Purpose

The Northeast State Staff Senate provides open discussion among its members on matters of concern to the College/student body/non-faculty staff and ensures open communication among staff members and between the staff and the senior leadership of the College. The objectives of the Staff Senate are to:

• serve as a vehicle for ascertaining staff attitudes and expressions and for dissemination of these attitudes and expressions to the senior leadership.
• maintain through the president of the senate and the senate’s Executive Committee a direct line of communication to the senior leadership.
• promote better communication between staff and senior leadership, between staff and other staff, between staff and faculty, and between staff and students. 

Membership

The membership shall be made up of full-time non-faculty staff members. Voting members will represent the following divisions/offices:

• Academic Affairs - (2) members
• Institutional Advancement & Culture and President’s Office- (1) member
• Economic and Workforce Development - (2) members
• Finance and Information Technology - (2) members
• Institutional Excellence and Student Success - (3) members
• Safety, Security, and Plant Operations - (2) members

Non-voting members: 

• One representative from the Faculty Senate
• Past-President of Staff Senate if no longer serving as a member
• One member from Human Resources to serve as a resource

The Executive Committee

Ashley Pierce
President

Jessica Fields
Vice President

Jacqui Rasnic
Parliamentarian

Jennifer Kendrick
Secretary

Staff Senate Members 2024-2025

Ray Acker
Academic Affairs

Rachel Hughes
Academic Affairs

Caitlin Willson
Institutional Advancement & Culture and President’s Office

Kindra Thomas
Economic & Workforce Development

Jessica Farmer
Economic & Workforce Development

Miranda Herbert
Finance & Information Technology

Lisa Rowland
Finance & Information Technology

Melissa Ramsey
Institutional Excellence & Student Success

Jacob Chess
Institutional Excellence & Student Success

Cindy Perry
Institutional Excellence & Student Success

Randy Salyers
Safety, Security, & Plant Operations

Kelvin Kimbler
Safety, Security, & Plant Operations

Anthony Adams
Past-President Consult

News & Events

Stay tuned for information about the upcoming toy drive.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at StaffSenate@NortheastState.edu or use our Staff Senate Feedback Form. This form is anonymous but please feel free to leave your name and contact information so that we may contact you for further information. 

Resources

Staff Senate Constitution

Meeting minutes and town hall recordings can be accessed through our campus share drive. If you have any problems accessing, please contact Steve Nickols at MSNickols@NortheastState.edu or 423.354.2492 (ext. 3547). 

Bear Hug Committee

This is a joint sub-committee of the Faculty and Staff senates. It is a community care type of committee that will acknowledge the life events of current and former employees of Northeast State Community College.

To do this, we need your help! Please email us at bearhug@northeaststate.edu if you know of a member of the Northeast State community who needs a Bear Hug!

It can be a caring hug because they or a family member is sick or has passed away (pets are family members too!) or a happy hug because they have a new addition such as a new baby or grandbaby or they finished that degree they have been working on. Anything of note that you think they would appreciate a card from the Bear Hug committee is requested.