USAC presents annual SCBS report
Emily Meyer and Dave Fleming, chair and member respectively of USAC's Staff Compensation & Benefits Subcommittee, presented the group's annual report to university leadership on May 14, 2012. President Gordon Gee, Provost Joe Alutto, Senior Vice President & CFO Geoff Chatas, and Vice President of Human Resources Kathleen McCutcheon were present to hear the findings and recommendations of seven staff focus groups conducted by USAC.
Focus group responses were organized into five themes: opportunities for professional growth, the impact of unit administration and supervisors, doing more with less, communication and transparency, and employment benefits.Specific recommendations to leadership were provided for each theme.
Gee complimented the presenters and commented that he supported each recommendation and felt that all could likely be implemented in time. Alutto suggested that prior to next year's SCBS presentation, the leadership report to USAC as to the state of the five recommendations.
According to Meyer, "USAC members were struck by the decrease in staff satisfaction shown in the 2011 OHR Faculty and Staff Survey. We've spent the past year exploring possible reasons behind that change and today we had the opportunity to share our findings with university leadership. We were pleased that staff concerns and USAC recommendations for the future were so well received by them."
A PDF of the full 2012 SCBS report can be downloaded here.
USAC news
May 31 Town Hall: Health, Wellness, and You
USAC and Faculty Council cordially invite you to a town hall meeting about the university’s integrated approach to health and wellness. President Gee will introduce Dean Bernadette Melnyk, our new Chief Wellness Officer, who will talk about an environment that enables us to become the healthiest university on the globe. Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Kathleen McCutcheon will begin sharing information about the health plan benefits design for 2013. To address your questions, these leaders will be joined by other university leaders who partner to keep you healthy.
Your Plan for Health biometric health screenings will be available prior to the event – register here if you need current data for your Personal Health Assessment (PHA), due by September 30 this year.
Join us Thursday, May 31, 11:30 am-12:30 pm in Room 115-Biomedical Research Tower. The meeting will be streamed live; an online replay will be available after the event.
USAC surveys staff about parking privatization
The USAC survey regarding parking privatization has been distributed to a random sample of staff on campus. The sample size used is large enough to give a statistically significant representation of the how staff feel regarding the privatization of parking. USAC hopes that the survey will also help identify better ways to communicate information on university-wide initiatives to all individuals on campus. If you did not receive the survey but would like to share your thoughts and concerns about the privatization of parking, please contact usac@osu.edu.
Last year, as part of its 25th anniversary year, USAC produced a promotional video featuring current and former members of the committee. It was written by Adam King, USAC liaison to University Internal Communications, and taped and edited by Jason Housh, manager of video services at University Marketing Communications. The video is being used for the organization's promotion and recruitment. Watch USAC Video
It's USAC…in the news.
Recognizing USAC's 25 years of advocating for Ohio State University staff, onCampus, Ohio State's staff and faculty newpaper, last spring published two large articles about USAC: "Extreme makeover: USAC edition," detailed the group's reorganized structure, and a cover story, "USAC still a strong voice after 25 years," took a look at the organization's founding and track record of progress.
