Committees

Every month the council meets to offer updates regarding committees on which PLUSC members serve.  If you have questions or concerns related to any of the issues addressed in the meeting minutes or otherwise, please feel free to contact your PLUSC representative.

Benefits

Benefits Committee members meet to review and make changes to faculty and staff benefits’ packages.

Committee Chair: Gretchen Howell – Director of Human Resources
PLUSC Representatives: Becki Torgerson

Budget Advisory

The Budget Advisory Committee reviews and makes changes to how the university spends money and allocates funds to various projects, buildings, and maintenance requests across campus.  This committee meets once per month and is scheduled through Administrative Services.

Committee Chair: Patrick Gehring – AVP for Finance
PLUSC Representatives: Alexandra Lampert

PLUSC By-Laws

Committee Chair: Josh Girnus – Director of Retail Services
PLUSC Representatives: Miguel Galtman, Brant McAdams

Christmas Luncheon

PLUSC has representatives who sit on the Christmas Luncheon Planning Committee.  This committee is run by Human Resources and meets at least twice in preparation for the December luncheon.

Committee Chair:  Gretchen Howell (Director of Human Resources) and Laura Silcox (Associate Director of Human Resources)
PLUSC Representatives: Brant McAdams

Distinguished Staff Awards

PLU employees nominate one another for the Distinguished Staff Awards which are presented at the Christmas Luncheon in December.  This committee reviews the nominations and selects the distinguished staff members who the Director of Human Resources will then share with the President’s Council to finalize the award recipients.

Committee Chair: Gretchen Howell (Director of Human Resources) and Laura Silcox (Associate Director of Human Resources)
PLUSC Representatives: Brant McAdams

Long Range Planning

The Long Range Planning Committee studies and analyzes key issues and recommends policy regarding future directions and priorities of the university.  Committee members are responsible for discussing issues and topics of importance related to the recommendations set forth in the current long-range planning report (e.g., PLU 2020).

Committee Chair: Allan Belton – President
PLUSC Representative:  

Parking

The Parking Committee meets regularly to discuss parking policy and the needs of the PLU community in regards to campus parking.

Committee Chair: José Morelos – Executive Director of Campus Safety & Emergency Management
PLUSC Representatives: James Fulkerson

Retirement

One PLUSC representative sits on this committee; the general purpose of the committee is to serve as plan fiduciaries on behalf of the University and to manage plan operations and investments.

Committee Chair:  Gretchen Howell – Director of Human Resources
PLUSC Representative: Clayton Regehr