Life University Staff Council Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 1 | Page 2

From the Desk of Staff Council

The month of January is named for the Roman god Janus, who is
depicted as having two faces, one looking in the past and the other
looking toward the future. The New Year is a time that many of us
pause to reflect on what we did or did not accomplish the last year and
to set new goals and/or resolutions for the year to come. As you reflect
on your performance this past year, do not get discouraged about the
things not accomplished, but focus on your accomplishments and use
that feeling of satisfaction as a motivator to re-set your goals for this
year. Don’t get caught in the trap of thinking that what you do isn’t as
important as someone else’s job.
In any successful organization, the staff is an important part of that
success. Current NFL champions, the Seattle Seahawks, carry a 53man roster with 24 coaches. Behind the scenes of that roster is an
administrative and support staff of approximately 160 people. I would
venture to say that, without a strong support staff, there wouldn’t be a
championship team in Seattle or anywhere else for that matter.

By Dr. Tim Guest

and the success of LIFE. As we
move into 2014, take pride in the
work you do for the University. Look
for ways to make your job more
productive and meaningful, which will
in turn have a positive effect on your
colleagues and LIFE.
In closing, always remember that
the Staff Council is your voice for
bringing concerns to light as well
as offering suggestions that will
enhance and further the success of
Life University for the good of all.
As a member of the Staff Council, I look forward to working and
interacting with you in 2014.

Many times as a staff member of Life University, you may think that
your contribution isn’t very important, but we are all vital to the mission

Food4LIFE Update

HOW MUCH HAS THE LIFE COMMUNITY COLLECTED?
Right now, we have about six grocery carts completely full. Many
of the items we receive are near the expiration date or damaged
(or, sometimes, even half-used). So, about one and one half carts’
worth have been discarded. Library staff members volunteer to
sort and store the food, including discarding food that’s damaged
or past the expiration date.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE LIFE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
HELPED BY THE FOOD PANTRY?
Food4LIFE was envisioned as way to help students who get
caught in a financial bind between quarters, especially on the long
breaks. And, it doesn’t take much of an unexpected expense for
that to happen and create an emergency food need. Fortunately,
it doesn’t seem to happen a lot, and as we’d hoped, we haven’t
had more people than we’ve had food. However, we may not be
fully aware of the true need. We are seeing that it’s difficult for
people to come forward with their need and ask for help; they
feel like they’re being tracked. To address this particular issue,
we haven’t been keeping a head count. We estimate that there
are about two to six students per quarter, collecting about four to
five small bags of groceries each, with the aim of tiding them over

for a week. Sometimes, the students will have families (usually
young children), in which case, we’ve typically added one or two
additional bags per child.
WHAT’S TO COME?
Nutrition Club students, through Food4LIFE chairperson Erica
Bryan, are currently working on designing a program for creating
“meal kits.” The idea is that, once they’re done, we’ll have a
Food4LIFE “template” that includes:
• A standard items-for-donation list of long-shelf-life, highnutrition items well suited to storage
• “Assembly instructions” for complete meals that can be made
from the standard items
• Recipes for dishes that can be made with the donated items
• Suggestions for additional fresh food items to enhance/
supplement meals made from standard items
• 1-$10 Gift card per person for fresh food items

Tech Tips: Screen Shots
SCREEN SHOT? SHOOT! IT’S EASY WITH JING.
Have you ever needed to get a copy of something you could see
on your screen – but wasn’t “cut and paste-able” – into an email,
document or PowerPoint? You could always hit the Print Screen key
and then paste the whole screen view into Paint and work with that.
Or, you could download a simple, free application that will allow you
to crop a selection, any size, from your screen and copy and save or
copy and paste your cropped-bit into whatever you’re working on.

HERE’S HOW:
1. Go to: http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html.
2. In the upper right hand corner, click on the blue “Free Download”
button.
3. This will send Jing to your Downloads folder.
4. Install Jing (if you’re confident and comfortable that your
knowledge is sufficient in this area).
5. Follow the instructions as applicable to your computer.
6. Congratulations! You now have a wonderfully helpful screen
capture application that will help you take pictures of as little – or as
much – of your screen as you’d like.

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