Operational Governance Update

Over the past year, we have learned, evolved, and executed identified goals together. We begin by extending our heartfelt thanks to the 102 faculty and staff who contributed their time and expertise to the 12 standing and temporary operational groups during the 2024–25 academic year.

This year marked the inaugural launch of our new operational governance structure designed to strengthen the processes, policies, and systems that support effective day-to-day management and decision-making at CC. At its core, operational governance ensures clear roles, responsibilities, and procedures that help us meet strategic goals, manage risk, and stay in compliance with institutional and regulatory standards.

Through this new structure, we focused on enhancing efficiency, accountability, and collaboration across campus operations. One of the key vehicles for this work was the College Operational Leadership Team (COLT), which met weekly on Monday mornings. These meetings allowed cross-functional leaders to share key updates, raise concerns, and anticipate operational impacts for the week ahead. To support collaboration and build shared understanding, each represented area also provided a brief overview of their team’s work.

COLT participants noted that the meetings helped them better support their own teams by surfacing opportunities for coordination, clarifying institutional messages and processes, and fostering regular communication across departments. Based on member feedback, we will retain the Monday 8 a.m. meeting time next year but will adjust the format to improve focus and impact.

In addition to COLT, the operational groups made significant contributions to cross-divisional work this year. You can read about the progress and accomplishments of the four standing operational groups here, which will begin setting their goals for the 2025–26 academic year later in July.

This year, we also launched eight temporary operational groups. Six have completed their work and two will continue into the next academic year. You can review summaries of their work here.

As always, you can follow the progress of all operational groups on the Work of the College website. Charges, meeting summaries, recommendations, and other related materials are available to all faculty and staff via Microsoft Teams using your single sign-on credentials. If you have an idea for a cross-institutional effort that would benefit from a temporary operational group, you are invited to propose one using this form.

Thank you again for your continued engagement and partnership in this important work.

Campus space is a shared institutional asset.
Spaces are allocated to departments and divisions to support their contributions to the College’s mission. Historically, some departments/divisions have managed spaces independently. The College is working towards understanding space as a shared institutional asset. Space is not owned by any single unit and may be reallocated in response to evolving departmental needs, shifting institutional priorities, or mission-aligned initiatives.

In some cases, building managers oversee specific facilities to help coordinate space usage and reservations, collaborate with building occupants on policy development, and support operational logistics such as building access and hours. This work is valued and will be considered as we continue to think about space as a shared institutional asset.

Space Request Process Pilot
To support greater transparency and coordination in how space decisions are made, the SGOG has developed a new space request process that will be piloted during the 2025–26 academic year. This process is designed to ensure that requests for space align with institutional priorities, promote efficient use of shared resources, and are reviewed through a consistent and collaborative framework.

Details about the pilot process, including how to submit a request and the review timeline, will be shared in the August Work of the College update. We encourage all faculty and staff to review the update to learn how this process may support your department’s evolving needs.

The College Events Operational Group has reviewed event submissions for the 2025–26 academic year and identified space discrepancies and/or conflicts. These events were submitted by departments via Momentus between January and March 2025.

If your department is planning an event with more than 100 attendees, you must request approval from the CEOG before making a reservation.

For questions, please email Brenda Soto.

We’re excited to announce that the updated version of our Staff Handbook went into effect on July 1. The revised handbook has been refreshed for clarity and improved organization. We have streamlined the content for easier navigation and added direct links to relevant policies and procedures for quick access to more detailed information.

We encourage employees to review the updated handbook and familiarize themselves with the changes. You can access the new version Staff Handbook.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Human Resources.