Campus Update – Apr 21, 2025
Dates and Deadlines HR Updates Reminders In The News Dates & Deadlines May 2: Deadline to sign up to become a commencement volunteer…
University Announcements
Giving Day event raises more than $740,000
A total of $741,779 was raised from the generous support of more than 2,000 donors as part of SRU’s annual Giving Day, March 21. The donors included 866 alumni, 242 faculty and staff, and 115 students. Learn more about Giving Day on the SRU website.
OneSIS transition updates
The transition to SRU’s OneSIS Banner for its student information system continues. Please be aware of the following updates and reminders:
- MyRock Audits are live in OneSIS. Waiver/Substitution exceptions have been migrated, and adviser notes will be migrated this week.
- The “RPINs and Times for my Department” report from Cognos is not yet operational in the OneSIS environment, but each dean’s office received a master list of RPINs for their college and were asked to disperse to their departments.
- Class rosters are available to each instructor through their OneSIS MySRU. Faculty can export the class roster to an excel file.
- The Analytics and Decision Support Office continues to work on migrating Cognos reports to the OneSIS environment.
- More information, including summer class registration and circumstances where students need prerequisites in the summer for any Fall 2025 classes, is available on the OneSIS FAQ section on the Academic Records webpage.
If you have any questions, call Academic Records at 724.738.2010 or email academic.records@sru.edu.
Take a brand survey about SRU
You are invited to take an online brand survey about SRU, especially if you were unable to attend one of the live workshops, March 24-25. Contribute your voice by taking this 20-minute survey that will further amplify the feedback and insights that were learned during the interactive live workshops. They will help define the human personality and story of SRU. The fundamental questions will answer:
- Who is SRU at its best?
- What does SRU need to communicate to be most effective?
SRU’s marketing roadmap research is being conducted by Carnegie Higher Education, a leading reputation strategy firm, and responses to this survey will shape their final recommendations.
Dates & Deadlines
March 31: GIESO award nominations due for Night Out event
SRU’s President’s Commission on Gender Identity & Expression and Sexual Orientation is seeking nominations for the Breaking the Silence and the Student Leadership awards.
- Award criteria and instructions on how to nominate someone is available here via an online nomination form.
- Deadline to submit is 5 p.m. March 31.
- Award winners will be honored at the Night Out celebration 5 p.m., April 9 (RSVP by April 2).
For more information, email Bonnie Siple at bonnie.siple@sru.edu.
April 7: Class registration begins for Fall 2025
Current students can begin registering for Fall 2025 classes April 7. Students will register in OneSIS MySRU. The Fall 2025 class schedule is available online.
April 15: Town Hall meeting
The next Town Hall meeting hosted by SRU President Karen Riley is 12:30-1:30 p.m., April 15, in the Smith Student Center Ballroom.
On campus this week
HR Updates
Forms needed 45 days before programs hosting minors
Faculty or staff members who are hosting an on-campus event, camp or program with minors (people under the age of 18) must:
- Review the University’s Protection of Minors Policy and
- Submit the appropriate forms 45 days prior to the event to programhostingminors@sru.edu and kelly.patton@sru.edu.
Participants added without the required 45-day notice, after documents have been submitted, will need to be submitted using this form Late Participant Request. More information is available on the SRU website or by emailing programhostingminors@sru.edu.
Two weeks’ notice now required for report requests
Employees submitting IATS work orders to receive reports about costs, students, grant funding and other documentation, must give two weeks’ notice, starting April 1.
SRU mourns the passing of Donald Kelly
Donald Kelly, SRU professor emeritus, passed away March 21 at his home in Grove City. Kelly, 94, worked at SRU for 27 years, starting as an assistant professor of history in 1963 and retiring as a professor in 1990. A native of New Castle, Kelly graduated from Slippery Rock High School and earned degrees from Ball State University and Indiana State University. He served in the U.S. Navy as an aerial gunner for three years during the Korean War. More information is available in his obituary.
Reminders
Increased staff and services at the Student Health Center
SRU’s Student Health Center has made the following enhancements to best serve the needs of our students:
- A full-time nurse practitioner has joined the staff and is available for medical appointments.
- The lab has received preliminary certification, which means the center can now provide both in-house and external lab services.
More information, including a complete list of services, is available on the Student Health Center webpage.
New employee community space
Employees are invited to connect with colleagues from all over campus as part of a strategic plan initiative to provide a robust, supportive and inclusive culture that allows faculty and staff to thrive.
- From April 2 to May 9, there will be a new employee community space available every weekday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Weisenfluh Dining Hall, Room 103 (Room 104 for April 4 and 17).
- The space will be made available again next academic year.
- There will be giveaways on April 2 and those who attend this first day will be entered to win prizes.
- Do you have an idea for the space? Complete this form to let members of the Pillar 1 Working Group know.
- More information is available on a new webpage dedicated to the space.
Sign up to become a commencement volunteer
Employees are encouraged to volunteer to work one or as many as four spring commencement ceremonies, May 9-10, at Morrow Field House. The ceremonies are 6 p.m., May 9; and 9 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m., May 10.
- Sign up by completing an online form.
- Represented employees will be compensated for working in accordance with their collective bargaining agreement for hours worked.
- All team members will receive a uniform shirt and meals.
For more information, contact the Commencement Office at 724.738.2849 or commencementoffice@sru.edu.
In the News
Recent media coverage of SRU from around the web:
- With President Trump’s move to attempt to dismantle the Department of Education, uncertainty swirls around student loans –– KDKA-TV Pittsburgh
- 20 People to Know in Higher Education: John Rindy, Slippery Rock University –– Pittsburgh Business Times
- Pittsburgh in 50 Maps considers the Steel City from all angles –– Pittsburgh City Paper
- SRU requests state funding for renovation projects –– Butler Eagle
- Butler County’s population grows for fifth straight year –– Butler Eagle
- Alumni of program lauds opportunities available through AmeriCorps –– Butler Eagle
- SRU hosting Holocaust remembrance program –– Butler Eagle
- Educators tour music nonprofit with historic restored organ –– Butler Eagle
- SRU Hosting Holocaust Remembrance Event –– Butler Radio
- SRU Proposes Renovations To Campus Buildings –– Butler Radio
- International ceramics artist teaches local art students –– Grove City Allied News
- Winning culture leads Grove City standout Greer to The Rock –– Grove City Allied News
- Local students paired with faculty for ‘Dancing with the SRU Stars’ contest –– Grove City Allied News
- Fiddlesticks invites kids of all ages to discover the magic of the symphony on April 5 –– Kidsburgh