From: Messina
Date: December 12, 2024
Subject: Messina Newsletter - Week of 12/9/24



Messina Newsletter

Action Items

  • Budget requests are due today, Thursday, 12/12. If the process is not started by today, you may not be reimbursed or your reimbursement will be severely delayed. A quick link to our budget and transportation request form can be found by clicking here.
  • Mentors, your enrichment audit is also due today, Thursday, 12/12. Please reach out if you need assistance. Please remember to do Step 1 of the process first as it it needed to do Step 2. 

Updates & Reminders
 

1. A recording of our final Live Update Meeting of 2024 can be found on our Teams site or accessed through this link. 

2. If your group went to Hamden Lights, please email Patrick (pmurnane@loyola.edu) pictures of your outing!

3. The Working Group Feedback Form is now live! This form is helpful for the Messina team in evaluating our current resources and support, planning for future trainings and professional development, and evaluating our Intent to Return applications for faculty, mentors, and Evergreens. This survey will be open until Friday, January 10, 2025.

This survey consists of a few short sections: 
- General Messina support, resources, and events (6 questions)
- Working Group Reflection (4 questions)
- Evergreen Evaluation, completed only by Faculty and Mentors (4 questions)
Note that if you work with more than one Evergreen, you will complete one Evergreen Evaluation question group for each. 

Contact Sarah Lewis (selewis@loyola.edu) if you have any issues with the survey, or if you have any questions. As always, thank you for your continued support of our students and the Messina program!

4. Thank you for a great semester! This will be our last newsletter of 2024 so everyone at Messina wishes you and your family a happy holiday season.
 

Important Dates

(See our Ongoing Support for Working Groups tab of the Messina website for more details about Messina submissions.)  
  • Thursday, December 12: Enrichment audit due (submitted by mentor)  

Quick Links


Need to arrange transportation or submit a reimbursement, cash advance, or Pcard budget number change? 
Use the Working Group Logistical Request Form

Share working group photos by emailing messina@loyola.edu

Technology issues in the classroom -- submit a ticket to Tech Services or call 410-617-2255

Tax Exemption Certificate -- when possible, please be sure to use this certificate when making purchases for your Messina working group

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