Greetings Fellow Titans,
As many of you have seen by now in the Daily Titan, Deb Schmitt will be retiring next month after serving IU South Bend as Director of Human Resources for the past 9 years. I want to thank Deb for her service and invite you to join us in congratulating her on her retirement on Thursday, March 13 from 3:00 to 4:00pm in the Alumni Room (Admin 251).
I also want to share plans for human resources leadership moving forward. Starting March 17th, our campus human resources department will become part of a shared services model with IU Northwest. This is a model that is already implemented at IU Kokomo, IU Southeast, and IU East, which is producing successful results. The model will allow our small but mighty campus human resources team to have more support.
Starting March 17th, human resources at IU South Bend and IU Northwest will be led by Mianta’ Diming. Mianta’ has been leading human resources at IU Northwest and will soon have an office here at IU South Bend as well. I know Mianta’ is looking forward to meeting you all soon.
Mianta’ will report to Senior Human Resources Director Denise Haws, with a dotted line to me in my role as Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance. Our local human resources team Donna Palenik and Lisa Williams will report to Mianta’. The team is working on a plan to re-allocate Deb Schmitt’s current position to one that will support our campus in the new structure.
Please note that there are no changes to human resources support for faculty. Faculty will still have the same support from the Academic & Faculty Affairs Specialist under Academic Affairs. A search is underway to fill this vacant role.
Below is a summary of roles and responsibilities beginning March 17th.
Mianta′ Diming – as Director, Mianta’ will provide expertise in the areas of Employee Relations, Recruitment, Professional Development, and IU-wide strategic initiatives. Mianta’ can be reached at mdiming@iu.edu or (219) 980-6620.
Donna Palenik – Donna will serve as the primary liaison for full time hiring processes with focus areas of leaves of absences, onboarding, probationary evaluation, and employee awards. Donna can be reached at dpalenik@iu.edu or (574) 520-4236
Lisa Williams – Lisa will serve as a liaison to departments in the hiring and onboarding part-time employees and provide best practice support to search committees. She can be reached at jaldwill@iu.edu or (574) 520-4358.
As a reminder, AskHR – the IU Human Resources Customer Care Team can also assist you in all matters related to your employment at ÂþÂþߣ. They can be reached at askhr@iu.edu or (812) 856-1234.
I want to extend my sincere appreciation to our local human resources team as they have navigated our ever-changing employment landscape and once again congratulate Deb on her retirement.
Go Titans!
Andy Williams
Interim Deputy Chancellor