CAPA News January 2009
(2/10/2009) CAPA News for January 2009

CAPA announces winner of the Outstanding Unit Award
(10/21/2008) The Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators recently announced the winner of the 2007-08 Outstanding Unit Award--the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. The Outstanding Unit Award recognizes units and departments at the U that are exemplary in their support of Professional and Administrative staff. For more information, see Outstanding Unit Award.

Program provides leadership opportunity
(9/23/2008) The University wide President's Emerging Leaders program provides leadership development opportunities for high-potential P&A, Civil Service, and Bargaining Unit staff. The program features educational and experiential components, and promotes skill development to enhance leadership effectiveness.

Getting their feet wet
(9/10/2007) CAPA's annual retreat included P&A staff survey results and a dose of fun to prepare for the 2007-08 academic year.

CAPA 2007 transition begins
(5/14/2007) New executive committee and P&A senators announced; themes for the coming years will include increasing work loads and documenting contributions of P&A staff.

Highlighting P&A workforce diversity and excellence
(3/27/2007) Six profiles of P&A staff highlight the broad range and professionalism of this employee group at the U. The annual CAPA celebration will be April 20.

Discovering P&A excellence
(2/13/2007) The excellence and value of academic professional and administrative (P&A) staff are the focus of three current initiatives of the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA).

CAPA 2006-07 communications survey begins
(1/8/2007) Academic professional and administrative staff members are invited to take the 2006-07 CAPA communications survey.

CAPA encourages involvement in classification and compensation study
(11/7/2006) A study is underway at the U to evaluate the benefits of being in the U¿s P&A employee category.

CAPA begins 2006-07
(9/11/2006) The Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) set its 2006-07 agenda at a retreat Aug. 23.

CAPA prepares for a year of change
(5/8/2006) Election results for academic professional and administrative (P&A) staff senators and for CAPA officers have been announced. Now they're preparing for a year of change.

CAPA celebration 2006
(4/11/2006) The annual celebration of systemwide academic professional and administrative (P&A) staff, sponsored by the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA), will be May 19 on the Twin Cities campus.

Changes coming on sick and bereavement leave policies for P&A employees
(3/6/2006) CAPA gives an update on its work with the Office of Human Resources toward clarifying policies related to sick and bereavement policies for U of M academic professionals and administrators.

Wave 1 colleges collaborating to create a future in common
(2/7/2006) Academic professional and administrators from three colleges that will come together in a new college July 1 have begun meeting to plan for their future together.

Academic professionals get proactive
(1/17/2006) Representatives of academic and professional staff at eight universities, including four from the U of M, reported progress on vacation carry-over, tuition benefits, and domestic-partner benefits at their annual meeting. They also moved ahead to assess performance and compensation/advancement reviews and to ensure the group's future.

Preparing for change
(12/12/2005) The CAPA Fall Forum brought a human resources presentation, "The Impact of Strategic Positioning on Employment," prepared for "first-wave" colleges by Carol Carrier and Rosie Barry, to P&A staff systemwide.

Going home to help
(11/15/2005) Penny Kessler, School of Nursing, responded to a call for medical personnel to help in her native state of Louisiana after hurricanes ripped through.

Up and running for 2005-06
(9/12/2005) The Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) kicked off the 2005-06 year with a retreat and training for new senators, August 26.

No surprise
(5/23/2005) The College of Human Ecology won the CAPA Unit Award this year for its supportive environment for academic professionals and administrators. It was a welcome recognition to staff, who've known for a long time that CHE has something special.

CAPA elections and award 2005
(4/26/2005) Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) officers and senators announced; unit-level elections are now under way; and the College of Human Ecology wins the 2005 CAPA Unit Award.

CAPA celebration 2005
(3/21/2005) All academic professional and administrative (P&A) staff are invited to attend the annual celebration of the Council for Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) Apr. 18. Meet other P&A staff from across the U, learn more about CAPA, and celebrate the unit award winner, to be announced that day.

CAPA benefits and compensation update
(2/22/2005) Nonrenewal notification and vacation policy for academic professional and administrative (P&A) staff are just two of the concerns taken up this year by CAPA's Benefits and Compensation Committee.

Recognize your P&A peers
(1/25/2005) Whether the time is right to enhance a career or provide a fitting capstone, you may find just the honor for that colleague you deeply admire.

CAPA is ready for the next level
(12/17/2004) The academic professional and administrative (P&A) job class was created at the University in 1980, and in 25 years, it has grown to encompass about 25 percent of the U work force. This year, P&A staff are expected to be represented in the University Senate, pending regents' approval.

Getting the big picture
(11/22/2004) Academic staff at Big Ten universities now have a stronger, more formalized organization to share information and promote their interests. The Committee on Institutional Cooperation Association of Professional Staff Councils (CIC-APSC) emerged from a meeting in Chicago last month as an organization with a name and formal mission.

Senate votes to restructure
(10/25/2004) Last month, the University Senate voted to add representatives of academic professional and administrative (P&A) and civil service staff. Pending approval by the president and regents, the Senate will become more inclusive than ever before. CAPA chair Teri Wallace shares her view of the process and prospects for change.

CAPA prepares for 2004-05
(9/13/2004) CAPA representatives met at a retreat August 20 to get organized and plan for the year ahead.

Outstanding employees make outstanding departments
(6/9/2004) The Department of Chemistry may be a good place to work, but, in reality, it is the hard work, smart thinking, and dedication of its faculty, staff, and students that make it so. So says department administrator Stan Bonnema, accepting the 2004 CAPA Unit Award on behalf of 16 P & A employees.

Getting the numbers
(5/24/2004) Academic professionals are an employee group that has mushroomed at major universities in the last 20 years. It's such a diverse group that data to benchmark salaries and other issues is difficult to track. The U's Council on Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) is gearing up for the fourth annual meeting with peer institutions, where representatives plan to address the problem.

Department of Chemistry wins 2004 professional staff award
(4/23/2004) The 2004 winner of the Outstanding P&A Unit Award is the Department of Chemistry. The department will be honored at a U-wide event April 28.