Staff Development Day
July 26, 2024
Student Union
Join us at Staff Development Day for a day of camaraderie and growth. Participate in transformative sessions, make valuable connections, and discover the key to collective success.
Contact human_resources@wright.edu if you have questions about Staff Development Day.
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Schedule
Registration
8:30 a.m.
Skylight Lobby
- Network before your first breakout session.
- Coffee, hot tea, and water will be available.
Breakout 1: 9–9:50 a.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP | 014 Student Success Center |
| 8 Elements of Wellness Workshop (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| Self-care Through Meditation for Wellbeing | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Understanding the Value of Your OPERS Retirement | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| Yoga with Caitlin | Campus Recreation |
Breakout 2: 10–10:50 a.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365/Teams Tips & Tricks | 014 Student Success Center |
| Retirement Income Planning (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| How to Re-engage, Reimagine, and Reboot | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Banner 9 Finance | Student Union Endeavor Room B, 156B SU |
| What's Your Dream? | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| Pilates with Maddie | Campus Recreation |
Breakout 3: 11–11:50 a.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| What's With All the Dashboards? (IR) | 014 Student Success Center |
| Updated Secure File Sharing and Email Security (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| In Search of Community: The Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Social Security 101 WEP and GPO Overview | Student Union Endeavor Room B, 156B SU |
| Your Elevator Pitch 101: A Personal Identity and Values Workshop | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| Cycle with Shannon | Campus Recreation |
Keynote Speaker, Lunch, Announcements, and Prize Giveaways
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Apollo Room
Breakout 4: 1:30-2:20 p.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| What's With All the Dashboards? (IR) | 014 Student Success Center |
| Retirement Income Planning | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| How to Re-engage, Reimagine, and Reboot | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Banner 9 Finance | Student Union Endeavor Room B, 156B SU |
| Understanding the Value of Your OPERS Retirement (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| Campus Recreation Facility Info Session & Tour | Campus Recreation |
Breakout 5: 2:30-3:20 p.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP | 014 Student Success Center |
| Updated Secure File Sharing and Email Security | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| In Search of Community: The Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Social Security 101 WEP and GPO Overview | Student Union Endeavor Room B, 156B SU |
| What's Your Dream? (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| Cycle with Erin | Campus Recreation |
Breakout 6: 3:30-4:20 p.m.
| Session Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365/Teams Tips & Tricks | 014 Student Success Center |
| 8 Elements of Wellness Workshop | Student Union Atlantis Room, 157 SU |
| Self-care Through Meditation for Wellbeing | Student Union Endeavor Room A, 156A SU |
| Your Elevator Pitch 101: A Personal Identity and Values Workshop (offered virtually or in-person) | Student Union Endeavor Room C, 156C SU |
| H.I.I.T. with Heath | Campus Recreation |
Keynote Speaker
Amelia Salazar, Ed.D.
"Your Success is Student Success"
At our core, higher education institutions exist to support the educational and personal development of our students. This is coupled with a strong consensus that student success is “everyone’s job.” However, after the last few years of pandemic-related stress and the continual pattern of doing more with less, the strain of something that is “everyone’s job” is taxing. As such, this session will focus on you, your well-being, and how critical it is to achieve our student success goals. Enjoy this time of investing in yourself and then turning that awareness into empathy and advocacy for our students.
Amelia Salazar has focused her career on designing institutional structures and strategies to support student success and maximize social mobility. Working with a variety of institution types, from large R1 universities to smaller public regional colleges, the strategies are based on each institution’s needs and student population, with an emphasis on holistic student success and relational-based approaches. Dr. Salazar’s research and teaching agenda has focused on high-impact practices, assessment in higher education, mentorship, learning loss, and college readiness of academically at-risk students. She earned a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from The University of Alabama, a Master’s in Higher Education Administration, and a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Central Florida.
Session Descriptions
8 Elements of Wellness Workshop
Breakout Sessions
Presenters: Dr. Inna Fatkins, Associate Directory, Counseling and Wellness, and Sara Baker, Wellness and Health Program Manager
Learn about the elements of wellness and practical skills for applying wellness concepts to your personal and professional life.
Banner 9 Finance
Presenters: Maralee Leonard & Dylan Collison, Fiscal Services
Banner Finance: What’s changing, what’s not, and what is already there. Join us to navigate through our new landing page, explore queries, and answer any questions you may have.
How to Re-engage, Reimagine, and Reboot
Presenter: Seth Gordon, Ph.D., Director, Veteran and Military Center
This session will explore strategies to combat burnout, develop resilience, and reimagine your experience at Wright State. We will explore the Karpman Drama Triangle (victim/persecutor/ rescuer) and its antidote, the Empowerment Dynamic (creator/challenger/coach). This will be part presentation and part discussion. We will also briefly revisit last year's five habits of resilience training.
In Search of Community: The Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center
Presenter: Marc DeWitt, M.Ed., Assistant Director, Bolinga Center
This session will invite an exploration of community, a brief history of the Bolinga Center, its current leadership, and an examination of its place in Wright State history, students' journey to find themselves, and the part that you can play in all of it.
Microsoft 365/Teams Tips & Tricks
Presenter: Nathan Seim, Help Desk Supervisor, CaTS
Learn more about Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP
Presenter: Ryan Black, Assistant Director, Fiscal Services
Are you frustrated by the lack of functionality in the reports that your financial system is capable of producing that restricts your ability to summarize and analyze data? Do you need to transform thousands of rows of data from different sources into a summary report that can be used to help make solid, informed decisions? This session will take you from novice to ninja and teach you how powerful Pivot Tables are and how they can be used to analyze, sort, merge, filter, and present data in a more understandable way with much less work required.
Retirement Income Planning
Presenter: Dave Hahn, Wright-Patt Credit Union
Retirement can be exciting, but are you ready for it? Here’s a crash course to help evaluate where you stand!
Self-Care Through Meditation for Wellbeing
We will discuss the benefits of meditation and understanding the mechanisms, followed by guided relaxation and meditation experience for 25 minutes.
Social Security 101 WEP and GPO Overview
Presenter: Theresa Busher, SSA
When you don't pay Social Security FICA taxes on your employment AND you are eligible for Social Security retirement from other work – your Social Security may be reduced with the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP. Additionally, non-FICA taxed employment may reduce your Social Security spouses' or widows' benefits through Government Pension Offset, or GPO. Join Social Security Public Affairs Specialist Theresa Busher for an overview of qualifying for Social Security retirement, spouse, and widow/er benefits and how WEP and GPO rules may affect you.
Understanding the Value of Your OPERS Retirement
Presenter: Karen Cacciatore, OPERS
Learn the value of your contributions toward a secure retirement, the benefit of working longer, and how your Social Security benefit may be impacted.
Updated Secure File Sharing and Email Security
Presenters: Paul Downing, Application Systems Administrator, and Myke Cooney, Sharepoint Administrator, CaTS
Join CaTS presenters Paul Downing and Myke Cooney to learn more about the recent changes to our Secure File Sharing service and email security.
What's With All the Dashboards? (IR)
Presenter: Denise Anderson, Data Governance Manager
Did you know the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness (IR&E) provides a variety of dashboards to Wright State employees about enrollment, student credit hours, and DFW rates, to name just a few, on its website? Join the IR&E staff for a quick review of the dashboards--what's available, how to access it, and how to use it. There will also be a discussion of dashboards in development. Laptops will be provided, so come ready to slice and dice the data!
What's Your Dream?
Presenter: Lisa Ragan, Employee Training and Development Specialist
This may not be Hollywood, but everyone has a dream! Working with a Certified Dream Manager can help you identify your personal and professional dreams and how to achieve them using the principles of Matthew Kelly's Dream Manager program.
Your Elevator Pitch 101: A Personal Identity and Values Workshop
This session tackles aligning diverse identities, values, and roles in the workplace by guiding participants to craft and deliver a 30-second personal elevator pitch. The goal is to enhance shared identity, values, and purpose, leading to improved teamwork, employee engagement, job satisfaction, and organizational performance.
Campus Recreation Free Sessions
Come and check out all that Campus Recreation has to offer by participating in free classes on Friday, July 26. Please dress appropriately and come to the main Campus Recreation location at the designated times shown below.
Please note that all Campus Rec offerings, including the fitness center, classes, and amenities, are free for all employees on Friday, July 26 only.
- 9 a.m. - Yoga with Caitlin
- 10 a.m. - Pilates with Maddie
- 11 a.m. - Cycle with Shannon
- 1:30 p.m. - Campus Recreation Facility Info Session & Tour (lead by Eric Corbitt or Erin Compaleo)
- 2:30 p.m. - Cycle with Erin
- 3:30 p.m. - H.I.I.T. (high intensity interval training) with Heath
