Support Staff Minutes – November 2014

Intro and Welcome – Alex Teal

Title IX – Stacy Nowicki

  • Stacy is the campus coordinator for Title IX – all things related to Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
  • Title IX directives apply from application through graduation
  • All faculty/staff are mandated to report any info regarding sexual harassment or assault
  • Stacy handed out resources with contact information for who to report to, as well as who to refer students to if they need to talk confidentially
  • If you have any questions about Title IX policy, please contact Stacy at x5750 or stacy.nowicki@kzoo.edu

Ministry with Community – Kitty Momburg

  • Kitty talked about MWC and what their mission/goal is
  • MWC provides: food and daytime shelter, haircuts, flu shots, phones, showers, laundry facility, ID program, mailing address, job assistance, shuttles to jobs, computer lab and more
  • Always looking for volunteers
  • Open 7 days a week, have 4 social workers on staff
  • K College has boxes on campus where you can drop items to donate and then those boxes are emptied and taken to MWC.
  • Boxes are located in the library, Humphrey House, Admissions, 2nd floor Mandelle, CIP/CCPD, Olds Upton, Anderson and Bookstore
  • If you would like to volunteer to empty a box and bring the donations to Kitty, please contact Kitty at x7158 or kitty.momburg@kzoo.edu

Wellness – Ken Wood

  • Fit Kits – goal is to have one in each building on campus, Ken is working on adding, if you would like one in your building, just let Ken know.
  • Each kit has exercise equipment and instructions for use, as well as ideas for how to get in a few minutes of exercise during your work day
  • Ken will come to you if you ask and he will explain the equipment and show you how to use it.

Arcus Center – Lana Lewis

  • There is an online resource center through the Arcus website
  • Grant program available to faculty/staff and students
  • Fellowship program
  • Events coming up: Social Justice Basics presentation – Thursday November 20 4-5pm. What social justice is and what they do
  • Workshop – Understanding Race in Society – 2.5 days over MLK weekend

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