You’ve asked for additional offerings, and now UCOP Learning and Development is delivering more sessions, including additional sections in Excel and a new class in HTML skills.

The Staff Engagement Initiative will hold one more brown bag to update the UCOP community on progress being made on the work group recommendations, April 2, in 5320 Franklin.

Brown bags will be offered on April 4 and 7 to review and answer questions about UCOP’s new preapproval process for hiring outside consultants and independent contractors.

The Lean In series of facilitated conversations about women’s empowerment in the workplace continues April 3, 12 to 1 p.m. in the Laurel Room, 1111 Broadway, 7th floor.

UC has revised Personnel Policy for Staff Members (PPSM) 62 on Corrective Action. Please send your comments to ELR Manager Michael Lum by May 8.

CFO Peter Taylor will leave UCOP, effective April 25, to take a position as president of a new foundation focused on improving educational outcomes, particularly among the underserved.

UCOP is implementing a new pre-approval process that takes effect today, March 25, 2014, designed to optimize internal resources before spending money on outside contractors.

UC President Janet Napolitano shared with the UCOP community a letter on the results of UC’s recent campus climate study, which were released at last week's Regents meeting.

The ER Working Group will hold a focus group on Sustainability @UCOP on March 26, where sustainability experts and non-experts will strategize ways to green UCOP.

UC Berkeley's Silvia Bunge will address the topic of Changing Minds, Changing Brains on March 31, and ORGS VP Steven Beckwith will moderate the discussion.

Eight UC Online classes are still open for registration, and you and your family members get a 33 percent discount on tuition. Classes begin on March 31.

Marc Rizzo loves his job as house manager for the President's residence, but he wouldn't mind being a professional golf caddie.

The Staff Engagement Initiative will hold three brown bags, March 19 and 24 and April 2, to report on progress being made on recommendations from the work groups.