April Newsletter 2016
Housing & Residence Life
Highlights from the Director: Dee Dee Kanikkeberg 21 days and counting to the Wallace Remodel! Nick has been very busy reviewing all the submittals involved with the project. I appreciate you understanding the “all hands on deck” approach to closing out spring semester. Summer 2016 promises to be full of many facility improvements and a new era for Housing & Residence Life. As you may know, the Idaho legislature authorized a CEC (change in employee compensation) for state employees. The administration of the CEC will include a 2% raise for all staff who had a "meets" or "above" on their annual evaluation (and were employed as of January 6, 2016). The University also continues to address issues for employees related to years of service and identified benchmarks associated with specific years and the wage scale. Salary changes will be effective June 19 and will be reflected in your paycheck on July 15. Training and development for employees remains an important priority. I invite staff to
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submit ideas on professional development opportunities. Common opportunities are professional conferences, but I’m also very willing to bring someone to campus for in-services as well. We have a wealth of talented team members that spend a significant amount of their time working on team-building and trainings. I know they are happy to share their knowledge with others. In fact, both Jill and Corey have facilitated development activities at other campuses (LCSC & WSU) and for campus partners here at UI. As is typical in the field of residential housing, we will say goodbye to some of our Residence Life staff in May/June and welcome new members to the team over the next several months. We also continue to search for a Marketing Manager. Filling these positions is critical to contributing to the President’s goal of growing enrollment and also to improve retention here at UI.