Site of the Week

http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf

Computer Down Time

Computers in the Electronic Information Center, adjacent to the Reference Area, will be offline today, December 18th. ITD Networking will be upgrading the network switch. The computers will be disconnected from the internet during the upgrade. Computers on the upper floors will be available during that period.

Computers on the 3rd floor and the 4th floor will be disconnected on Tuesday, the 19th, for similar upgrades to the network infrastructure. Systems is planning to notify staff in the affected areas prior to disconnection.



New READ Posters

Four new READ posters will be produced soon. They will feature the following MTSU students: Matthew Bullington, recipient of the President's Award; Kimberly Jones, recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Personal Achievement Award; John Garang Awan from the Sudan, recipient of the Community Service Award; and Peter Skobic, a management student from Croatia.

Photographs will be taken and posters will be designed in the coming weeks. For information about the project and previous MTSU "celebrities", see the READ Poster Program website.



'Tis the Season

Reminders:

Reception - Today, December 18, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the 4th floor conference room, hosted by Don and Connie Craig.

Staff Holiday Extravaganza - Tuesday, December 19th, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the 4th floor conference room.



Birthdays This Week

December 20   Wilma Marable

January 3   Lisa Wales



Council

• Deans Meeting Summary
  

  Facilities and Administrative Costs (formerly "Indirect Costs") - Need to be reinvested in infrastructure to support research. Looking at areas in which to invest these funds from last year (manager for grant & other research projects, matching $ for other grants, building lab to support research, bridge $ to support research work between grant periods, library resources.

• Salary Increases
  

  Market review has been completed and salary information is being supplied to the deans. Dean Craig will be reviewing with faculty and staff. 691 faculty were in the study. Monetary pool for increases was limited by TBR. Faculty review based on new peers. Staff review is a continuation of previous market study. Any adjustments received will be effective in January.

• Security
  

  Letters have been distributed to those who were affected in the recent security issue involving a server in the library.

• Release Time
  

  Discussion of faculty release time policy on campus and in the library. Dean Craig and Bill Black will review current procedure.

• Searches
  

  Update on searches for Web Services, Instruction/Reference, and External Relations. Expect interviews to occur in January.

Check back next year.