By Joyce Boatright
Found Time is the theme for this year’s Conference Day, which is Thursday, Feb. 19.
A majority of departments are using the morning of Conference Day to “catch up” on the projects they have wanted to do “if only they had the time.” For example, the developmental studies department is going to use the time to develop another long-range plan to accommodate the underserved and underprepared; the nursing department is going to become familiar with a new state test that, beginning next fall, nursing students will be required to take and pass. Most departments have scheduled at least part of the morning to work together as a team.
For employees who may only meet as a department for an hour or two—or don’t meet as a department at all—there will be plenty of breakout sessions on topics such as “How to maximize your use of the mediated classroom,” “OTS: Coming Attractions,” “Unveiling the new LSCS web site,” “CPS Training,” “Feng Shui Office Makeover,” “Overcoming Procrastination,” “Using Microsoft Office,” “Working with Stress,” etc., and a number of physical activities in the late morning and afternoon, including yoga, bicycling, salsa, palates and The Big Games (faculty vs. staff in volleyball and basketball).
The student center game room will also be available for faculty and staff to get acquainted with the technologically driven games (especially ones that have captured our students’ interests but have escaped ours).
Conference Day is designed to bring together employees to fraternize and socialize, to grow professionally and personally, and to release stress and let off steam. Planners believe they have created a day that meets these objectives.
