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The Faculty Ombuds Service was established in 2001 to provide full and part-time faculty and administrators on the SIUE campuses with an option other than formal grievance procedures for resolving conflicts. The two faculty ombuds serve as neutral listeners, information resources, and intermediaries.
The assumptions for the Faculty Ombuds Service are as follows:
1) To recognize that conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life.
2) To recognize that conflict can harm organizational unity when it is silenced, ignored, or denied.
3) To ensure, through the services of a trained Ombuds faculty, that when conflict arises all parties, regardless of position, have an avenue for dealing with conflict.
Click here to see what the process of working with an ombuds looks like SIUE Ombuds Flow Chart
The Faculty Ombuds are trained to apply the Ombuds Code of Ethics as descibed in the following link:
The Faculty Ombuds Service is located in 2225 Rendleman Hall. If possible, please call 650-3238 to make an advance appointment. Office hours for the current semester are posted below and on our door. We would also be glad to set up an appointment at any other mutually convenient time.
Seran Aktuna (English Language & Literature), saktuna@siue.edu, extension 2148 or 3238
Nicole Klein (Applied Health), nklein@siue.edu, extension 3028 or 3238
Helpful links
Faculty Development and Innovation: http://www.siue.edu/facultycenter/
Benefits for faculty, including free, short-term counseling: http://www.siue.edu/human-resources/benefits/programs-and-services/employee-assistance-program-counseling.shtml
Therapist Assisted Online (TAO) service. Counseling using self-completed units and online sessions with counselors https://www.siue.edu/counseling/
Helpful tips for stress management: https://www.calm.com/