IUP Football 2021

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Was the marching band there?

No. They were at a Ghostbusters convention.

[IUPNation]

IUP Softball got off to a big start yesterday with a two-game sweep of SRU ... scored 10 runs in both games.

Was the marching band there?

[IUPNation]

All over marijuana... sad!

Which should be legal for recreational use and taxes for state revenue..

[IUPNation]

Word around town is IUPatties is either next weekend or the following.

Great. Keep the Rona out there and send Chester County all of your vaccine allotment...

[IUPbigINDIANS]

We sure did miss IUP athletics! We're talking softball and golf!!! Great start for them!

I'd enjoy beating SRU in Tennis. The sport is irrelevant. Lol.

[IUPalum]

IUP Softball got off to a big start yesterday with a two-game sweep of SRU ... scored 10 runs in both games.

We sure did miss IUP athletics! We're talking softball and golf!!! Great start for them!

[IUPalum]

$10 sale (not joking)

I totally believe that. Not even the good stuff.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP Softball got off to a big start yesterday with a two-game sweep of SRU ... scored 10 runs in both games.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

All over marijuana... sad!

$10 sale (not joking)

[IUPalum]

Police have arrested the fourth suspect (and alleged shooter) in last year's Carriage House murder.

All over marijuana... sad!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Police have arrested the fourth suspect (and alleged shooter) in last year's Carriage House murder.

[Fightingscot82]

Wow, that sounds anachronistic!

Reminds me of when I started working professionally in the late 80's/early 90's and I used to write up marketing reports in cursive and take them to a secretary/typist to type. That actually happened.

Are these positions really necessary?

I don't know. I've seen it done that you can provide receptionist staffing and some basic admin work with a good fleet of student workers. Older and more experienced undergrads or GAs can handle more projects. When I was a junior and senior, my work-study job in the Alumni office 10 hours a week had me manage the office alumni account and manage the alumni news updates they'd summarize at the end of the alumni magazine and the letter from the president that would accompany each one. There was an endless list of address changes to process, too. I was very rarely ever not working. So match that up with some other Federal Work Study jobs (100% free to the university from government money) and you've saved yourself a benefits-eligible position.

My time working in higher ed did lead me to believe there's value in having more students work on campus. Beloit College in Kentucky provides nearly free education in exchange for working on campus. Campus jobs tend to pay less (most are minimum wage) but they're never going to schedule you over class, finals, etc. Most are during business hours so you also rarely work evening and weekends unless that's the job. Plus you build some great relationships with staff and those relationships matter.

[iupgroundhog]

It depends. There are two classifications: Clerk Typist and Management Technician. Each has tiers as well. Clerk Typist is your basic secretary/receptionist. Clerical work for an office: phones, documents, data entry, etc. Management Technician is closer to an office manager with bigger administrative tasks that don't necessarily require a degree or specific experience. I haven't seen the breakdown on which of these positions are planned to go.

Wow, that sounds anachronistic!

Reminds me of when I started working professionally in the late 80's/early 90's and I used to write up marketing reports in cursive and take them to a secretary/typist to type. That actually happened.

Are these positions really necessary?

[Fightingscot82]

It will save alot of money, but the people being cut are mostly the 30k salaried secretaries. It will certainly be more efficient, since during summer there were some department secretaries sitting around reading the paper alot. The problem is both the offices that were active and the offices that were not will have equal cuts, based on seniority. and for the busy departments, the student sercice will be cut pretty significantly. A GA can answer phones, do data entry, and direct students, but for difficult student questions, an experienced secretary is invaluable. Student services are being redone at a time when gaining back our previous market share of a decreasing student population is essential, and we're cutting the student services in draconian ways. Hard to not see this as a death spiral.

It depends. There are two classifications: Clerk Typist and Management Technician. Each has tiers as well. Clerk Typist is your basic secretary/receptionist. Clerical work for an office: phones, documents, data entry, etc. Management Technician is closer to an office manager with bigger administrative tasks that don't necessarily require a degree or specific experience. I haven't seen the breakdown on which of these positions are planned to go.

[ironmaniup]

That's a good move. It used to be that every office needed an adult to receive visitors, answer phones, type, etc. In all honesty, those skills are so common now that with some work they could hire students at a much lower rate and no need for benefits. The compensation for these positions is pretty nice. If you put in the years you can easily make $55-60k without a degree and really great benefits. If they can replace some of these folks with GAs or work-studies they'll save some serious money.

Those SCUPA positions are student-facing so they've probably deemed them as unnecessary for summer months. Their pay will just be prorated down.

It will save alot of money, but the people being cut are mostly the 30k salaried secretaries. It will certainly be more efficient, since during summer there were some department secretaries sitting around reading the paper alot. The problem is both the offices that were active and the offices that were not will have equal cuts, based on seniority. and for the busy departments, the student sercice will be cut pretty significantly. A GA can answer phones, do data entry, and direct students, but for difficult student questions, an experienced secretary is invaluable. Student services are being redone at a time when gaining back our previous market share of a decreasing student population is essential, and we're cutting the student services in draconian ways. Hard to not see this as a death spiral.