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Welcome to the Fall All-Staff Meeting Hosted by Staff Council

Staff Council Updates Dana & Kirsten Co-Chairs • Thanks to our fabulous Staff Council reps! • Reminder of Staff Council purpose and resources Staff Council Progress/Goals: 1. Professional Development 2. Bylaws Review 3. Communications with Staff 4. Improving Shared Governance 5. New Staff Council Committee Structure • Updates from STPD Committee • Updates from Staff Advocacy Committee

President Melvin Oliver

Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Nigel Boyle 1. Keck: new science building 2. Curriculum: 4-course Social Justice & Intercultural Understanding requirement 3. New academic programming: Redford, Inside-Out & Vietnam/Brazil 4. WASC: Reaccreditation 5. DoF office: direct reports & DoF reorganization

Vice President for Admission & Financial Aid Yvonne Berumen New Staff • Hernely Bonilla ’16 - Financial Aid Assistant • Erin Griffin – Admission Counselor • Haley Summer Burke – Admission Counselor Upcoming Events • Diversity Program – Thursday, October 27 & Friday, October 28 • Preview Pitzer Day – Friday, October 28, 2016 • Transfer Admission is ‘In Process’ and we’re preparing for Early Decision for Frosh

Treasurer and Vice President for Administration Yuet Lee

Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Carlisle

Vice President for College Advancement Adrian Stevens Engagement

Welcome Tour o New York o Washington DC o Chicago o San Francisco o Los Angeles o Hong Kong

Alumni Relations o Strategic Focus  Expanding volunteer network  Continue to diversify programming to appeal to all members of the alumni community  Elevating the integration of students and faculty into alumni activities  Partnering with Student Senate on Switchboard (a social engagement platform that lets you ask for what you need and offer what you have for the entire Pitzer community – staff, faculty, students, alumni and parents) o Activities  Rivalry Weekend (Nov. 11-12)  Winter Parties (January 4-14)  San Antonio Spurs game (Feb. 24)  Claremont Colleges Worldwide Socials (March 8)  Alumni Weekend (April 28-30 in conjunction with Rockabilly Festival)

Parent Relations o Strategic Focus  Expanding the Parent Ambassador volunteer program to increase participation among first-gen and international parents and to broaden regional engagement  Increasing parent participation from 43% to 48% o Activities  Family Weekend (Feb. 17-20)  Pitzer Society Dinner (Feb. 17)  Parent Leadership Council meetings (Aug., Oct., Feb. and May)

Fundraising

Top Priorities o Keck Science Building o Study Abroad Endowment (in support of underrepresented students) o Community Engagement Center (activities and programming) o President’s Fund for Excellence

Ongoing Areas of Focus o Student Support o Facilities o Academic Programming o Study Abroad

Vice President for Communications, Marketing & Public Relations Mark Bailey • We tell Pitzer’s stories • Every day, every channel • Visual media • Digital media • Social media • Print • Video

Communications Passion. Purpose. Pitzer. What’s New in 2016 -17 • New www.pitzer.edu website design • New Events Calendar • Rising effectiveness of social media

Communications Passion. Purpose. Pitzer.

Communications Passion. Purpose. Pitzer. PARTICIPANT PLUS – Cross-media content – 13 NEW Videos including: • President Oliver’s First Pitzer Speech • 2016 Kohoutek Alumni Weekend • Commencement 2016 • Pitzer in Ontario grand opening • Amy Goodman Democracy Now! lecture • AHA Philosophical Diversity presentation • Jack Sullivan Memorial Lecture • Emeritus Faculty profiles (4) • In Memoriam: Harvey Botwin 18

Pitzer Publications 10/27/2016

Communications Passion. Purpose. Pitzer. 2016-2017 • Pitzer’s Sixth President Welcome Tour • Inauguration – March 25, 2017 • Participant Magazine • Continuing improvements on the Pitzer Web • Consortium Communications Cmte Initiatives

Communications Passion. Purpose. Pitzer. Office of Communications Tells Pitzer’s stories REMINDER: Communications services are available to all staff • Creative, marketing, design, publication, media relations • Editorial, photography, video, web and social • Go to www.pitzer.edu/grf

Communications, Marketing & PR Mark Bailey Office of Communications 130 Mead Hall 909.621.8219 Communications@pitzer.edu Contact: Joseph Dickson x18219 Laurie Babcock x77756

Director of Human Resources Marni Bobich • TCC Benefits Survey Results • Open Enrollment

The Claremont Colleges 2016 Benefits Survey Summary of Responses

Respondent Information Overall Response Rate: 49% Pitzer Response Rate: 57% Faculty – 24% ** Exempt Staff – 40% ** Hourly Staff – 35% TCC Pitzer Service ● 2 yrs. or less ● 24% ● 22% ● 3 to 10 yrs. ● 41% ● 17% ● 10 + ● 35% ● 39% Gender ● Female ● 61% ● 57% ● Male ● 37% ● 40% ● No answer ● 2% ● 3% Age ● Under 40 ● 31% ● 32% ● 40+ ● 69% ● 68%

The Importance of Core Benefits These core benefits were rated as being very important to faculty and staff in the following rank order. Medical insurance Dental insurance Vision Life insurance Long Term Disability Employee Assistance Program

The Importance of Voluntary Benefits Current voluntary benefits rated as being very important, in rank order: Flexible Spending Account for Heath Care Supplemental Life Insurance Personal Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Additional voluntary benefits, in rank order from survey list: Cancer/Specified Disease Treatment Critical Care and Recovery Insurance Pet Insurance Additional voluntary benefits – from comments: Mental health Child care; adoption assistance

Medical Insurance % of Survey Respondents (Note: Percent of those answered “not sure” for plan type not included.) Topic TCC Pitzer Enrolled in a plan 87% 87% Enrolled in Kaiser 57% 58% Enrolled in Anthem HMO 31% 33% Enrolled in HDHP 12% 9% Know how to find a provider 94% 94% Used Insurance up to 12 times in past 12 67% 90% months Medical plan meets needs 81% 83% (Often-Always) Three plans = the right number 71% 72%

Medical Insurance What is considered in selecting a medical plan Factors selected the most in plan selection (rank order) TCC Faculty TCC Admin TCC Hourly Staff Pitzer Staff 1 Employee share of Employee share Employee share of Employee share of the premium of the premium the premium the premium 2 Provider choice Provider choice Cost of copays Personal/ Dependent Needs 3 Out-of-Pocket Max Cost of copays Deductible Choice of providers 4 Deductible Deductible Out-of-Pocket Plan reputation max/Personal needs 5 Access to Out-of-Pocket Plan reputation Access to services/plan Max services/plan reputation reputation

Medical – Comments Faculty Admin. Staff Hourly Staff Recurring HDHP is Anthem PPO is Insurance is too themes cost prohibitive; too expensive need costly and complex financially an affordable one comments about Satisfied with Satisfied with Satisfied with all medical Kaiser Kaiser options & plans insurance Would like a PPO Would like a Would be nice to option (no HSA) traditional, have PPO options affordable PPO & lower deductible Out-of-state Need to cover coverage important children out-of- state Want ease in Happy with selecting plan options

MetLife Dental Insurance % of Survey Respondents Topic TCC Pizter Enrolled in a plan 68% 70% Enrolled in DHMO 53% 49% Enrolled in DPO 27% 40% Know how to find a dentist 86% 87% Used Insurance up to 5 times in past 12 64% 88% months Dental plan meets needs 52% 62% (Often-Always) Two plans = the right number 57% 58%

MetLife Dental – Comments Faculty Admin. Staff Hourly Staff Recurring Dentist not in plan network themes and Not enough coverage comments about Preferred Delta Dental dental insurance Value of plan is Premium costs Not enough low relative to more than out-of- benefit for the benefits; DPO too pocket costs money expensive Would like an Difficult to find a Quality of dentists intermediate plan good dentist in DMO is poor

Anthem Vision Insurance % of Survey Respondents Plan Topic All Pitzer CORE Enrolled only in Core Plan 51% 45% PLAN Did not use in 12 months 65% 67% Used 1-5 times in 12 months 35% 33% BUY-UP Enrolled in Buy-Up Plan 49% 55% PLAN Did not use in 12 months 24% 29% Used 1-5 times in 12 months 75% 70% BOTH Plan meets needs 42% 43% PLANS (Often-Always)

Anthem Vision – Comments Faculty Admin. Staff Hourly Staff Recurring Kaiser enrollees: sufficient coverage with plan themes and Unfamiliar with plan comments about vision insurance Does not provide Vision plan not Additional vision much of a benefit substantial does not cover much Purchase glasses at Provider does not Does not pay Costco accept plan enough towards glasses