Slides from the October 2017 Student Affairs and Academic Support Division Meeting

1. Freedom of Speech & Student Activism
Division Meeting
October 13, 2017

2. GEMS!
Gamecocks who Excel at Magnificent Service
Nominate a colleague in your department or across the Division
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3. GEMS!
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• The GEMS recognition program makes it easy to celebrate
employee achievements and say thank you to staff.
• Eligibility
• All employees in the Division of Student Affairs and Academic
Support are eligible for recognition — full time, part-time,
temporary, research grant /time-limited and graduate
assistants.
• Participation
• Ask your department's business manager or HR contact for a
GEMS notecard. Fill it out and send it to the employee you
want to recognize, because a handwritten note is always nice.
• Nominate online using the GEMS Gift Card Nomination and
Registration Form

4. September GEMS Winners
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• Courtney German, Student Conduct and Academic
Integrity
• Melody Boland, Student Affairs and Academic Support
• LaTasha Saunders, Career Center
• Katie Zimmerle, Student Success Center
• Austin Griffith, Student Success Center
• Ryan Kelly, Student Affairs Tech Services
• Nicole LeBlanc, SHS Counseling and Psychiatry
• Jason Halterman, Student Life
• Hilary Brannon, Student Life

5. October GEMS Winners
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• Kayleigh Campbell, Fraternity and Sorority Life
• Patrick Flynn, Student Ticketing
• Valarie Lindsay, Housing Facilities
• Scott McDonald, Student Success Center
• Maya Burney, Office of Student Conduct and Academic
Integrity
• Paul DuPre, Student Life
• Jayne Foster, University Housing
• Dan Friedman, University 101 Programs
• Brock Gilliam, University Registrar

6. Nominators Have a Chance to WIN!!!
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When you nominate a colleague you will be
entered in the monthly drawings and you
have an opportunity to win a $25 gift card.

7. September Nominator Winner
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Sue Harrison, Student Health Services

8. October Nominator Winner
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Maegan Gudridge, Office of the Vice President

9. Have an Announcement
for the Division?
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Let us know at sastayin@mailbox.sc.edu to
get it featured in the weekly Stay Informed
email!

16. Freedomof Speech& StudentActivism
• Anna Edwards, Ph.D. - Interim Associate Vice
President of Student Life
• Susan Bon, J.D., Ph.D. - Professor and Higher
Education Program Coordinator; Affiliate Professor,
University of South Carolina School of Law
• Christian Anderson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor,
Educational Leadership and Policies
• Kevin Sheppard - Investigator, Office of Equal
Opportunity Programs
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17. Q&A
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18. Dr. Dennis A. Pruitt, Sr.
Vice President for Student Affairs,
Vice Provost and Dean of Students
110 Osborne Building
Columbia, SC 29208
Office: 803-777-4172 Fax: 803-777-9354
Email: dpruitt@mailbox.sc.edu
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