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Business Services and Contracts : Suggestions and Responses |
July 200807.08.01 Does our university do such little good that our only claim to fame is an act of kindness demonstrated months ago by two softball players? If this is true, then we are in a sad state. It is far past time that we move on, encouraging both our students and faculty to continually search for ways to both improve the lives of ourselves and others through performing random acts of kindness. In fact, let's work together to take the "random" out of acts of kindness. Forwarded to - Becky Watson, Director, Public Relations and Marketing Response - Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, we have two women softball players, that attribute, in part, the coaching they've received at Central to their attitude on the field, which ultimately led to helping an opposing player. While that instance hit the news across the world, it does underline a common attitude that runs through Central, but is only one story of many, many stories that have been in the news about Central, and is only one of so many reasons in which we are known around the world. During the Softball news cycle, over a thousand emails poured in, commending Central on the goodwill of our students. One father wrote, "I've never heard of CWU before, but if this is the character of your school, when my kids are old enough to go to college, we will consider CWU." I would submit that Liz and Mallory are wonderful ambassador's of what sportsmanship is really about, and that this is a place where random acts are a part of our culture, at Central's core, which brings students to Central, why alumni hold it so dear, and why we have such excellent faculty and staff. One can find little acts of kindness where ever you look at Central, it's true, and most will never be recognized publicly. Liz and Mallory never thought twice about helping an opponent, and have been surprised by the attention they've received. It's a great day when the little things make big news! The fact that we at Central strive to continue to better ourselves as individuals and as a university, and that we question ourselves, as you suggest, to make sure that these acts are not random, makes Central who we are.Becky Watson, '80, '86 07.08.02 I work in a department on campus and I have noticed that we do not receive advance notice of surplus sales offering departments the opportunity to transfer the goods to another department prior to being sold to the public. Wouldn't it save the state a lot of money if other departments were able to re-use the items instead of having to buy it new? Any thoughts? Forwarded to - Dave Moffatt, Materials and Resource Manager, Surplus and Asset Management Response - Prior to our public surplus sales, eg; our normal "sold to the highest bidder sales" we always post via the CWU intranet alerting all departments to come out and root thru our merchandise with a time frame of 3-4 days before the sale. The CWU Surplus staff is always open M-F between 7AM-5PM. We post Hours/Availability via our Surplus/Asset Management Homepage, and CWU Groupwise/Intranet posting alerting all prior to "going public". The only exception to the rule has been this month during our large quantity items fixed price sales that we termed Dollarama Sales Days. Most of the Dollarama items are not really appropriate for department functions/uses such as large quantities of worn-out wooden chairs and area rugs out of dorm rooms. However, if a department has expressed an interest in one or some of the items in these Dollarama sales for their department, we have then stated to them: "Take it, as long as it's for departmental use only and not for private use". Hope this helps to clear up any confusion. Dave Moffatt |
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