{"id":839,"date":"2018-12-06T09:28:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/?p=839"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T13:54:17","slug":"council-update-october-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/2018\/12\/council-update-october-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Update: October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Members of the Campus Community,<\/p>\n

I am pleased to announce the membership of the Council for Equity and Inclusion.\u00a0\u00a0As you recall, the membership includes 2 student representatives (one elected, one selected by the SGA president and the provost); 2 staff members, one \u201cexempt\u201d and the other \u201cnon-exempt,\u201d both elected; one alumni representative elected by the Alumni Board; two faculty members, one elected and one selected by the provost in consultation with the Deans Council; and two members of the President\u2019s Leadership Team.\u00a0\u00a0The members are:<\/p>\n

Alumni representative<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janine Kimble \u201805<\/p>\n

Faculty representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton Armstrong<\/p>\n

Jeremy Loebach<\/p>\n

President\u2019s Leadership Team representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruce King<\/p>\n

Hassel Morrison<\/p>\n

Staff representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

William (Mac) Austin<\/p>\n

Wenie Lado<\/p>\n

Student representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tashonna Douglas \u201821<\/p>\n

Danely Quiroz \u201821<\/p>\n

Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marci Sortor<\/p>\n

Please join me in thanking the members of the Council on Equity and Inclusion for their willingness to serve the college community in this way! The Council will be spending this Saturday in a retreat. The retreat will focus on how the group will work together effectively and enhance members’ intercultural competency.\u00a0\u00a0We will also review the Council\u2019s charge, tasks and timeline. Last, we will discuss the ways in which members of the Council, individually and together, communicate with and represent the campus community.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard questions about how people were chosen for the Council and what the two categories of college staff are.\u00a0 Here are quick answers to both questions:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. What do \u201cExempt\u201d and \u201cNon-exempt\u201d mean?\u201cExempt\u201d and Non-exempt\u201d are used in federal labor legislation, particularly in regard to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Roughly, \u201cnon-exempt\u201d refers to those employees who are paid on an hourly basis. At St. Olaf, we sometimes refer to \u201cexempt\u201d employees as \u201csalaried.\u201d Both categories of staff members are deeply committed to St. Olaf\u2019s mission, highly professional, and both often speak of how they value working with and supporting students.\u00a0\u00a0There are other differences between these sets of employees besides overtime pay\u2014such as amount of authority and autonomy in their jobs\u2014so the President’s Leadership Team recommended having representation on the Council from both groups.<\/li>\n
  2. How were the members of the Council elected? The Working Group report recommended the establishment of a broadly-representative Council.\u00a0\u00a0This principle of representation of the key constituencies of the college \u2014 students, staff, faculty, alumni, and administration \u2014 is reflected in the composition of the Council. The report\u2019s recommendations pointed to a combination of strategies for composing the Council: recruitment\/selection and election. In regard to the election of representatives, students, faculty, and the alumni already have governance structures that manage the identification and election of representatives. Because these bodies exist as part of our governance structure, we relied on the SGA, the Faculty Governance Committee, the Alumni Board, as well as HR to arrange for the election of their representatives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Best wishes,<\/p>\n

    Marci Sortor
    \nChair of the Council on Equity and Inclusion
    \nProvost and Dean of the College
    \nProfessor of History<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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