Staff Advisory Council
The primary responsibility of the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) is to encourage participation by staff, in an advisory role, in university matters and to represent staff and staff concerns to university administration.
The Staff Advisory Council's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Address staff concerns and issues as they arise
- Provide a staff voice on University Standing Committees (See committees information)
- Promote and encourage staff development opportunities
- Support activities to build community and increase staff morale and staff satisfaction
Staff Advisory Council Representatives are elected by their peers and serve constituent groups within their divisions, both exempt and non-exempt staff in grades 1-11, with each representative serving no more than 40 staff members. Representatives serve 2-year terms, and terms are staggered so that only half the council rotates off in a given year. The role of the representative is to communicate with the constituent group regarding staff issues and SAC activities carried out on their behalf, as well as to represent constituent concerns at SAC meetings.
SAC meets monthly on the first Friday of the month. (See meeting schedule) At the meetings, representatives conduct current business, hear from committee representatives and usually have a guest speaker. All staff members are welcome and encouraged to attend SAC meetings. Council representatives elect an executive board that consists of the Chair, Chair Elect, Secretary and Treasurer. Executive board members serve one year, except for the Chair Elect. The Chair elect becomes the Chair in the following fiscal year, and then continues in an advisory capacity for an additional year as Past Chair.
The Assistant Vice President for Human Resources serves in an ex-officio advisory capacity to SAC. The Vice President for Business and Finance is the Administrative Liaison for SAC.
Your Career Path at Pacific
SAC in conjunction with Human Resources has developed a web site to assist you with your career path at Pacific. Click Your Career Path at Pacific to discover these tools, resources and to read success stories from some of your colleagues.
ActivitiesThe 2nd Annual Staff Career Development Expo on November 17-18, 2009. For more information or the November Career Month flyer 
for general information.
President Pamela Eibeck will deliver the opening keynote message; she'll share her career path, work/life balance challenges and her vision for Pacific staff.
There will be a variety of sessions on topics such; Starting a Career Development Dialogue, Discovering your Strengths and Speed Networking; Panel Discussion comprised of Pacific staff and how they've developed their careers at Pacific.
This year we're pleased to announce that we've been able to retain the services of Kathleen Sexton of Kairos Learning. Kathleen has over 15 years of experience in the area of career development for staff at higher education institutions. Kathleen will be facilitating the sessions on Starting a Career Development Dialogue and Discovering Your Strengths & Speed Networking.
All sessions are free and open to all staff. Please RSVP using the Staff Training Online Registration system located in InsidePacific. This will provide us with an approximate number of attendees. For more information, Event Flyer.
The SAC sponsors Pacific Family Fun Day and the Staff and Faculty Holiday Reception in the Fall each year. SAC also sponsors holiday giving opportunities to support needy families in San Joaquin County.
ScholarshipsTo help promote and encourage staff development opportunities, SAC has been granted a Staff Development Scholarship Fund. Each quarter, staff may apply for a scholarship toward training that will equip or enhance skills directly related to the employee’s position and support Pacific’s mission. See SAC Scholarship for more information.
