November

It’s November, friends- the month traditionally associated with gratitude. We’re joining in on the thankfulness to celebrate our 1-year blog anniversary!  Cue the excitement and cheers.  Thank you for engaging with us and coming along for our journey. We hope you’ve enjoyed it and found the content valuable. We’d like your feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete our brief survey here. Let us know about your experience and share areas for improvement. You’ll have the opportunity all month long.

Moves in Business Affairs: FPM

There are lots of moves happening in Facilities Planning and Management (FPM).  FPM is planning to move the Building Services supervisors back into North Service, the modular building west of Showalter. Angela Pickett, with support from Austin Frey, is leading the effort to clear out the offices in the south 2/3 of the building and find appropriate places to move and store the materials and equipment currently in those spaces.

Join us in congratulating Chris Palladino and Austin Frey!

Chris Palladino’s, Director of Real Estate Services and the Real Estate Development Program, position title and responsibilities have changed. In this new position, one-third of Chris’ time will be devoted to teaching at CAP, and he will report directly to Alan Finn regarding the Real Estate Development Program.

Austin Frey’s position title has been changed to Facilities Space Utilization Manager. He will assume Chris’ former space management duties.

News from Our BA Leaders

Facilities Planning and Management – Larry Blake

Ball State University’s Offices of Parking Services and Transportation Services want to hear from you. Your feedback will help us improve our services and meet the parking and transportation needs of the BSU community. The survey will be open until Thanksgiving and will take about 7-10 minutes. You may complete it here. Thank you for your time and feedback.

Thank You

The office of Engagement, Wellbeing and Culture (Working Well) would like to thank everyone that participated in the Centennial Football Activity Challenge! In Business Affairs alone, we had a total number of 10 teams and 59 participants join in on the challenge – accomplishing a total of 18,682,501 steps!! That’s 9,341 miles, or 164,406 football fields walked. Again, thank you to everyone that participated. We look forward to future activity challenges! 

Business Affairs Teams: 

Addicted to Cake, BA Walkers, BSU BeneFeets, Engaging Ernies, SOLEmates, The Red Hot Chili Steppers, The Step Children, Thrive Tribe, Walking Solutions, Wandering Cardinals 

Upcoming Events

Tours

Join us on Thursday, November 7th at 2 p.m. for a tour of the state-of-the-art Foundational Sciences Building that opened in June of 2021. It is home to our Biology and Chemistry departments and features 72 laboratories, many immersive learning classrooms and flexible teaching spaces, an aquatics suite, advanced microscopy and imaging equipment, and collaborative spaces for students. Through the Foundational Sciences Building, Ball State faculty and students are equipped for cutting-edge research and education. We will meet near the entrance of the building. Please register here by EOB on November 4th. For questions, email kcwebb@bsu.edu.

Fall Online Training Week 

Join in on Fall Online Training Week 2024! The week of November 4th – 7th Learning and Development will be offering several virtual training sessions on Ball State systems and procedures. All employees are welcome and can register to attend any of the sessions offered! To register for sessions, please visit the Learning and Development Calendar. 

Breaking ground: The Village project

The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Performing Arts Center will be held on November 14th at the corner of McKinley and Ashland Avenues at 4:30 p.m. We’re looking forward to the revitalization of our Village. If you’ve not seen the video below, take a look. It’s going to be beautiful.

What’s New?

Leadership Level Up

Are there any leadership books, certifications, or courses that have enhanced your career journey?  Please share them with us here. We can all learn from each other. Your contributions can inspire and equip the Business Affairs community with valuable resources for self-guided professional development.  Responses will appear on our new Leadership Level-Up tab monthly.

Beyond the Title

Tune into this month’s episode with Jacob Brooks, Wellness Nutritionist. Episodes are available here. Happy listening!

Enduring Values

This month we are highlighting our Enduring Value, Gratitude.

Gratitude. We commit to express appreciation to others and to demonstrate our gratitude through our actions.

Each Monday in November, a gratitude will be shared on our LinkedIn page, Facebook page, Telus Health, and under the Enduring Values tab right here on our blog

Fun in Business Affairs

Homecoming Office Decorating Contest

The Office for People and Culture participated in the 2024 Homecoming Office Decorating contest and tied for first place! The team transformed the Employee Solution Center into Cardinal Round-Up Laboratory, where the evil Dr. Mindstorm plotted to turn our homecoming rivals into buff Charlies using extra-strength round-up. The resulting formula had some unintended side effects that resulted in strange mutations among the lab staff. Despite the risks, the brave judges dared enter the lab where the team won them over with an awesome monster mash routine and tasty game-day inspired cuisine. Great job, People and Culture team! 

Halloween

Accounts Payable and the Controller’s office were super creative and festive for the holiday. Check out their costumes!

Celebrations

Happy Birthday month to Dawn Rench, Building Services Supervisor. We are celebrating another year of life with you and hope you enjoy your special day!

Questions & Feedback

Do you have quotes, recommended books, recipes, photos from departmental festivities, retirement news, an exciting life event you’d like to share, or just want to provide feedback? Send your contributions or comments to Kcwebb@bsu.edu. If you’d like to be recognized for your birthday, please complete the Business Affairs recognition form here. We’d love to celebrate you!