March 10th 2026
Steve out - at NASPA conference in KC (intro by Matt)
Resources from today:
CARE Referral page on the Dean of Students site
Strong Interest and Clifton Strengths information
ASMSU Election and Employment information
ASMSU update: Elections and Employment
Updates on resolutions passed recently:
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- Bus Route, etc.
All-call for students to apply for ASMSU government and job positions
20 hours/week commitment
President and Vice President actually work in the office, not just attending meetings :)
Shout out from Jeff Bondy for Lenny and Finn working so well with University Housing - woop!
Encouragement from Matt - hype up the students you know to participate in ASMSU, especially as a senator!
Great intro to a leadership position
Cim Kearns - Lead Career Coach in Career Services: Strong Interest Inventory
Pitch for Certification (Myers Briggs)
2-Day virtual program (open to the public)
New version coming out - 4 are getting the certification w/in Career Services and MT10
If TEN sign up, they can bring in a real, live human to lead the professional development
If 18 sign up, there's a HUGE discount to bring in the facilitator
Updates:
Broadened the suggested majors and careers
Clifton Strength Finders (in conjunction with Gallatin College)
From Karen Dove:
Can be a huge advantage for students generally considered underserved
- Question from Tony C.
Cost for students?
~$40 per student, but licenses are purchased in bulk and fees can be waived
Other institutions make it part of orientation, we'd love to work toward that
- Question from Kate E.
Is there a difference in results from students taking it as they enroll vs. a few years down the line?
~In general, results might be the same (strengths), but career suggestions might change
- Question from Betsy A.
If you go to the training, can you administrate and interpret the results for a student?
~Yes!
**Certification helps you interpret the results for the students (especially in the Clifton Strengths survey)
- Question from Katie G:
How often is the cost waived?
~Pretty much…everyone who asks pretty much gets a waiver
- **Shan will send out slides to Directors!
CARE Referrals: Amber, Kate, and Alli
- Amber: Asst. Dean, Care/Bit and Fraternities
- Kate: Asst. Dean, Care/Bit
- Alli: Asst. Dean, Care/Bit
- Students who might need support - might be high-risk (BIT), but the majority is preventative
(CARE)
- Fall - homesickness, breakups, adjusting to college, housing
- 1/3 of referrals come from housing (yay, thank you RA and RD staff!)
- 1/3 from faculty
- 1/3 from staff
- And some from parents/family/employers, etc.
- CLICK THE STUDENT BUTTON - the employee one goes to HR, ONLY for employees, not student employees
- Alli: Form
- If submitted after hours and it's an emergency, info is at the top
- If you don't have all of the info, that's okay - biggest thing is WHY you are reporting
- You can choose "no assistance needed" - maybe you just want the student on our radar and a dean will reach out to you to follow up
- The report can stay confidential (retaliation worries, etc.)
- Most of the time, it's not REQUIRED for a student to come in (highly encouraged)
- UNLESS it's a high risk (might be BIT - Behavioral Intervention Team)
- Kate: Follow ups
- Huge effort to reach out to the reporting party for updates to help with overall support
- Kate: Assessment goals for DOS (update) - survey!
- Feedback is part of their assessment goals for the year, so please fill it out
- DOS Staff hands this out at the end of their presentations (about 12 a year)
Announcements for the Division
- Tony C: Advising and Registration will be in full-force after Spring Break
- Info about holds is going out to students now so (hopefully) they are ready to go in 2 weeks!
- Betsy A: Anticipating illness after Spring Break travel - bolo!
- Thriving Together holds - also related to registration
- Laura T. (CAPS): everything is going well!
- Jeff B: Students can stay on campus over Spring Break, summer school housing is available to
apply for now
- Summer student employment fair: March 25th - 30 outside employers (Career Services!)
- Hapner - new floors this summer
- Hedges - new furniture this summer
- Monopoly houses coming down July 1st - families are already moving and happy :)
- Shannon B: Next MSU Friday is March 27th - $2k registered for Orientation #1
- Mike O: Thanks for everyone's support during admission drives and orientations
- Introduction: Mary Hardin: Procurement Team Lead
- Piloting a shared services model (like Fiscal and HR) - she's our expert!
- SmartBuy Training? Woop! ;)
- Use those punch out catalogs on SmartBuy! Especially for bulk purchases
- Matt: Free dental clinic offered the weekend after spring break (same weekend as the PowWow)
- Open to any student, faculty, staff, visitors - flyers to distribute!
- Becca B: UDA - MSU Student Survey (every spring for undergrads)
- This year: 2 separate surveys - one for academics, one related to student success topics
- UDA also has a "shared services" model between Ian Godwin and Becca :)
- Kayla L: Staff Senate - free meal for whole staff appreciation! More info coming out, along
with survey results
- Next meeting will be 4/15 and the benefits team will be there to answer any and all questions before re-enrollment
- Julian C: First Gen Committee - graduation celebration on May 1st! President Tessman will be
there!
- Graduates get to pick someone to give them their cord
- First-Gen Excellence Award for someone on campus who helps our First-Gen students (April 1st deadline)
- Other "ambassadors" will also be honored
- Sienna G: Leadership Institute: March 27th-29th - Spring Summit (registration on the website!)
- Open House on April 2nd from 12-1pm to help shape the future of LI
- Karen D: All call for MT10 students (new and current) for AY2627
- If you know any prospective students (freshmen and transfers), let Karen or Missy know!
- Lauren C: Grad School Dean Search Update: "Vice Provost and Director of the Graduate School"
- Campus visit April 6-10
- Jeff B: Mike Kosevich is retiring this spring - Director of Culinary Services job posting is up!
