Committees and Areas of Emphasis

Awareness/Outreach

  • Focus on marketing and education
  • Execute fall programming such as brown bag lunches and discussions
  • Seek out campus partnerships to enhance committee visibility and brand

 

Goals

  • Research and create a Wall of Honor, honoring key women who have made significant contributions to Creighton throughout University history.
  • Support and expand upon brown bag lunch programming.
  • Improve communication tactics with the University.

 

Subcommittee Chair:  Robyn Eden

 

Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Awards Luncheon

  • Coordinate award nominations and selection
  • Plan and execute logistics of the luncheon

 

Goals

  • Increase campus awareness of the award.
  • Increase nominations for the award.
  • Identify and make improvements to the awards ceremony to give it a "refreshed" look this year.

 

Subcommittee Chair:  Katie Wadas-Thalken

 

Summit 2012

  • Plan and execute logistics of the 2012 Summit

 

Goals

  • Promote a culture of networking and mentoring.
  • Offer a significant professional development opportunity for faculty, staff, and students.

 

Subcommittee Chairs:  Desiree Nownes and Allison Taylor

 

Work/Life

  • Continue maternity/paternity leave initiative and related tasks, e.g., lactation improvements
  • Identify broad "life issues" for programming purposes
  • Collaborate with the "Awareness/Outreach" subcommittee to execute brown bag lunches and discussions

 

Goals

  • Develop and propose a maternity and paternity leave policy.
  • Provide at least one brown bag lunch program regarding work/life wellness each semester.
  • Support other work/life wellness programs on campus.

 

Subcommittee Chairs:  Mary Duda and Kate Mahern