‘Personal Growth and Development’ Category
Comprehensive Employee Wellness Model
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Create a comprehensive employee wellness model (physical, spiritual, emotional, mental), with a goal that 100 percent of employees participate in at least one aspect of the program each year. Additional explanation: Study private industry for best practices. This could expand current offering of health and wellness education seminars, fitness […]
Expand Retreat Program
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Expand staffing and retreat space either on or off campus to continue to grow outreach efforts to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni, congregations, youth, and others as a form of learning and growth. Additional explanation: Currently more than 1,500 high school students and 600 adults use on campus facilities […]
Career Experience Options for Students
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Expand the types of career experience options to increase the number of student participants. Additional explanation: The Career Center would take the lead in supporting the efforts that could include: Developing January career exploration classes; encouraging multi-site internships; providing reflection for non-credit internships. Results may include by the […]
Sabbatical Replacement Costs
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Provide replacement costs for faculty who are on sabbatical. Additional explanation: The regularized sabbatical leave program was initiated in 1994 and allows tenure-line faculty members to apply for a sabbatical leave every seven years. Faculty are first eligible for sabbatical the year after they earn […]
Review of Employee Recognition
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Create an ad hoc committee to review the philosophy, selection criteria, selection process, and recognition ceremony for administrator and staff recognition awards to ensure they are aligned with the College’s mission, values, and intended purpose. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category […]
Review of Years of Service Recognition
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Create an ad hoc committee to review the years of service and retirement recognition events and awards, using both higher education and private sector best practice examples, to ensure current practices provide meaningful appreciation for the majority of employees. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development […]
New Employee Mentoring
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Develop and implement a mentoring program for all new employees to enhance peer development, improve communication, and establish relationships outside departmental boundaries. Additional explanation: Mentors should be at a peer level and outside the employee’s department. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive […]
Teaching Communication and Conflict Resolution
Recommendation from the Community Engagement Task Force: Teach students a process of effective communication and conflict resolution in a civil manner during their First Term Seminar (FTS). Additional explanation: Learning the process is more important than debating a specific topic. By leveraging the FTS, the students learn tools they can use to handle the many […]
Lower-level Employee Recognition
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Explore the purpose, desired outcomes, and implementation methods of an informal or lower-level recognition program focused on celebrating the Gustavus community and enhancing a culture of appreciation. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Explore the implementation of an […]
Engaging in Alcohol Dialogue
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Develop a campus-wide training program designed to provide the campus with the knowledge needed to engage in alcohol dialogue. Additional explanation: This program would be for students, faculty, and staff to help identify potential high risk student drinkers; to engage these students and their affected peers in discussions; […]