The University of Texas at Austin Staff Council

University-wide Town Hall Meeting

A University-wide town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 2 from 4-6 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium (Room 2.302) in the ACES Building.

Topics of discussion will include:

• Budget reallocations in the colleges and units.
  
• The tuition increase proposal for 2010-11 and 2011-12 from the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee.
• A request from the governor for a prioritized plan for a 5% budget reduction in state general revenue funds for the current biennium.

Please join President Powers and other members of the University community at this meeting, which is open to the public. Broadcast streaming video of the meeting will also be available through a link on the UT home page.

President’s Message for Staff Council

"On behalf of the entire University community, I thank the university Staff Council for representing the 16,000 staff members of The University of Texas at Austin. Through their leadership and constructive recommendations, the Staff Council continues to improve the quality of our campus community. I look forward to working with, and learning from, the University's elected staff representatives."

President William Powers, Jr.
The University of Texas at Austin

All University Staff Council meetings are open to everyone.

Goals & Purposes

The goal of Staff Council is to promote a positive and collaborative work environment. The purposes are many:

• To serve as a representative advisory council
• To provide a vehicle for communication of interests, concerns, and issues that affect staff
• To present recommendations to University leadership
• To provide nominations to University Standing Committees

History

The University of Texas Staff Council was developed in 2001 as the result of efforts by Human Resource Services (HRS), with widespread support from President Larry Faulkner and the University Leadership Council.

In a fall 2000 letter to university staff, HRS discussed the establishment of a Staff Council which, elected from across the campus, would represent the interests of all staff on a variety of workplace-related issues. The Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Kyle Cavanaugh, indicated that in his prior positions at Rice and Vanderbilt Universities, he worked closely with staff councils to ensure communication between staff and the university.