Campus PRIDE Promotes Effective Service Delivery
July 11, 2012
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Campus PRIDE Promotes Effective Service Delivery
VALDOSTA -- After a year of success, Valdosta State University’s
new program Campus PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Delivering
Excellence) continues to promote positive, efficient service
delivery through customer service initiatives and training
opportunities.
Campus PRIDE is ӶƵ’s signature program within the University
System of ӶƵ’s Professional Development Consortium (PDC). The
program is an extension of the university’s Partners for Campus
Excellence and focuses on student retention and service delivery
improvement.
Every semester, the program offers courses in advanced service
techniques for ӶƵ faculty, staff and student employees.
Representatives from ӶƵ also provide training classes at ABAC,
Albany State University, Bainbridge College, Darton College,
ӶƵ Southwestern State University, South ӶƵ College and
Waycross College. Themes for courses include: “Dispelling the Myth:
Students are not my customers, ” “Best Practices to Promote Better
Customer Service,” “Re-thinking Stress: Managing Me” and “Providing
Service in a Budget Friendly Manner.”
“We are constantly recruiting students and enticing people to
support our university financially, and the reason they want to
support us is because of the job we do to make them feel like an
integral part of the ӶƵ community,” said Training Specialist
Timothy Yorkey. “Everyone can benefit from practicing some type of
service delivery skills. If you enhance your skills, you are in a
better position to represent the university. If we leave a bad
impression on potential students and donors, they will go where
they feel they are important.”
Yorkey said that Campus PRIDE participants learn techniques that
help them successfully deal with “moments of truth” within
departments, in the classroom and on campus. Registration for
Campus PRIDE courses can accessed through the Employee and
Organizational Development web page (
).
The University System of ӶƵ’s PDC is a product of the Board of
Regents’ sixth strategic goal, which is to increase efficiency
working as a system. The consortium fosters collaboration
throughout the university system to facilitate benchmarking, share
development resources and implement best practices.
For more information on Campus PRIDE, contact Yorkey at teyorkey@valdosta.edu .
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