The University of Texas at Austin Staff Council

Council Elections: Results

The final results of the 2009 UT Staff Council Election and Runoffs are in.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Staff Council election process this year: those who voted; all the District Contacts; those who nominated; those representatives whose term is ending; and those starting new terms in office. An especially warm thank you to those who worked behind the scenes to insure that everything progressed smoothly, accurately, and methodically.

Districts 130, 291, 311, 351, 360, 411, 581, and 641 have vacant seats with 2-year terms beginning in May 2009. Districts 442 and 502 have vacant seats in unexpired terms (one year remaining). If you are in one of these districts and are interested in serving, please contact the election committee chair or another member of the Executive Committee. If you are not sure of your district number, go to https://utdirect.utexas.edu/pnsc/my_rep.WBX.

Staff Council monthly meetings are open to the public and are generally held the third Thursday of the month from 2-3:30 p.m. All staff members are welcome. You may also watch the meetings via webcast.

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.