize Anthology Engage for our student organization management and it does…

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Hello Commuter Campus friends!

Curious to hear about what my peer campuses are doing for stress-busters week programming as our students prepare for finals. Here at IU-Indianapolis our Health and Wellness Programs office is putting on the attached slate.?

I look forward to learning about all of your great programs that you are willing to…

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Hello Cortney,

 

Great question! Over my years of experience, I have had student teams that reflect both ends of the spectrum and I feel like the right blend is probably somewhere in the middle.

 

Things I think I know; the more a student employee does a specific task, the better they will get at it. The more you diversify the position,…

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Stevie,

 

Attached is what we use here at the IU-Indianapolis Campus Center.

 

Great question,

Joe

 

Joseph Hayes, Ed.D., CSAEd, CSAEd-CU

Director

Campus Center

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Division of Student Affairs

CE 270

420 University Blvd.

Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-278-0601 / 317-517-9752

hayesjom@iu.edu

https://go.iu.edu/campcntr

 

 

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Hi Katie, thanks for the post, it is certainly that time of the year. Our campus has an anti-soliciting policy that is inclusive of canvassers, so we reference it when confronting these folks in our building. Another tactic we use if to direct them to the place where they are allowed to be. On our campus university policy ends at the…

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Greetings CoP,

At the annual conference in Denver I advertised our gathering to Urban Unions and Commuter Campus college union professionals and I was pleasantly surprised and excited about the additional turnout and subsequent conversation we had on-site. I feel like the Commuter Campus monikor is more inclusive of institutions located…

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Molly et al.,?

We give raises based on tenure instead of merit. I have attached our procedures. Merit got too messy but tenure is very straightforward.?

Great question!

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Joseph Hayes
Director, Campus Center
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
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Attached is our Access and Use policy developed with our legal counsel’s office.

 

I have also found that furniture plays a big role in this; removing comfortable furniture from low-traffic areas is an environmental deterrent for camping.

 

Joseph Hayes, Ed.D., CSAEd-CU

Director

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Division of Student Affairs

Campus Center

 

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Great question Phillip,

 

I asked the same to our food pantry program director and this is what I got back from her:

 

There are a few software systems that we have been looking into. I have listed the links to them below. The biggest concern that I have is the security of identifying student data. I am not sure if there is a way to use…

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Great question Geoff, here at IUPUI the witching hour has always been 11pm. Events that go past 11pm get our campus police department involved for student events. The attached is something we put together on campus a few years ago to help event planners.

 

Looking forward to what other ideas our colleagues have and will share.

 

-Joe

 

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Upcoming Urban Unions COP events ? Virtual Community Day is tomorrow, March 8th between 1-1:45pm. We look forward to chatting with old and new friends in the Urban Unions community.? If you’ll be in Chicago next week, please join us on Monday night at 6pm in the Lincoln Boardroom on Level 3. We will gather there and when a quorum… Read more