Saturday November 15
9:00am - 10:15am
Category: Facilities and Operations Title: You Can Make a Wiki Too: How to Create a Wiki For Staff Training, Information Sharing, or Anything Else You Can Imagine Location:
Session Focus: Communication, Facilities Management, Management, Student Learning, Technology
Roy Miller, Assistant Director, Student Center Facilities & Operation of Lehigh University,
Where do our students turn for quick information? Google and Wikipedia. We took our work study staff’s large Standard Operating Procedures binder and turned it into a searchable, easy to use online tool using a wiki. This session will explain what wikis are, what they can and can’t do, and how to make your own step by step.
 
Category: Administration, Finance, and Management Title: You Cannot Not Communicate (Part 1 of 2) Location:
Session Focus: Communication, Management, Human Resource Development, Student Learning, Leadership
Marsha Herman-Betzen, Executive Director, Association of College Unions International, mherman@acui.org
In order to provide effective programs and services to a diverse constituency, students and staff in college unions and student activities must come together and learn to communicate. In this session, student staff, line employees, mid-managers, and senior-level officers in areas such as administration, finance, and management, campus life and program management, facilities and operations, and auxiliary services, will have the opportunity to explore the multiple ingredients of effective communication. In this 4-hour interactive educational session, we will cover topics of interpersonal and organizational communication to include management and organizational behavior, motivation, perception and individual differences, listening and rumors, and fierce conversations.
 
Category: Auxiliary Services, Administration, Finance and Management; Campus Life and Program Management; Facilities and Operations; Title: ACUI Membership Benefits Location:
Session Focus: Planning
Session Audience: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced, Student
Jason Cline, Director of Membership Development, ACUI Central Office, jascline@acui.org
Elizabeth Beltramini, Director of Communications, ACUI Central Office, ebeltram@acui.org
Zach Wahlquist, Director of Member Services, ACUI Central Office, zwahlqui@acui.org
We will explore the benefits of ACUI membership and benefits of the Association. Explore what ACUI has to offer. If you are not familiar with the Association, are new to the association, or simply want to review what ACUI can do for you, this session will touch on those subjects.
 
Category: Campus Life and Program Management Title: Your Union, Your Way: Four Unique Campuses, Four Unique Ways Location:
Session Focus: Planning
Nancy Harrod, Princiapl, Sasaki Associates, Inc., nharrod@sasaki.com
Stephan Gnadt, Associate Director, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, sgnadt@umd.edu
We will show four very different projects from four different institutions and discuss what led to their programs and resultant architectural solutions: Steven Gnadt will co-present on University of Maryland Stamp Student Union; we will also discuss facilities at Morgan State University, Valparaiso University, and Slippery Rock University.