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Wednesday Briefing for April 12

The Provost's Wednesday Briefing is a complement to the Provost's Update, intended to be a quick update on achievements and opportunities in Academic and Student Affairs. Please forward any comments or submissions to [email protected].

Dr. Toni Stokes Jones Named 2017 EMU-ACE Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award Recipient

Congratulations to Dr. Toni Stokes Jones on being named for this award! Please join the EMU MI-ACE Women's Network for a Recognition Reception honoring her achievement on Friday, April 21, 2017, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. - 205 Welch, RSVP: [email protected]

Welcome Steven P. Bryant, Director of Diversity and Community Involvement

Steven P. Bryant will join EMU as director of Diversity and Community Involvement on June 2, 2017. Steven has been the director of diversity and inclusion at Northwest Missouri State University since May 2011. Prior to that, Steven was a residential life hall director for four years at Northwest Missouri State University. Steven earned his bachelor's in public health education and health promotion from Central Michigan University, his master's in higher education from Northwest Missouri State University and has completed coursework for a doctorate of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Missouri.

Part-Time Lecturer Expense Reports - Creation/Submission Deadline of April 25

As has happened previously, after April 25, 2017 PTL’s (Part Time Lecturers) will no longer be in the Banner or Concur systems as active employees and will be unable to create and/or submit an Expense Report. Reports should be processed as soon as possible to avoid any delays.

Should a report need to be completed after the termination date it will be necessary for the PTL to either complete the report themselves or if applicable, a delegate can be assigned to complete the task for them. In either instance an email will need to be sent to Accounts Payable at a[email protected] with the name of the PTL so reactivation can occur. If the option of naming a delegate is chosen please provide the delegates name in addition to the PTL’s name; Accounts Payable will set up the delegate in Concur so that the expense report can be completed for the PTL. Regardless of the creation method the approval routing will follow the same path as it has in the past.