2021-11-02 Meeting notes

Date

Attendees

Discussion items

Interns

  • VZ recruitment: one candidate sent. Have only gotten 4 applicants for the analytical role, none for the communications role. Might need to make another push for January start. 
    • Communications has regularly been one of the harder areas for us to recruit
  • How are people finding internships?
    • Word of mouth from prior/current interns
    • University internship portal
    • LinkedIn
  • What is the actual end date for the current interns? Melissa thinks 12/31/21 but will confirm funding
    • Need to talk to managers about spring continuations
  • Set up an intern program brainstorm about program design overall - identify issues, opportunities, work to better integrate tracking, etc. 
  • Start preparing for summer call for internships (brownbags in Dec and/or Jan)

Program Administration

  • Progress on the new contract - will keep an eye on timing to ensure spring tasks can get into place. 
    • Need to start thinking about spring/summer internship tasks - need tasks in place by  
  • Weekly meeting with Carol Gaskin is going well

Projects

  • STI - Can we find someone to coordinate as lead? Recheck if we can apply for funds in one year to use in another. 
    • Lead ideas: EID, ASD recruiting, ASD L&D, Community Engagement - convene meeting to introduce/discuss?
  • Need update on Tax Revenue and Telecommuting

Action items

  • Dr. Arhin to provide list of which professors he's sent the VZ postings to, so Stephanie can check if she has other local contacts to try. (e.g. Ralph Buehler at VT)
  • Melissa will confirm funding availability and intern end dates
  • kathleen.crabb talk to managers about interest in spring continuations for current interns
  • Stephanie Dock (Unlicensed) check that we link to the internships from our website and ask PIO to promote + reach out to our community engagement division to see if their networks would have candidates for comms role (and see if Linda has already done so)
  • Set up a meeting on intern program design by Stephanie Dock (Unlicensed) kathleen.crabb