Division of People, Equity, and Culture

Milestones:

• Collaborate with GVSU Communications and Marketing to develop a clear and compelling rollout.
• Create an SEL Toolkit.
• Deepen knowledge and learning through a fall semester SEL touchpoint.
• Deepen knowledge and learning through the winter semester SEL summit. 
• Embed framework into university structures (i.e. onboarding, leadership programs, professional development).
• Develop and facilitate workshops and learning sessions that connects SEL to the I&E strategic framework and Reach Higher Together.
• Develop university partners as champions for the work. 
• Create an engaging digital platform that serves as a central hub for the I&E strategic framework. 
• Strengthen campus-wide engagement/partnerships across colleges, divisions, committees, units, and departments. 

Milestones:

• Implement updated executive sponsor program.
• Develop and pilot standardized templates that improve consistency/efficiency across FSA's.
• Create, implement, and assess newly updated annual processes. 

Milestones:

• Finalize NAAC three year priorities.
• Align NAAC priorities with Reach Higher Together.
• Senior Leadership Team and Provost Cabinet alignment on priorities for NAAC.

Milestones:

• Define the relationship of AALT with SLT. 
• Involve AALT in developing meaningful KPI's connected to Reach Higher Together.
• Enhance capacity building opportunities for AALT members related to the I&E framework. 
• Establish focused sub-teams aligned with Reach Higher Together, SEL, and the I&E framework. 

Milestones:

• July Appointing Officers call presentation.
• University areas notify PEC of current training/compliance responsbilities for PEC audit.
• Thorough audit of submissions; identifying gaps.
• Re-assess PEC implementation into workday learning.
• Recommendation submitted to senior leadership team for filling in gaps for training. 

Insight Team Milestones:

• Complete workshops for insight teams with Dr. Shorty.
• Send insight team recommendations to the senior leadership team for review. 
• Campus-Wide communication.

Employee Care Milestones:

• Benchmarking
• Create team/process
• Rollout

Alternative Dispute Resolution Milestones:

• Rollout
• Communicate menu and services on Labor and Employee Relations Website.

Pulse Survey Milestones:

• Creation of scope of new survey
• Instrument selection
• Campaign and rollout

Employee Ombuds Milestones:

• Develop wellness and conflict resolution resources, educational materials, and self help tools to support effective communication, difficult conversations, and workplace conflict management.
• Collaborate with affinity groups and employee resource groups to elevate employee voices, identify workplace concerns, share Ombuds resources, and promote employee well being.
• Offer team climate consultations and workplace wellness check ins for managers and supervisors as a new Ombuds service.
• Participate in campus wellness events to enhance awareness of Ombuds services and available wellness resources.
• Develop a wellness trends dashboard using Ombuds data and create a referral guide connecting employees to wellness resources.

Wellness Summit & Aftercare Milestones:

• Host inaugural Wellness Summit.
• Monthly "Be Well at GV" highlight in PEC communications.
• Review of current contracts and offerings.
• Review and update the "Exercise Release Time" policy.
• Compile a wellness calendar focused on faculty/staff well-being opportunities throughout the year. 

Be Well at GV Taskforce Milestones:

• Creation of Be Well at GV Taskforce.
• Kickoff meeting for Taskforce.
• Taskforce recommendations submitted to Vice President for People, Equity, and Culture.

Milestones:

• Set strategy for conducting PVP development sessions.
• Develop PVP statements.
• Communicate developed PVP statements to campus community. 
• Integrate PVP into talent processes. 

Human Resources Business Partners Playbook Milestones:

• Define services and stakeholder expectations for playbook and escalation pathways. 
• Create and validate playbook content.
• Launch and promote playbook with campus community. 

University Performance Evaluation Calibration Milestones:

• Set direction and determine strategy for the 2026-2027 performance review cycle.
• Enhance faculty performance repository.

GVSU Hiring Approach for Staff Milestones:

• Distribute and present GVSU hiring process communications and trainings. 
• Collect metrics and monitor capacity of team for early evaluation of updated hiring process.
• Implement enhancements to hiring system and process post-go live.

Milestones:

• Establish policy review standards and governance structure.
• Conduct stakeholder review and alignment.
• Develop the policy rollout process. 
• Launch communication and education efforts.
• Implement and evaluate framework. 

Milestones:

• Launch out-of-state approval forms in Workday.
• Launch manager's insights hub. 
• Benefits Workday group rebuild.
• Workday open enrollment journey. 
• HCM security audit completed. 

Milestones:

• Communication of forthcoming Leading Lakers program enhancements. 
• Pilot of Anchor module.
• Launch of Anchor module to all GV people leaders. 
• Deliver 2026 Activate programming in partnership with AG Collaborative. 
• Create updated Activate curriculum for internal delivery.
• Communicate rollout of new Activate format to campus community. 
• Deliver 2026/2027 Accelerate programming. 
• Create updated curriculum for Accelerate for updated delivery in 2028. 

Milestones:

• Partnership and stewardship of community progress. 
• Fall engagement with community partners.
• Winter engagement with community partners.