Action Items

• Option A: Within the Perspectives course, the mentor (instructor) has a copy of the invite link. It’s called “the dedicated program invitation link.” You can email that link directly to all of your students. Please note, at this time this will still go to their junk mail and has not been 100% effective in adding them back to the course. There's a screenshot of this in our Messina Teams chat.
• Option B: If that doesn’t work, remove them from the course manually one-by-one then add them back. This will prompt another email (sadly to junk for now) with an invitation link. This has proven to work in almost all cases.
  
  If issues persist, let Patrick Murnane know. We know this has been challenging and are actively working with the IT team at Perspectives and our OTS team to make sure future emails and communications go directly to student inboxes.

Updates & Reminders

1. Enrichment Plan Edit Form
   The Enrichment Plan Edit form is now live on the Messina website under Messina Curriculum Resources. (https://www.loyola.edu/department/messina/working-groups/modules.html)

   The Enrichment Edit form should be used to inform of content updates, such as changing what module is being presented for the Curriculum Core Topics. It should also be used to provide date updates for pre-determined content, such as Course Registration.

   If a working group is switching the order of when core topics are being presented (not including pre-determined curriculum content), an Enrichment Plan Edit form is not required.

   Any member of the working group can submit the Enrichment Plan Edit form at any point in the Fall 2025 semester.

2. Module feedback form is live!
   We know that many of our curriculum modules are new or recently updated so we are seeking your feedback on how they're going! This will be a form where you can share things like "module was too short,"  "module was too long," "module lacked activities," etc. You can find it under Enrichment Planning Resources on our website or by accessing the form directly through this link. 
   
    
3. Messina Program Review Feedback

   As part of Loyola’s strategic plan and operational excellence initiatives outlined in March 2025, the Messina program underwent a comprehensive review. The purpose of this review was to clarify the program’s goals so that Student Development and Academic Affairs can better determine the appropriate staffing structures and tools needed to evaluate its effectiveness. In April, external reviewers visited Loyola to meet with key stakeholders. Loyola received their written feedback, findings, and recommendations in June. Raven Williams, Dean of Student Success, and Michael Puma, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, have been tasked with sharing the report with campus stakeholders, gathering input, and assessing the feasibility of the recommendations. Final recommendations will be submitted to Dr. Cheryl Moore-Thomas and Dr. Deb Cady Melzer to confirm a preferred approach for the continuation or refinement of the Messina structure, along with strategies to measure outcomes more effectively. The report will be presented to the Cabinet in early December
   
   Please use this form to provide written feedback about the Messina Program Review. The form will remain open until November 3, 2025, at 11:59PM.
   
   You may access the Messina Program Review Report here: LUM Messina Review 2025.pdf
   
   Please contact Raven Williams Cuffee at rdwilliams@loyola.edu or Michael Puma at mpuma@loyola.edu if you have any questions about the Messina Program Review or this feedback form.

4. Need transportation to your Messina class outing?
   A reminder that all budget and transportation requests still must be submitted via the Logistical Request Form. Please revisit the slides from the August workshop regarding Messina budgets and Workday changes when submitting your first few requests.
   Please still allow approximately 3 days notice for budget requests. Please allow approximately 30 days notice for transportation requests. Contact Patrick Murnane at pmurnane@loyola.edu if you have a trip idea that's less than 30 days out prior to submitting. The transportation deadline is November 10th. 
   
    

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