The Workplace Adviser Program provides a neutral person who can offer confidential and informal assistance to employees wishing to raise and discuss work-related issues. A  Workplace Adviser will not be an advocate for an employee or the College but rather serve in an independent capacity, outside the normal lines of authority, to listen carefully, gather information, identify options to address concerns, and help individuals try to resolve issues. It will, of course, ultimately be the employee's choice as to what action to pursue to resolve the issues.

Workplace Adviser Contact Information
You may contact any adviser of your choosing. You are not obligated to use an adviser from your area of the College.

Current Workplace Advisors are:

Robert Armstrong (rparmstr, 692-7528)
Custodian, Physical Plant Department

Jerry Boutin (g_boutin, 692-7527)
Electrician, Physical Plant Department

Priscilla Doel (padoel, x4673)
Professor, Spanish Department

Frank Fekete (fafekete, x5729)
Professor, Biology Department
 

Vicki Hendsbee (vlhendsb, x5631)
Administrative Secretary, Art Department

Buffy Higgins (bhiggins, x4329)
Associate Director, Annual Giving
SWW Alumni Center 234

Jen Holsten (jholsten, x4938)
Adjunct  Associate Professor, Athletics
Alfond Athletic Center 260

Maggie Libby (melibby, x5150 mornings, x5638 afternoons)
Visual Resources Curator, Bixler 107B; Visual Resources and Manuscripts, Special Collections (Miller Library)

Paul Meyer (prmeyer, x3583)
Senior Systems Analyst, ITS
Lovejoy 101

Penny Ruksznis
(psrukszn, x5661)
LIbrary Assistant, Art & Music Library
Bixler Art & Music Library

Contact a Workplace Advisor to...

Discuss an issue or concern in total confidence if, for whatever reason(s,) you did not wish to use any existing campus resources such as:

Your Supervisor
Office of Human Resources
Dean of Faculty's Office
Employee Assistance Program
Office of Women's Services & Equal Employment Opportunity
Harrassment Advisory Group
Health Services
Counseling Services
President, Vice Presidents, Deans & Department Heads

Concerns/issues might include:

•  not knowing whom to contact with a question or issue
• disagreement with a supervisor or other individual in a position of authority
• ongoing difficulty in work relationships
• workplace environment concerns
• family-work conflicts

Discussions with an Adviser will be informal and off the record-no personally identifiable records will be kept except, if in the judgment of the advisor, there were threat of imminent harm to the employee or others.

Workplace Adviser Brochure (pdf)