Read President Yudoff's letter announcing Vice President Anne Broome's retirement, following 16 years of service to the University.

Please join your UC colleagues in extending appreciation and warmest wishes to James ("Buck") Koonce, who will retire June 29, 2010 after a 35 year career with the University, including time at UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Office of the President. Read more.

iVisitor, the online tool for pre-registering UCOP visitors, has a new location: https://www.visitorentrysystem.com/ivisitor/Login?katfsn=26408667&oblbtd=10. Contact Building Services if you have trouble logging in to the new system.

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Join the OP Staff Assembly on April 21 for a brown bag presentation by Maria Anguiano, an associate director in the immediate office of the CFO, about how leaders can motivate employees, even in times of an economic downturn. The meeting will be held in 5320, Franklin.

Come learn skills for coping with stress at a lunchtime brown bag with Ofra Eldor, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. The free event is at noon, Wednesday, April 21 in Room 12322 of the Franklin Building.

In a few short hours, volunteers transformed plots of waist-high weeds into beds filled with lettuce, herbs, squash, strawberries, tomatoes and more. Click here to see a slideshow of the day.

The Level Playing Field Institute will talk about its internship program, and how UCOP departments can connect with their scholars, at a noon, brown-bag talk April 15 in Franklin, Room 10325. This talk is sponsored by UCOP Cares.

Please join Health Sciences in expressing congratulations and best wishes to Gwen M. Allamby, who will be retiring on April 16, 2010 from the Division of Health Sciences and Services after a combined State and University of California service of more than 30 years.

UCOP Cares needs a few more volunteers Friday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to help plant a vegetable garden at Frick Middle School in Oakland. Contact Chen Yin Noah

UCOP Risk Services/Environment Health & Safety is offering a specialized ergonomic training class, “Sitting Safe”, on April 21 at 415 20th st, room 302. Three sessions are available. Read more for additional details.

Don't forget that UCOP offices will be closed for a furlough day Friday, April 16. Employees who have already used all their furlough time, and those employees who are exempt from the program, should make arrangements with their managers or supervisors to use vacation time, leave without pay, or comp time, during the closure.