A. ACE is a comprehensive program offered to clerical employees at Purdue, West Lafayette campus. The two year program focuses on enhancing skills, expanding knowledge about the university, and networking with peers. A program such as ACE involves numerous resources and staff hours in teaching the many courses and in coordinating related details such as publications, course materials, budget, scheduling, etc. Deb Cronkhite, ACE coordinator at West Lafayette, says that about 40 percent of her job is working with the ACE program. Although resources are limited at IPFW, perhaps it would be worthwhile to look at creating an ACE program on a small scale.
HR appreciates the suggestion.
Yes we do have a representative that will be attending the ad-hoc committee meeting at West Lafayette. It was an organizational meeting. It was decided that the first order of business is to make the employees aware of what is currently available to them. We want to solicit input from everyone as to what they would like this ad-hoc committee to address. The next meeting will be January 12.