March, 2007:
Provost Nielsen and VC Leffler agree to sponsor the SWBS, and support UPA by funding the material costs for the project

April 27, 2007:
First SWBS advisory committee meeting. (Group continues to meet bi-monthly until November 29, 2007)

June 6, 2007:
Presentation to Staff Senate

Fall 2007:
WolfBeat article

December 5, 2007:
Official notification of IRB exemption for pre-tests (Joe Rabiega email)

December 13, 2007:
Presentation to HR Personnel Connections group

January 7, 2008:
Presentation to Vice Provosts (by Karen Helm)

January 10 & 11, 2008:
Survey pre-tests staff members, grouped by occupational activity code (professional, technical & clerical, skilled crafts & service maintenance [2])

January 17, 2008:
Official notification that IRB review was not necessary for survey (Deb Paxton email)

February 4, 2008:
Presentation to University Housing: Administrative Support

February 5, 2008:
Presentation to Executive Officers

February 6, 2008:
Presentation to Staff Senate

February 27, 2008:
Memo outlining survey procedures sent from Chancellor to 3D list

February 27, 2008:
Pre-notification letter from Provost Nielson and VC Leffler sent to all members in current survey population, either through campus or US mail

Spring 2008:
WolfBeat article

March 3, 2008:
Memo encouraging survey participation sent from Harvey Lineberry, CALS Associate Dean for Personnel, to cooperative extension staff

March 6, 2008:
Booth at HR Employee Appreciation Wellness Fair promoting survey participation

March 10, 2008:
Flyers distributed to post in work units across campus

March 11, 2008:
Final survey population extracted from PeopleSoft

March 12, 2008:
Bulletin article

March 17, 2008:
Online survey goes live. Emails sent to all those in survey population with valid email address

March 19 & 20, 2008:
Paper survey packets mailed via campus or US mail to all staff classified as skilled crafts or service/maintenance, and to all those without a valid email address

April 2, 2008:
First follow-up reminder to non-respondents and those completing only part of the online survey. (Email to all those with a valid email address; postcard to all skilled crafts and service/maintenance.)

April 16, 2008:
Second follow up reminder to non-respondents and those completing only part of the online survey. (Full survey packet to skilled crafts and service/maintenance; postcard to all others.)

April 28, 2008:
Third follow-up reminder to non-respondents and those completing only part of the online survey. (Email to those with valid email address.)

May 1, 2008:
Online survey closes. No more paper survey accepted.

May 23, 2008:
Winners of random drawings emailed to inform about winning and provide information about claiming prizes

August 19, 2008:
UPA provides Chancellor, Provost, and VC Leffler a report with highlights of results.

August 26, 2008:
SWBS results posted online

September 3, 2008:
Presentation to Staff Senate