[Step] Leaving UCR

[Jami Grosser]

Hey STEPpers!

If you haven't heard already, I have accepted a new job at Cal Poly  
Pomona.  I will be the Coordinator of the Pride Center (LGBT Center)  
starting at the end of this month.  Friday, Oct. 24 is my last day at  
UCR.

I am still planning on leading Monday's book club discussion and will  
make sure that the Harper books are ordered before I leave.  I am  
emailing folks now, to solicit one or two people who might be  
interested in taking over STEP.

Coordination mainly involves logistical concerns.  This would include  
primarily the listserv administration (very easy), and general  
scheduling etc.  Since folks agreed to do book club, each month's  
facilitators have already been decided with the exception of a couple  
of months in spring.  Whomever would take over would need to recruit  
folks to lead those discussions.  The other point of leadership  
required would be for the retreat if folks decide to have one again in  
December.  The past two years, a committee has come together to plan  
the event, but I've usually been the one to maintain communication  
with Susan Allen Ortega about financial support.  All in all,  
depending on your vision for STEP, leading the group isn't all that  
complicated.

I created STEP with the intention of creating space for new and mid- 
level professionals to connect, provide support, share ideas, have  
discussion, and create professional development opportunities.  Things  
I felt were missing within the infrastructure of student affairs  
(especially when Housing and Career folks aren't even in our  
division).  It seems that throughout the years, others have felt  
similarly.  Participation ebbs and flows, as does many activities we  
do outside of our job description.  But ultimately I feel that the  
intention is still alive, as is the need for the space.  I have given  
vision, along with others, to what STEP is today, and now it's ready  
for a new vision and new leadership.  I think change and growth are  
critical to the group's continued success.

If you have an interest, please let me know either before the meeting  
or at next Monday's meeting.

Thanks so much for being apart of STEP!  I know that it has brought me  
support in the time I have been here, as well as some of my favorite  
people at UCR:)

Jami




Jami Grosser
Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA  92521
951-827-2267
jami.grosser at ucr.edu
www.out.ucr.edu

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