Title III Grant

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Title III Grant
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• "WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF WE HAD NO COURAGE TO
  ATTEMPT ANYTHING?"
• VINCENT VAN GOGH

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Committee Members

• Human Resources
• Deb Sloat, Nancy Grassel, Jan Wiersma, Christine
  Westerman
• Finance
• Jerry Bartling, Jeff Siekmann, Janet Kirsch,
  Karen Brueggeman, Darby
• Budget
• Marge Marken, Annalisa Reed, Julia Kotschegarow

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Committee Chairpersons

• Janice Price Human Resources
• Monte Kramer Finance
• Mary Ellen Garrett (MEG) Budget

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Project Staff

• Project Director Marilyn Fowlé
• Project Coordinator Elaine Hayes

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Goals of Project Director and Project Coordinator

• Project Director
• Responsible for the overall grant writing
• Oversee the project to ensure all information and
  research is completed in a timely fashion
• Project Coordinator
• Assist Finance Administration professionals
• Review of the current Payroll, Human Resource,
  Budget, and Finance Systems
• Act as a liaison to all committees, chairpersons,
  and Project Director

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Lunch Break
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Purpose of this Project

• Grant provides funding and resources for
  enhancement or replacement
• Project provides Board of Regents the information
  necessary to ensure best business practices are
  being utilized
• Research by committees provide documentation of
  current system

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Chairperson Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning
• Chairing the Committees
• Disperse information to Project Director
• Disperse information to system employees
• Work with Project Coordinator

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Committee Responsibilities

• Work as a team, meeting timelines and goals of
  the committee
• Research current system for strengths and
  weaknesses
• Identify utilization of current system
• Research market and identify a panel of vendors
  that could address weaknesses and strengths of
  current system

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Breakout Committee Session

• In what ways can we
• Review the functionality of the current system
• How can the Project Coordinator and Committee
  identify best practices?
• How can we identify the short comings and
  positive aspects of the current system?
• Create a Wish List
• If you could have anything in a system what would
  it include and why?

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Committee Planning

• Travel
• Meetings
• Phone Conference
• Face-to-Face
• Lodging
• Time
• On-site Visits (Vendors and Universities)

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Set SMART Goals

• Set goals within your committee that are
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time-phased
• Set team goals
• Set individual goals

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Break
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Committee Reports

• Human Resources
• Finance
• Budget

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Closing Statements
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• Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate
  ourselves otherwise we harden.
• Goethe