Some of our accomplishments:

Sponsored tour of LACMRERS facility

ESAC/Shared Governance Best Practices (35K PDF)

Administration of the Mary Sheedy Staff Excellence Award

Administration of the Staff Excellence Award for Research

Establishment and administration of the Staff Excellence Award for Service

Brown Bag Lunches with Dean and Associate Dean

Explore Engineering Tours, to allow staff to learn more about what's going on in our many research facilities

Professional portrait photos and web profiles for staff

Fund established to allow research staff to serve on Staff Council

Establishment of the ad hoc Workplace Climate Committee

Staff representation on Collegiate Strategic Planning Committees

Annual staff appreciation luncheon

Helped get more bike racks for Seamans' Center

Working with the Ethnic Inclusion Effort, ESAC collected donations from COE staff, students and faculty to purchase a complete set of world flags.  The flags of every country represented at the College are displayed in the Seamans' Center Student Commons.

Topics currently under discussion or discussed in the past

Flex Time

Communicating with other staff councils on campus

SPOT and Exceptional Performance awards

Welcoming new employees

Professional development opportunties

Ecological awareness and good practice within the COE

Partnering with COE faculty and student organizations

Staff activity profiles

Emergency/safety awareness

Staff sabbatical and exchange programs

FRIC proposals and alertnate ideas

Promoting:

Professional behavior within the College (Workplace Climate Committee)

Staff participation in training on performance management

Staff participation in UI Wellness programs

Other Past and Future ESAC events

Welcome Back Breakfast

Beat ISU (Beat SUI) Potluck

Halloween Costume Party

ESAC Chili Cookoff!

Staff Appreciation distributions

Carbon Footprint reduction contest

Potluck events

Bowling party

Cookout in the park

UI Wellness information session