Date: February 19, 2008

The Staff Council encourages you to apply for staff member openings on University charter and non-charter committees. The deadline for applying for staff openings is Friday, February 22. Committees and the number of openings for staff members include the following:

* Campus Planning (1 opening)
* Council on Teaching (1 opening)
* Diversity (2 openings)
* Faculty-Staff Parking Appeals (1 opening)
* Family Issues (2 openings)
* Financial Aid Advisory (0 openings)
* Funded Retirement and Insurance Committee (4 openings)
* Hancher Auditorium (1 opening)
* Human Rights (1 opening)
* Information Technology (0 openings)
* Lectures (1 vacancy--term expires in 2009)
* Parking and Transportation (1 opening)
* Presidential Committee on Athletics (0 openings)
* Recreational Services (1 opening)
* Research Council (0 openings)
* Student Health Services (0 openings)
* University Libraries (0 openings)
* University Safety and Security (1 opening)

Terms will begin in September 2008. Our new on-line applications and individual committee information is available on the Staff Council web site at http://survey.uiowa.edu/wsb.dll/staff/0809cocapp.htm.

If you are interested in a committee that does not currently have an opening please consider submitting an application for that committee. An unexpected vacancy may occur on the committee that will need to be filled.

Please contact the Staff Council office at 335-3600 or staff-council@uiowa.edu with any questions.