UK Staff Senate Holding Listening Sessions

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 16, 2015) — The University of Kentucky Staff Senate will hold listening sessions for UK staff Tuesday, March 17, and Friday, March 27. The purpose is to give UK employees an opportunity to talk about the staff’s role in shared governance and how the Staff Senate can better represent its constituents.

“We would like to hear the ideas our colleagues across campus have about how to move UK forward,” said Senate Chair Mike Adams. “Too, it is important that our staff understand that they have a voice and are represented in big decisions that affect all of us.”

Staff members are encouraged to drop in, even if only for a few minutes, share their ideas and discuss issues of importance to them and the university.

“Whether you have voted in Senate elections or not, we are the official representatives of UK staff, and we can do a much better job if our constituents let us know what is important to them,” Adams said. “Please stop by and visit with us. The more people we hear from, the more informed we will be as a representative body.”

In addition to representing UK staff, the senate performs a wide variety of service to the university, from administration of the CRISIS financial assistance program to service on university-wide committees that make decisions about benefits, administrative policy, and long range planning.

“The staff entrusts us to make informed decisions on their behalf,” Adams said. “And we will be much more effective in the decision making process with input from our colleagues.”

The two sessions will be from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, in Room 359 of the Student Center, and from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 27, in Room 249 of the Student Center. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Holly Clark, Staff Senate coordinator, at 257-9242 or holly.clark@uky.edu. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Harder, 859-323-2396, whitney.harder@uky.edu