Action Items

• FACULTY: Please submit your Messina Course Syllabus via Qualtrics as well by Thursday, September 11th.

Updates & Reminders

1. Need to access something for our Enrichment Curriculum?

   All presentations, slides, & facilitation guides for our new curriculum can be found in the Working Group Teams under the "Enrichment Curriculum - Fall 2025" folder or by clicking here. 

2. Messina Supply Locations Fall 2025 *New Updates*
   Speaking of access, all involved with Messina (Evergreens, Faculty, and Mentors) have access to our supply locations around campus. These locations are stocked with traditional party supplies (such as napkins, plates, utensils, cups, water, & Lysol wipes) because we want you spending your budget on the student experience - not party supplies. As a reminder, the former Butler supply office is now offline and being used for Messina storage. If your enrichment is in Hammerman, Butler, or Bowman, please check Bowman 200D for those supplies, which is right by the bathrooms at the entrance. The Hopkins supply office has moved up a floor to Hopkins 303. There will be a card reader installed soon but for now we have a shared lockbox to access that office. The code for the lockbox is 2225 and only works on the Hopkins 303 office door. Please make sure the door is locked and the key is returned upon your exit. For those in Dorothy Day 010, your supplies are conveniently located on the bookshelf right outside your classroom. If you are not in one of our residential classrooms, please stop by any of these three locations before your enrichment. **Our old Maryland Hall office location will no longer have Messina supplies.** This is a new update as it is no longer a Messina space. If you have any issues with access, please email Patrick Murnane a pmurnane@loyola.edu
    
3. September's Live Update 9/16 3pm
   Our next live update is scheduled to be on Tuesday, September 16th at 3pm. A Zoom link has been sent to your Outlook calendar but you can also access the meeting through this link. 
    
4. September's Lunch & Learn 9/26 3:30pm

   If you're curious to see how Perpsectives/CDI will play out in your enrichment or need to see it modeled then come to our first Lunch & Learn of the semester where Messina staff will be demostrating this first Perspectives facilitated discussion. This starts at 3:30pm and you should expect it to go to 5pm. Location TBD

5. Perspectives/CDI Update:
   Mentors, you will be added as an instructor to your individual Perspectives courses shortly and students should be added late next week. A reminder that any member of the working group can faciliate these conversations. When doing your facilitations, you can split your students into two groups if you have at least two facilitators. 
    
6. 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, 
    
7. Register now to be an Approved Motor-pool driver
   During the academic year, members of the working group may want to request to drive Loyola Motor-pool vehicles. To obtain driver clearance, you must first register by going to the following webpage: https://loyola.agilefleet.com/_UserRegistration.asp.
   
   If you already have a Agile Fleet Commander Profile, we encourage you to login and re-sign/renew the user agreement form and policies. We recommend working group members register or confirm previous registration before the start of the fall semester to ensure that you are approved to drive motor-pool vehicles before you place a Messina request. It can take up to 7 days to renew your registration.
   
   Once you are registered with motor pool you can submit a Messina Logistical Request Form to reserve your motor-pool cars (and charter buses)

 

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