National HERC Newsletter winter spring 2011

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National HERC Newsletter Winter/Spring 2011

Letter from the National HERC Executive Director

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection

will come even more effective action.- Peter F. Drucker (American Educatorand Writer, b.1909)

Greetings Members of the HERC Community,

For me, the New Year has always been a time for personal reflection and imagining the future. The time off around the

holidays gives many of us the breathing room to ask ourselves what were thankful for and also what we aspire to

be/do in the New Year. I think the same practice can be useful for organizations. In looking back on the past year of

leading the National HERC, Ive been tremendously thankful for committed and adept regional Directors and Advisory

Board members, generous and engaged corporate and non-profit partners, jobseekers that truly appreciate all the tools

and resources HERC offers, and the continued institutional support from HERCs members.

Looking ahead to what HERC aspires to be/do in the New Year is what made it exciting to come back to work after thebreak. We have so many opportunities plus the organizational consensus and roadmap to get us there. The big picture

priorities are to grow the HERC member, jobseeker and partner community, increase dual-career and diversity

recruiting programming, and continuously improve HERCs website technology and content.

Specifically, in 2011, some new things you and your campus can expect from the National HERC are:

a HERC-wide membership campaign to grow HERCs in new regions an increased investment in diversity and discipline specific media to bring important visibility to member jobs more resources and programming to support campuses in assisting dual-career couples additional non-profit and corporate partners that will contribute to HERC fulfilling its mission improvements to the regional and National HERC websites that will enhance the jobseeker experience, allow

the HERC regions to self-post more dynamic content, and offer additional hard data for HERC members

Heres to an outstanding 2011!

Nancy Aebersold

National HERC Executive Director


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HERC Fast Facts

There are12regional HERCs representing20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia with528 member

institutions. Combined, the HERC sites have 138,323registered jobseekers, an 8% increase since last

quarter. HERC members have posted a combined total of121,151 total jobs in 2010. On any given day,

there are approximately 5,000faculty jobs and 9,000staff jobs posted on the regional HERC websites.10,000 of HERCs registered jobseekers are relocating to be with a spouse/partner and 55% of

registered jobseekers hold a Masters degree or higher.

Regional HERC Development

North Texas HERC to Launch in spring 2011

The North Texas HERC will launch in the spring of 2011. Led by the University of Texas at

Arlington, its founding seven members include: Collin College, Dallas County Community College

District, Tarrant County College District, Texas A&M University Commerce, University of North

Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, and University of Texas, Dallas. You will be able to visit

their website soon at:www.northtexasherc.org.

New HERC Development Incentive Program Earn up to $5,000 toward your regional HERC dues!

Growing HERCs in new regions throughout the U.S. is the National HERCs top

priority for 2011. We need your help to reach key institutional contacts and

have created a financial incentive program to encourage your involvement.

The program is simple. Share a contact that results in the development of a

new regional HERC and National HERC will pay your institutions regional

HERC dues for one year (up to $5,000).

Many of you have colleagues, LinkedIn connections, individuals youve met at

conferences, and/or former employers in states where HERCs dont exist. Contact those people and let them know why

HERC is a vital organization if their campus cares about recruiting

talented and diverse faculty and staff and assisting dual-career

couples. Pass along their contact information to Nancy

Aebersold, the National HERC Executive Director, so that she can

follow up with additional information ([email protected]).

There are currently 12 HERC regions representing 20 U.S. states

and the District of Columbia. There are 13 additional HERC

regions considering HERC development representing an

additional 16 states. This map illustrates the current HERC

regions and to-be-formed regions.
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National HERC Publicity

HERC featured in Academic Leadership Journal

HERC was featured in theAcademic Leadership Journal, Volume 8

Issue 4, fall 2010, in an article entitled, Fostering Equity &

Diversity in Faculty Recruitment. Authored by Janet Fleetwood

Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and AcademicDevelopment at Drexel University, National HERC Advisory Board Member and Nancy Aebersold, National HERC

Executive Director, the article is geared toward faculty members and academic administrators and gives a nice

overview of how HERC helps member institutions foster equity and inclusion. Access the article at:

http://www.academicleadership.org/article/fostering-equity-diversity-in-faculty-recruitment

Dual-Career News

The National HERC Submits NSF ADVANCE grant to increase dual-career programming

Finding more ways to help member institutions assist dual-career couples is a core part of

the National and regional HERC missions. The National HERC Advisory Board named

expanding dual-career initiatives as one of three top strategic priorities for the coming year.

To this end, the National HERC submitted a grant proposal to the National Science

Foundations ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination

(PAID) program. If funded the grant would significantly expand HERCs dual-career

program offerings. Grant recipients will be notified in July 2011.

New HERC Dual-career Postcard

New HERC dual-career postcards are available for HERC members to pass out to their faculty and staff candidates.

Contact your regional HERC Director today for a supply.
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Male

59%

Female

41%

Diversity News

HERC Co-Sponsored 2010 National Conference on Minority Recruitment & RetentionThe National HERC co-sponsored the 2010 National Conference on Minority Recruitment and

Retention along with the Academic Network, the PhD Project, and the Hispanic Association if

Colleges and Universities. The conference was held in November in Las Vegas, Nevada and drew

over 150 representatives from campuses throughout the U.S. to examine comprehensive methods of creating a

diverse environment on campus. Each of the 25 sessions was aimed at prompting productive dialog on enhancingthe opportunities of minority students, faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education.

Becky Skov, Co-Director of the Southern California HERC attended as the HERC representative. She presented a

lunch session to participants that were interested in learning more about HERC, networked with colleagues, and

set-up an informational booth.

Keeping Our Faculties of Color: Dual-Career ConcernsHERC was represented at the national, Keeping Our Faculties of Color Symposium held at the University of Minnesota

in November. Information about HERCs support for recruiting and retaining faculty of color was shared with

prospective and current HERC members. In the session, Hiring Reconsidered: Understanding the Candidates

Perspective, researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) reported that dual-career concerns were the number

one reason given by all prospective faculty, and one of the top two reasons given by faculty of color, for rejecting

employment offers at UVA. The PowerPoint from the session can be found athttp://www.cce.umn.edu/Keeping-Our-

Faculties/Program/index.html.

HERC Website Diversity DataHERC continues to significantly outpace national averages on race, ethnicity and gender.

HERC Registered Jobseekers US Community Survey 2005 Chronicle of Higher Ed Faculty Survey 2005

HERC Registered Jobseekers US Community Survey 2005 Chronicle of Higher Ed Faculty Survey 2005

(80,000 respondents of 128,000 registered users) As of September 17, 2010.
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HERC: A Great Return on Investment

You Get More When You HERCSometimes members and potential members ask what the difference is between HERC and some of the for-profit

media that operate job boards. When comparing HERC membership to for-profit media, the bottom line is clearyou

get more when you HERC!

We have received an impressive response from our jobs posted on the HERC website,and the return on investment has clearly been betterthan our paid advertising.Nancy Roddy, Human Resources Management Analyst

National Science Foundation


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HERC Website News

HERC Resume/CV DatabaseIn the past year the resume/CV database has grown to include nearly 9,800 candidates, a 63% increase since last

quarter, the majority of which hold advanced degrees. The database is customized for higher education and includes

unique fields such as teaching experience, presentations, publications, relocation preferences, diversity and more. It is

available at no charge to HERC members and jobseekers. HERC members can search candidates by type of position

desired (faculty or staff), level of education, and geographic location. You can also conduct keyword searches to identifyhighly specific candidate attributes. To access the database, use your existing login information or contact your regional

director. To view a recorded webinar on how to access and use the database, visit:http://www.vimeo.com/herc

National Advertising: Increases in Diversity and Discipline Specific Media

The National HERC continues to advertise on behalf of all regions to enhance HERC brand recognition and encourage

more jobseekers to utilize the regional and National HERC websites. This year the National HERC has significantly

expanded advertising to include more disclipline specific and diversity media.

The National HERC website is a top 10 referrer for all 11 regional HERC websites, and all of the regional HERCs have

experienced a significant increase in website traffic. According to Google Analytics data for the past year, regionalHERC website traffic increased anywhere from 56% to as much as 202%. National HERC traffic increased 269%.

Ads have or will run in the following media during the 2010/11 fiscal year.

FY 10/11 Advertising & Marketing

Publication/Website Value/Spend Type # of Ads

Latinos in Higher Ed $3,950 (in-kind) Online 1 year rotating

banner

Google Adwords $8,000 Online Daily (ongoing)Facebook $2,000 Online Daily (ongoing)

New York Times Diversity Editorial $0 Print/Online 9/12/2010

New York Times Diversity Ad $2,000 Print/Online 9/12/2010

Modern Language Association $1,540 Print/quarter

page ad

5/1/2011 &

10/1/2011

The National Conference on Race and

Ethnicity in Higher Education program

$450 Print/full

page ad

6/1/2011

Animated banner ad to appear in Science Careers Online
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The National Society of Black Engineers $3,000 Online 4/1/2011, 3

months

PsychCareers, the American

Psychological Association Job Board

$1,500 Online 4/1/2011, 3

months

ScienceCareers, the American

Association for the Advancement of

Science

$1,800 Online 100,000 banner

ad impressions

Total Value $24,240

Partnership Program Update

National HERC Partner NewsletterThe National HERCs partners have so much information, news, and special HERC member-only offers that weve

decided to create a National HERC partner newsletter that will be published each spring and fall and will be devoted

exclusively for this purpose. This will allow our partners to go into a bit more depth about things that are sure to be of

interest to the HERC community.

National Postdoctoral Association: HERCs Newest Non-profit Partner

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is the National HERCs newest non-profitpartner. The mission of the NPA is to advance the U.S. research enterprise by maximizing

the effectiveness of the research community and enhancing the quality of the postdoctoral

experience for all participants. The NPA has a variety of programs and events. The largest

event is their annual meeting which draws post-doctoral scholars, graduate students,

faculty, and postdoctoral program administrators. To find out more, visit:www.nationalpostdoc.org

Coldwell Bankers Higher Education Real Estate Advantage Program: HERCs Newest Trustee Level

PartnerHERE AdvantageColdwell Bankers Higher Education Real Estate Advantage

program has been assisting colleges and universities with their faculty and staff

relocations and real estate employee benefit program needs for over 37 years. From

assistance with community orientation during recruitment to high touch relocationcoordination, they have the resources and expertise to ensure transitions resulting in happy faculty and staff. In

addition to relocation services, they provide relocating and existing faculty and staff with a cash back real estate

program that helps to offset the cost of a move and aids in retention. Contact: Lynn King, SVP Relocation Services, 800-

396-0960 ext. 4915 [email protected] a free consultation and find out how they can customize a program

to fit your campus needs.

Regional HERCs Collaborate on Webinar Series for Members

Regional HERCs Continue Collaboration on Webinar Series for Member InstitutionsThe HERCs of the Greater Chicago Midwest, Metro New York & Southern Connecticut, Michigan, and NewJersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware are continuing their collaboration on a webinar series and have been joined by

the HERCs of the Upper Midwest, St. Louis Regional, and the Mid-Atlantic. The goal of these webinars is to offer

member institutions substantive information on best practices for faculty and staff recruitment and retention from

experts in their fields.

The 201011 series included Veteransthe New Diversity Candidate with Aline Williams, Director of the Veterans

Employment Services for Eastern Seals, in November; Addressing Work/Life Needs in an Academic Setting with Carol
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Hoffman, Associate Provost and Director of Work/Life at Columbia University and Jennie McAlpine, Director of

Work/Life Programs at the University of Michigan, in December; and Developing a Diversity Scorecard, with Laura

Herzog, Esq. , Director, Diversity and EEO Programs, Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, in January.

Social Media Minefields in Higher Education, will be presented on February 22nd

at 2:00 EST/1:00 CST by Jonathan

Segal, partner at Duane Morris LLP in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. The final

webinar in the series, "Hiring Reconsidered," will address the reasons faculty candidates accept or reject employment

offers and what institutions can do to promote acceptance, and will be presented on April 28th

at 11:00 EST/10:00 CST

by Dr. Gertrude Fraser, Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.These webinars are free to members of the sponsoring HERCs. To obtain registration information, contact your

regional HERC director.

Regional HERCs produce their first Webinar for JobseekersThe same regional HERC collaborative sponsored their first webinar for jobseekers in January entitled Keeping your

options open: Targeting your CV for faculty and non-faculty positions. The presenter was Phyllis Brust, Director of the

Greater Chicago Midwest HERC and Dual Career Director at the University of Chicago. She previously managed the

career offices at Yale University, the Yale School of Management, Muhlenberg College and the University of Chicago

and has been recognized nationally for award-winning work in career development.

The webinar was advertised by email blasts to registered jobseekers of the participating HERCs and through a notice ontheir websites. The response was overwhelming. Over 250 jobseekers attended the webinar and there was much

active engagement via questions and comments. The feedback was extremely positive with many requests for

additional webinars, so plans are being made to offer additional sessions to fulfill what is clearly a needed service.

Greater Chicago Midwest HERC News

The Greater Chicago Midwest (GCM) HERC welcomes the University of

Notre Dame. Notre Dames mission, The intellectual interchange

essential to a university requires, and is enriched by, the presence and

voices of diverse scholars and students, aligns with GCM HERC and its

distinguished members.

SurveyGCM HERC completed a survey asking members to cite effective print and electronic publications for faculty hiring.

Advertising & Social MediaA campaign on Indeed.com to promote members jobs has increased website traffic. A new campaign targeted to the

sciences is being finalized. Serendipitously, the hard-copy audience program of the radio show, Wait WaitDont Tell

Me will list GCM HERC members under Wait WaitLooking for a Career?

GCM HERC tweets job hunting tips and job notices on the home page. It also creates campaigns for members with

hard-to-fill positions.

PipelineOn January 21, 2011 the GCM HERC helped sponsor GradUCon, a program for graduate students at the University of

Chicago planning careers in and outside the academy.


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Upcoming Member Conference & Jobseeker WebinarThe GCM HERC spring conference will be held in May. It will incorporate best practices learned from recent

conferences, particularly faculty and staff diversity recruiting.

GCM HERC Director Phyllis Brust reports, It was an honor to present the recent Webinar about targeting CVs for

faculty and non-faculty positions for jobseekers. She also found it a pleasure to work with the sponsors from seven

HERC regions.

Member NewsThe White House has awarded University of Illinois, Chicago's Women in Science and Engineering Mentoring Initiatives,

Center for Research on Women and Gender, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and

Engineering Mentoring.

Metro New York & Southern Connecticut HERC News

The Metro New York & Southern Connecticut HERC will be holding their next

regional meeting on May 6, 2011 at Columbia University. There will be two

presentations, followed by a networking cocktail hour. The morning presentation

will be from a compliance officer from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance

Programs. The officer will be providing information on audits and answeringquestions from MNYSC HERC members. Following lunch, guest speaker Michael

Monahan will be speaking about benefits and compensation in higher education. Mr. Monahan is an Executive Director

at Grant Thornton and serves as the Practice Leader for the Metro-NY/Northeast Region as well as the National Not-

for-Profit Compensation and Benefits Practices. This meeting is free and open to all MNYSC HERC members as well as

to Upstate New York HERC members in lieu of their spring meeting.

The MNYSC HERC is in the process of creating a Human Resources listserv for MNYSC HERC HR professionals. This

listserv will allow members to share best practices, discuss HR issues specific to our area, share vendors, seek advice

and overall help everyone to best do their job.

Michigan HERC News

Michigan HERC (MI-HERC) is proud to announce another new member, Kalamazoo College. Founded

in 1833, Kalamazoo College is a private college with a small but exceptionally diverse student body

from 40 states and 25 countries. Its known for its rigorous liberal arts curriculum and opportunities

for experiential education in both domestic and international settings.

MI-HERCs fall networking meeting on October 28th

focused on Using LinkedIn for Professional

Networking and Recruitment in Higher Education, presented in a highly interactive manner by John

Hill, Director of Alumni Career Services at Michigan State University and a national speaker on the topic. He was so

well-received that members requested he present to a broader section of staff at MI-HERC member institutions within

two of Michigans sub regions and plans are underway for this.

The MI-HERC spring meeting will be held on May 3rd

and will feature a workshop on training better search committees,

presented by Sally Schmall, President of Academy Coaching in Ann Arbor. Ms. Schmall specializes in best practices in

recruitment, performance management, leadership development and succession planning in higher education and is a

former director of the Dual Career Program in the College of LS&A at the University of Michigan.


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Photo caption: Robert Drago, Director of Research at the Institute for

Womens Policy Research, gives the keynote talk (Work, Family, and Life

in Higher Education: Problems, Pitfalls, Innovations) at the New England

HERC 2010 General Assembly meeting in October.

Mid-Atlantic HERC News

The Mid-Atlantic HERC continues its regional membership drive by planning

two informational sessions in Virginia. The first meeting, scheduled for

March 1, 2011 will be hosted by Virginia Tech and will include campuses

along and around the I-81 corridor. The second meeting, targeting theHampton Roads area, will be scheduled later in the spring.

Plans for the Mid-Atlantic HERC Spring Membership Meeting are well underway. The meeting will be hosted by Johns

Hopkins University on May 5, 2011.

In keeping with a regional commitment to the topic of diversity recruiting,

Jonathan A. Segal, partner at Duane Morris, LLP in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group

and also the managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, will offer the keynote presentation entitled Attracting

and Promoting Diverse Talent.

Segal's presentation will examine how systemic and/or unconscious bias - without "bad intent" - may interfere with an

organization's ability to achieve its full potential relative to diversity. His presentation will also examine the legal

restrictions that employers must consider as we stretch to become more diverse.

A panel presentation of regional members will speak to best practices and lessons learned around increasing faculty

diversity, such as mentoring, search committee training, and/or campus initiatives around climate and culture.

New England HERC News

The New England (NE) HERC welcomes

new members, University of Hartford,

Brandeis University, and MIT Lincoln

Laboratory to the consortium.

The NE HERC is going on the road this spring. Director Jennifer

Ivers will meet with faculty affairs leaders of the Colleges of

Worcester Consortium in February; present at a March meeting

of Northern Vermont colleges on inter-institutional

collaboration and dual career support (along with Betsy

Hillman, Dual Career Consultant for Cornell University, a UNY

HERC member); and attend the May CUWFA conference in San

Diego, for which she and several colleagues from Harvard

University (including National HERC Board Chair Elizabeth

Ancarana) have submitted a proposal on leveraging

interdepartmental relationships. NE HERC will also co-host its

annual Diversity Roundtable event at Northeastern University inlate spring. The focus this year will be the increasing complexity

of diversity objectivesincluding recruitment of

underrepresented minorities, promotion of women in STEM

disciplines, and increasing international diversity in a global

economyand the challenges and benefits arising from that

complexity.


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New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware HERC News

The New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware (NJ/Eastern PA/DE) HERC held its fall meeting

at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Jonathan Segal a partner at Duane Morris LLP, spoke

about Social Media and Higher Education: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano. The director and

representatives of the Metro NY/Southern CT HERC as well as the director of the Mid-Atlantic

HERC travelled to Philadelphia to hear Jonathan Segals presentation. The talk was very wellreceived by members and a video of the presentation will be available soon on the NJ/Eastern

PA/DE HERC website.

Northern California HERC News

Nor Cal HERC Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary

On November 4, 2010, Nor Cal HERC celebrated its 10 Year

Anniversary as the first ever HERC. The celebration includedan excellent presentation about HERC Past-Present-Future

by Nancy Aebersold, founding Director of Nor Cal HERC and

current Director of National HERC. This was followed by a

lively panel discussion with Linda Beam, College of Marin;

Lorraine Beaman, UC Davis; Pat Jones, Stanford; Patti Owen,

UC Berkeley and Nancy about the successes, challenges and

opportunities facing Nor Cal HERC, then named the Bay Area

HERC, as it launched, grew, and reinvented itself, as Nor Cal

HERC, assisted in the formation of HERCs from Southern

California & New Jersey and finally facilitated the

establishment of the National HERC organization.Goings on about Nor Cal HERC

Nor Cal HERC is proud to welcome back Dominican University as a member.

Nor Cal HERC also says goodbye and great big thank you to Pat Jones, Stanford University

& Advisory Board Chair and welcome Carol Miller, UCSF, new Advisory Board Chair.

The next Nor Cal HERC meeting is April 14, 2011 at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and will focus on using

social networking to recruit & retain outstanding faculty & staff.

Saint Louis Regional HERC News

The STLR HERC and the Greater Chicago Midwest HERC will be holding a combination informational

breakfast in March. The HERCs are excited to be inviting more than twenty universities and colleges in

Central Illinois to learn about their regional HERCs and the benefits of membership and participation.

The University of Illinois Springfield has graciously agreed to host this event.

Jonathan Segal


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The STLR HERC has joined forces with several other regional HERCs to produce free webinars on recruitment,

assessment and outreach topics. These webinars, led by experts across the country, have included a workshop on

transforming a CV into a resume and tracking institutional diversity efforts.

STLR HERC members participated in a Washington University conference

that brought together people interested in developing formal and informal

mentoring experiences for faculty and staff at all levels within their

institutions. The speakers included Teresa Bryce-Bazemore, J.D., Presidentof Radian Guaranty and Sybil Jordan Hampton, Ed.D., former President of

the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and senior leader on several college

campuses.

The STLR HERC spring meeting will focus on Growing Your Own Leaders

through internal potential leader identification and development programs. Efforts at STLR HERC member institutions

as well as regional corporations will be shared and discussed.

Southern California HERC News

The Southern California HERC will hold its biannual meeting in San Diego on February 28, 2011. The meeting will take

place at the beautiful University of California, San Diego campus and will feature presentations by two National HERC

Corporate Sponsors, Linkedin and Bright Horizons. Topics will include: Strategic Work/Life Initiatives for Higher Ed

Employers by Jennifer Vena, Senior Consultant, Bright Horizons and Social Networking Recruitment Tools, Tips and

Tricks by LinkedIn Account Executives, George Martinez and Jon Besag. As always, the meeting will also include local

and national HERC updates and best practice sharing among members.

So Cal HERC welcomes its newest members, Victor Valley College and West Coast University.

Victor Valley College is located in the High Desert region of Southern California and offers

traditional and online courses and 2 year degrees. Victor Valley College uplifts the diverse

communities they teach and serve by promoting educational excellence, enhancing localprosperity, and ensuring environmental leadership

West Coast University (WCU) has campuses in Los Angeles, Ontario and

Orange. Their efforts are focused on becoming a leader in health care

education and attracting top caliber faculty and staff. WCU designed

programs to invigorate and excite students so that they enter the

workforce with the skills and the confidence to compete with the best

and to enjoy a lifetime membership in the health care community.

Upper Midwest HERC News

UMW HERC held its first set of sub-region meetings in October. Representatives from the Mississippi Valley and Lake

Superior sub-regions gathered at Rochester Community and Technical College and the College of St. Scholastica to

participate in a membership benefit webinar lead by Nancy Aebersold, discuss recent HERC developments, and offer

suggestions for HERC enhancements.


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UMW HERCs fall membership meeting, Challenges in Academic Leadership, drew more than 130 people to the

University of Minnesota to hear Tina Gunsalus, author ofThe College Administrators Survival Guide, share her insights

on dealing with difficult people and situations. HERC members from across the region also joined via remote

broadcast.

UMW reached out to female faculty, staff, and administrators through its attendance at the joint conference of the

Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership and the Minnesota ACE Network.

UMW HERC welcomes the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies as its newest

member. The Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies conducts clinical and

institutional research and collaborates with other research centers. In addition to thefaculty on its campus in Center City, MN, the Graduate School sponsors the Huss

Research Chair--a joint appointment between the holders academic setting and Hazelden.

Upstate New York HERC News

The Upstate New York (UNY) HERC helped sponsor the 12th

Annual

Diversity & Compliance Conference at Cornell University on November 8,

2010.It was attended by 28 representatives from UNY HERC member

institutions across upstate New York in addition to the Cornell participants.Feedback from UNY HERC members was very positive and Cornell

participants commented that the conference itself was enhanced by having participants from other schools. The event

also provided an opportunity for UNY HERC members to get together for a small post-conference meeting.

Conference sessions included Best Practices for Creating a Culture of Inclusiveness, Recruitment & Retention Strategies

for a Diverse Staff, Creating Diverse Faculty Applicant Pools, Retention for Faculty Women & Faculty of Color, and

Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Regulation Updates. Aspects of diversity beyond race & ethnicity were

addressed throughout the conference, such as intergenerational diversity, LGBTQ issues, physical and learning

disabilities, veterans entering the workforce, and micro inequities and the effects across the broad spectrum of

diversities.

The collaboration was so successful that Cornell is interested in partnering with UNY HERC again for a November 2012Annual Diversity Update conference. UNY HERC plans to increase its involvement which will allow many more HERC

members to attend.

As part of its continuing effort to reach diverse jobseekers, UNY HERC ran advertising campaigns last October and

January 2011 on DiverseEducation.com, the online site of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

New National HERC Advisory Board Members

Eddie Freeman is the Director of the newest HERC in North Texas. In addition to this role, Mr.

Freeman is the Executive Director of Employment & Equal Opportunity Services at The University

of Texas at Arlington. He joined the university after 18 years with the Staubach Company, a global

real estate firm, as a Vice President in the Corporate Services and Human Resource areas. He has

been with The University of Texas at Arlington in the office of Equal Opportunity Services since

2008 and was recently promoted to the position of Executive Director. He is part of the Human

Resources Strategic leadership team and serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee.


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Dr. Frances Freeman is the Assistant Vice President for Faculty Diversity in the Office of Diversity

and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Freeman will serve as the

National HERC Advisory Board representative for the North Texas HERC. A speech-language

pathologist, Freeman had a long career as a research scientist and teacher at such institutions as

Adelphi University, Northwestern University, Stephen F. Austin State University, UT Southwestern

Medical Center, and UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders before assuming her

current post. She received her Ph.D. in speech and hearing sciences from the City University of

New York.

Carol Miller is the Manager of the UC Home Loan Program for faculty and senior managers. She

has thirty-five years of experience in the University of California system. She has extensivecampus and system-wide academic and staff personnel experience, including experience

developing and implementing personnel policies and procedures. She maintains and coordinates

collection of academic-related data, providing administrative analyses for internal and external

uses. She ensures campus compliance with equal employment and affirmative action statutes,

regulations and policies. She is currently working on a project to change the UC San Francisco

academic review processes from paper to electronic files.

Ms. Miller holds a bachelors degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a board member of the Northern

California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (Nor Cal HERC) and the National HERC Advisory Board

representative. She has served on numerous committees, including as Chair of the UC Council of Staff Assemblies.

National HERC Advisory Board Members

Elizabeth Ancarana, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development,Harvard University (Chair)

Kim Wilson, Director, HR Consulting & Recruiting, University ofRichmond (Vice-Chair)

Paula Alfone, Director, Mid-Atlantic HERC, Loyola University inMaryland

Linda Berauer, Director, Michigan HERC, University ofMichigan Ann Arbor

Phyllis Brust, Director, Greater Chicago Midwest HERC,University of Chicago

Theodore "Terry" Curry, Associate Provost/Associate VicePresident for Academic Human Resources, Michigan State

University

Mary Everley, Director, Upper Midwest HERC, University ofMinnesota

Janet Fleetwood, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty andAcademic Development, Drexel University

Eddie Freeman, Executive Director, Employment & EqualOpportunity Services, University of Texas, Arlington

Frances Freeman, Assistant Vice President for FacultyDiversity, University of Texas, Dallas

Lorraine Goffe-Rush, Assistant Vice Chancellor for HumanResources, Washington University in St. Louis

Jackie Hogan, Director, Upstate New York HERC, Tides Center

Jennifer Ivers, Director, New England HERC, Harvard University Mary Jackson Harvey, Associate Provost, University of Chicago Tom Matteoli, Director, Northern California HERC, Tides

Center

Carol Miller, UC Home Loan Programs, Academic Data,University of California, San Francisco

Frank Montalvo, Chief Human Resources Officer, University ofLa Verne

Jennifer Park, Director, Southern California HERC, University oCalifornia, San Diego

Gilda Paul, Director, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey,Delaware HERC, Princeton University

Marta Santiago, Human Resources Manager, SUNY Oswego Laurel Sgan, Director. Saint Louis Regional HERC, Washington

University in St. Louis

Linda Skallman, Associate Vice Chancellor for HumanResources, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Becky Skov, Director, Southern California HERC, University ofCalifornia, San Diego

Valarie Stanley, Director, Office of Equal OpportunityPrograms, Yale University

Abby Wolff, Interim Director, Metro New York & SouthernConnecticut HERC, Columbia University

The National HERC Would Like to Hear from YouThe National HERC invites you to contact us if you have ideas, suggestions, feedback, or would just like to chat about

HERC. Please contact National HERC Executive Director, Nancy Aebersold at [email protected] or 831.336.4406.

Newsletter by Nancy Aebersold, National HERC Executive Director with select contributions from the regional HERC Directors. Special thanks to Abby Wolff,

Interim Director of the Metro New York & Southern Connecticut HERC, for proofreading assistance.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

National HERC Newsletter winter spring 2011

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Transcript of National HERC Newsletter winter spring 2011