STAFF MEETING MINUTES Date/Time/Location: Aug 26, 2026 Present: Deanna, Melissa, Mikhail, Tammy ACTTIONS/DISCUSSION * Giovanni for website maintenance * Table to be ordered * social medial person to be heard * Melissa, off M, Aug 31st MELISSA * Hired research assistants * Hired tutors * Called Student Systems Admin candidates for interviews. * Processed hire paperwork for the 2 Student Systems Admin hires * Obtained and logged office hours from staff * Accepted and tallied NTT votes * Updated department committees as received * Worked with Sheri (English) on updating Workload * Updated FAC agenda * Worked on getting Jonathan a tall chair for Smith Hall 110 classroom * Continue to gather department committee names from faculty * Worked with Deanna about student needs via phone calls * Student worker documentation * Started to go through RTP notes again * Had discussion on UG Welcome Reception * Worked with Roy to try to fix my scanning & PDF printing issues * Sent Agenda, Minutes from April, and departmental committees to faculty for review * Got myself set up as an Hourly Timekeeping Supervisor TAMMY * Math?s opening meeting * p-cards: I approved the purchases last week, but there are some issues with p-cards right now. We are getting duplicate and triplicate charges. So, we can continue to purchase, but not approve charges until they get this straightened out * ordered name plates * ordered business cards for Deanna and Melissa. Greg did not respond to my email. * Yuzhi's AI machine order is being put out for bid for 10 days * deposited the $19,474.92 for Pegah's stipend from Cleveland Clinic and rebilled them for Zixu Wang, $18,000.00 * heard from Gokarna and Angela. We are working to figure out the scholarships for this year and then coming up with a plan to get them done earlier for next year DEANNA * epafs * schedule adjustments * GA budget