The new staff identification cards will be available to all civil service, faculty and a/p staff beginning Nov. 20. To receive your new ID card, please visit the Identification Cards office located on the second floor of the Student Center. Office hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. New cards will be issued free of charge; however, you will need to bring your old card to exchange for the new one.

The new staff ID cards will feature a new graphic design and the official seal of the State of Illinois. The employee's new Administrative Information System ID number will be displayed on the front of the card, replacing the Social Security number. These cards were designed to replace the Certificate of Appointment cards and are your official identification for access to University facilities and services. No expiration date will be used on the new ID card; therefore the card is valid until the employee terminates employment with the University. The card must be relinquished upon termination.

If you have any questions regarding the new ID cards, please contact Jeff Duke at 453-3494.

2004 Biennial Conference For Women

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus will be hosting the 2004 Biennial Conference for Women. The conference is scheduled for April 8-9, 2004.

Speakers for the 2004 conference include:

Suze Orman, financial planner, New York Times best-selling author and host of CNBC's "The Suze Orman Show"

Star Jones, cohost of "The View" and a former prosecutor and network legal correspondent

David Baldacci, best selling author of "Absolute Power"

Soledad O'Brien, CNN's top-rated weekend anchor

Sharlene Hawkes, award-winning ESPN reporter

Erika Harold, Miss America 2003

Amanda Gore, popular motivational speaker

Bobbie Staten, humorist, nurse and stress management expert

Sarah Weddington, nationally known attorney and speaker on women's issues

Joan Borysenko, pioneer in integrative, mind-body medicine

Nancy Hunter Denney, leadership expert

Online registration is available at www.theconferenceforwomen.com. The Biennial Conference for Women Web site also provides an interactive "Experience the Conference" video, media information page with news updates and "Real Women/Real Progress" success stories highlighting ordinary women who have made extraordinary achievements after attending the conference. The Girl Scouts of Central Illinois is the 2004 charity partner of the conference.

Area hotels are also offering low conference rates for April 8-9, with details available on the Web site, www.theconferenceforwomen.com/.

Phone: 217/333-8342 or toll free 877/509-8796

Are there human resource topics you'd like to see in future "Campus Concerns" columns? Send your suggestions to Mary Ann Martin, Human Resources, Mail Code 6520, or by e-mail to marymart@siu.edu.

November 19, 2003