Compass

Planning for a Year of Growth and Transition

Our Talented & Caring Residential Dining Storekeepers

By 6:00am each morning, our four Storekeepers are ready to receive the goods that will be used to prepare our daily meals. With over 84 years of combined service, Doug Wishon, Eric Veal, Richard Lindsten and Ruben Ramirez are the front line for the food delivery and are responsible for receiving all produce and products, counting goods and storing all items for their unit.

Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Institutional Change

The 29th annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) was held in San Francisco on May 31 – June 4, 2016. Over 3,500 delegates from around the nation attended the conference. The conference is sponsored each year by the University of Oklahoma, and provides an annual place for the gathering of leaders from across our nation and territories who explore critical issues of racial equity and indigenous equity for students, staff and faculty in higher education.

Micro-articles about Our Staff & Communities

UCSB (again :-) is in the top 15 in the United States as an LGBTQ-friendly university. Overall, the campus received 4.5 stars out of 5. 'Housing & Residence Life' received 5 stars.

HDAE Staff on the Move

The Carrillo Laundry Room Gets a Makeover

Can't make it to the Channel Islands? No worries! Go visit the Carrillo Laundry Room, home to a new land and ocean animal themed mural created by our very own talented and caring graphic artist, Eric Zobel. Read on to learn in the artist's own words how this whimsical mural came to life.

Editor's Note: In one of our lively Homefront brainstorming meetings, Mark Rousseau told us about Residential Dining Services sending their employees' work shoes to Africa to be reused, and Danielle Reed regaled us with charming stories of her time spent in Africa. We realized they were sharing different threads of the same overall story, so we've combined them here. Keep reading and enjoy!

Residential Dining Going the Extra Step

HDAE's Organizational Update Forum

Tell Us What You Think! Take the Employee Engagement Survey.

In late July we will be launching an employee engagement survey in conjunction with the Human Resources consulting firm McLean & Co. We’ll be asking questions based upon what we’re doing well, as well as soliciting ideas for improvements. Everyone will get a unique code to respond to the survey (which is available in English and Spanish), and all responses will be confidential with the McLean group, who will then provide us overviews by area. Some of the sample open-ended questions we’ll be asking include:

DATES TO REMEMBER: July 29 FSSP Move In...August 25 1-3pm HDAE Launch Party in The Thunderdome…September 5 Labor Day Administrative Holiday...September 13 10a-12n Fall Town Hall Meeting...September 17 & 18 Move In Weekend...September 19 3-4pm Convocation...September 19-21 Week of Welcome...September 22 Instruction Begins