Contributor: Jamie Sommer
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President’s Letter
Greetings CALL Colleagues, We are at that time of the year where we feel pulled in two directions. Trying to squeeze every last bit of relaxation we can into the final weeks of summer while also sprinting into fall, preparing for new students and new associates. The tension between those tasks feels even more precarious…
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CALL Community Service Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report
Co-Chairs: Jamie Sommer and Lisa Winkler Members: Clanitra Nejdl, Lucy Robbins, Patricia Scott, Sarah Walangitan, Mike McMillan, and Nan Norton Board Liaison: Megan Butman
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CALL Community Service Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report
Co-Chairs: Patricia Scott & Jamie Sommer Members: Anne Danberg, Claire Toomey Durkin, Valerie Kropf, Nan Norton, Jamie Stewart Board Liaison: Scott Vanderlin Our Committee met virtually, via email, throughout the year to suggest, investigate, and choose Chicago-based organizations to highlight and collect donations for at our business meetings. Different Committee members (noted below) took lead…
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CALL Community Service Committee 2017-2018 Annual Report
Co-Chairs: Jamie Sommer & Julie Swanson Members: Carrie Port, Pat Sayre-McCoy, Patricia Scott, Sarah Andeen Board Liaison: Scott Vanderlin A summary of community service activities follows:
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CALL Community Service Committee Benefits the Greater Chicago Food Depository
As has become tradition with the CALL Community Service Committee, this February we collected donations to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository. At the February Business Meeting, we collected several grocery bags of food donations and $203 in cash donations. Combined with the generous donations made through our virtual food drive, CALL members gave a…
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Leadership: Developing Executive Presence
Thanks to a generous grant from CALL I was able to attend the 11th annual Women’s Leadership Institute hosted by the Association of College Unions International, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. It was an impressive…
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Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) was Jamie Sommer and Clare Willis (co-chairs), Ben Brighoff, Tom Gaylord, and Gretchen Van Dam.
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2016 CALL Committee RoundUp
The CALL Committee Round-Up is a CALL Bulletin featured column where all of our committees provide an update for us each issue to let us know what they are working on.
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Leadership Library
The CALL Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee is excited to introduce a new feature that we are calling the “Leadership Library”. The Committee was pleased to see so many members turn out for our leadership roundtable in January. It demonstrated that CALL members are committed to taking on strong leadership roles within their organizations, both…
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2015 CALL Committee Roundup
The Committee Roundup is a new CALL Bulletin featured column where all of our committees will provide a update for us each issue to let us know what they are working on. In this issue, the committees focused on their goals for the upcoming year. Archives Committee Goals: Co-Chairs: Therese Arado and Annie Mentkowski Members: Sharon Nelson…