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Staff Senate seeks donations to fund student scholarship, warns of overwork that hinders committee participation
Summary
Staff Senate President Alexis Morrison reported the group is $650 short of its scholarship fundraising goal, has a $400 match on Giving Day March 4, and is promoting payroll‑deduction donations; she said many staff feel overworked, complicating committee participation and volunteerism.
Staff Senate President Alexis Morrison reported to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 25 that the staff‑funded scholarship drive is close to its goal but remains unfinished and that staff capacity constraints are affecting campus committee work.
Morrison said the Staff for Student Scholarship is about $650 short of a funding target for next year's award. The WOU Foundation has secured a $400 match donation for Giving Day on March 4; Morrison encouraged payroll‑deduction donations and set a staffing goal of 10 employees giving $10 per month or 20 giving $5 per month to sustain the scholarship.
Morrison said the executive committee chose not to open scholarship applications on March 1 to avoid promising an award before funding is secured. She also described ongoing difficulties filling classified‑staff committee seats because many staff report being overworked and have limited bandwidth to take on nonessential committee work.
The staff connections committee hosted an Oregon birthday event and distributed flyers to encourage donations; QR codes for donations were made available at the meeting. Morrison asked trustees and campus leadership to continue finding ways to recognize staff contributions and to consider simple acknowledgements such as emails or thank‑you notes.
Trustees and student trustees praised the staff efforts and the payroll‑deduction approach; no formal board action on the scholarship or staffing issues was recorded in the transcript.
