Upstate Fills Development, Marketing Positions
July 27, 2006
Spartanburg, SC - With the desire to provide its student-athletes and coaches with much needed support, the USC Upstate athletic department announces the hiring of Traci Farrington and Greg Mosely to the newly created full-time assistant athletic director positions in athletic development and marketing and promotions.

Sandago Named Asst. AD for Sports Medicine
August 1, 2006
Spartanburg, SC - The USC Upstate Athletic Department announces the hiring of Michael “Sandy” Sandago as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine.  He becomes the fifth full-time head athletic trainer at the University and the first to assume the duties as Assistant AD for Sports Medicine.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Visit www.uscupstate.edu/jobs for additional information and online application submission instructions.

STAFF/ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS:

Help Desk Coordinator
(State Title: Information Resource Consultant I)
Information Technology and Services
Requisition No. 042123 SEARCH EXTENDED Online application accepted through Monday, August 14, 2006

Administrative Assistant
College of Arts & Sciences
Requisition No. 042337 Online application accepted through Monday, August 14, 2006

Part-time A/V Coordinators Office of Instructional Technology Services Requisition No. 042344 Online application accepted through Monday, August 14, 2006

"The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status."

Adam Strickland
PC Support Technician
Information Technology & Services Ext. 5823

What I did on my summer vacation…
The USC Times is preparing for its annual summer vacation spread for the August 24 issue. If you would like to share your vacation photos, please e-mail them to Larry Wood at larryw@gwm.sc.edu by August 11. If all the photos won’t fit in the print version, they will be included online.

Have you traveled abroad this summer?
If so, please send Kathryn Mclaughlin your photos! Digital or print photos are acceptable (She has a scanner). As many of you know, the Chancellor’s Reception for international faculty, staff and students takes place each year at the end of September. In order to share your experiences with the entire international community at USC Upstate, she would like to display your photos during the reception. These photos are also used for other international events on campus during the academic year

Summer II Grades deadline
Lori Kopf, assistant registrar, reminds faculty that grades for Summer II are due at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, August 15. Faculty will receive a written memo as well.

New Employees Need Nametags!
Anderson Stamp and Engraving has a template on file that they use to make USC Upstate nametags for faculty and staff (with magnetic back or pin back.) Call (864) 271-6730 to place your order. They can charge it to you/ your department credit card.

The Office of University Communications is implementing a Content Management System (CMS) for the University’s website. The CMS allows for decentralization of the website in terms of updating information and managing content. Many individual departments on campus will be able to update their own websites instead of submitting requests for updates and changes to the Office of University Communications.

Below are a few frequently asked questions to better inform you about the process of this implementation and the benefits of a CMS. If you have any questions, please call Tammy Whaley at ext. 5210.  

What is a CMS?
CMS is short for Content Management System. The system gives users who are unfamiliar with web programming the means to update the content on their pages.

How will the university benefit from using a CMS?
This gives control of content back to individual departments on campus, while letting University Communications maintain the stability and infrastructure mandated by USC System’s Web Presence Project. Decentralization of web content will allow departments to make web content changes faster, and will allow the University Communications department to spend more time developing and improving web applications and functionality, instead of making routine content changes.

How were the departments selected as “users?”
The software we purchased allowed for only 20 user licenses, three of which are required to be housed in University Communications. Department heads were contacted and asked if they were interested in managing their own content. Departments that have frequent content changes were given priority over departments that did not. Some departments declined the opportunity to be a “user” due to limited staffing, low rate of updates, etc. As interest in becoming a user increases and as budgets allow, University Communications will purchase additional user licenses.

The departments currently assigned user licenses include:

What can users change/edit?
Generally speaking, users are allowed to create new pages, add and delete content and links from their pages, upload PDFs, images, and Microsoft Office documents, edit their masthead image, and all content that falls below it with approval. Users are not, however, allowed to change colors, or make any changes that would affect page templates. If you have any web needs that cannot be done in the CMS, please contact Nick Catto, web developer, or Denise Levereaux, web content manager, and they will be happy to discuss these changes with you.

What is the approval process? Why do my edits have to be approved?
After creating or editing a webpage, users must submit their changes to University Communications for approval before the changes go “live” on the web. Edits must be approved to ensure that copy and formatting are appropriate for display on the University’s website. We also check copy for such things as correct spelling, accurate and up to date information, etc. User submitted images must also be checked for quality and to make sure they conform to our webpage’s size constraints.

What is the turn around time for approval once a change has been submitted?
Currently, content is being reviewed and approved within 10 minutes of submission, but may take up to one day.

Will the University Communications web support team still help us with forms, photos and other web developments? Give examples of projects you can/will assist with.
Absolutely. Although the CMS gives control of content back to the individual departments, Nick and Denise are always on hand to answer questions, provide assistance and give recommendations. Forms, photo galleries, blogs, forums, podcasts, and other web functionalities will still be the responsibility of University Communications.

Books on CD:  Seminars to Go!
If you would like to borrow any of the following books on CD, please email or call Sheryl Turner-Watts (ext. 5490) or Jeanette Reeves (ext. 5990) with Planning and Organizational Development. Also, stay tuned in future Registers for a complete list of webinars that will be conducted over the course of the academic year.

The Proverbial CrackerJack by Dale Henry, Ph.D. (7 CD set)
How to get out of the box and become the prize.

How to Challenge Yourself and Others to Greatness , Dale Carnegie (6 CD set)
Dale Carnegie Leadership Mastery Course

FISH for Life by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D, John Christensen and Harry Paul (3 CD set)
FISH for Life is a story of what can happen when FISH! goes home.           

Empowering Your Team by Pat Heim, Ph. D.
Teams develop through four stages: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. Good facilitation skills will help teams progress through the stages. Teams can, and often do, move back and forth among the four stages based on team membership, outside forces or redirection of the team's purpose. Approx. 60 Minutes

She Said/He Said by Pat Heim, Ph. D.
He seems domineering, she seems over-emotional. He appears uncaring, she appears to question authority. Are these real or imagined differences? This 60 minute audio explores the divergent rules men and women learned about "appropriate" adult behavior and how these can cause us problems at work. This audio covers the different ways the genders learn to communicate, what being a team player means, how to manage conflict, deal with authority, and talk about success. Strategies for managing differences are identified.

Productive Conflict Skills by Pat Heim, Ph. D.
How do you deal with the person who barges in and blows up? What do you do with the co-worker who constantly creates problems for you but won't talk about what's wrong? Conflict is a reality of organizational life. This audio training covers fifteen strategies to make difficult discussions more productive. You'll find solutions to common problems such as what to do when attacked, how to find out what the conflict is really about and ways to prevent defensiveness.  Approx. 50 Minutes

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray, Ph. D.
While it is crucial to never stereotype a person, there are some trends that you can be aware of to help communicate effectively across gender lines.  96 minutes

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Who Moved My Cheese is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a "Maze" and look for "Cheese" to nourish them and make them happy. "Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life- good job, money, relationships, health, etc. "The Maze" is where you look for what you want- family, work, church. 74 minutes.