2025 Riverside UCOP celebration
2025-12-17 07:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 2nd Floor Lobby
All UCOP staff in the Riverside area are invited to a festive winter breakfast featuring delicious food and fun-filled events.

BRC T&E Team Office Hours
2025-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-14 10:00 - 11:00
Have a travel or travel reimbursement-related question? Join the Business Resource Center Travel and Entertainment team for weekly office hours.
Zoom link: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/3301316753?pwd=[REDACTED]

BRC - Procure to Pay Office Hours
2025-12-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-07 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-14 10:30 - 11:30

JetBlue
2025-12-17 11:00 - 12:00
JetBlue will highlight various perks available to UC travelers who book their tickets within contract. They will also share information and benefits of their collaboration with United Airlines. Participants will be entered to win one of THREE (3) status match nominations to Mosaic Level ONE. Attendance is required to be eligible, and a total of THREE (3) winners will be randomly selected during the session.

Compliance, Accounting, Audit, & Policy (CAAP) Office Hours
2025-12-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-15 10:00 - 11:00
Ask questions about journals/reports, cost transfers, ITF’s, Chart of Accounts, General Ledger, and CashNet.

Dial-in: 1 669 219 2599
Meeting ID: 919 8651 9749
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Get to the Root Causes, Not Just the Symptoms: Using the 5 Whys Effectively
2025-12-18 11:10 - 12:00 | https://UCOP.zoom.us/my/operational.excellence
When problems keep resurfacing, it’s often because teams are treating symptoms instead of uncovering what’s truly driving the issue. The 5 Whys method is a straightforward, high-impact technique that helps you dig deeper, challenge assumptions, and reveal the underlying cause behind recurring problems.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:

Use the 5 Whys method to peel back layers of a problem with clarity
Guide a conversation that moves past assumptions and stays focused
Recognize and avoid common traps that lead to shallow analysis
Turn root-cause findings into targeted, meaningful countermeasures

Ideal for anyone looking to sharpen their problem-solving skills and prevent issues from repeating in their workflows.
Join the Operational Excellence Community of Practice email list!

Latinx Staff Association Meeting
2025-12-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-15 12:00 - 13:00
Join the UCOP Latinx Staff Association (LaSA) for their monthly membership meeting, typically held the third Thursday of each month from 12-1 p.m. (PT).
Join by Zoom:
https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/93715068634
Meeting ID: 937 1506 8634
For questions, contact Belinda Vea.

Lakeside Speakeasy Toastmasters (Virtual)
2025-12-18 12:05 - 12:55
Lakeside Speakeasy Toastmasters Club No. 2967 meets virtually on Thursdays from 12:05p-12:55p with the exception of one hybrid monthly meeting, which occurs the first Wednesday of the month. Join us virtually or in person to build communication skills including speaking, leadership, listening, and feedback. If you’d like to excel at presentations, meeting interactions, elevator-speech “sound bites” and/or performance feedback, this is the group for you! For more information or to arrange a visit, please contact lakesidespeakeasy@gmail.com.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87953980417?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom Meeting ID: 879 5398 0417 – Passcode: [REDACTED]

Winter Holiday
2025-12-24 - 2025-12-25
UCOP Holiday

Winter Curtailment
2025-12-26 - 2025-12-30

New Year Holiday
2025-12-31 - 2026-01-01

Lakeside Speakeasy Toastmasters (Hybrid)
2026-01-07 12:05 - 12:55

Monthly Digital Accessibility Office Hours
2026-01-08 13:00 - 14:00
Join Ethics, Compliance, and Audit Services; the Systemwide Office for Civil Rights; and UC Legal for monthly office hours focused on digital accessibility. These sessions are an opportunity to engage with subject matter experts in technical, legal and compliance roles to exchange best practices and discuss shared challenges.
If possible, submit questions in advance to help ensure relevant subject-matter experts are available. Register here.
This event will be captioned; if you need another disability-related accommodation, please note that in your registration.

UCOP Wellbeing Monthly Lunch and Chat: Wellness Resolutions
2026-01-09 12:10 - 12:55 | Online
Take a mindful pause in your day and join us for this virtual monthly series for individual and collective wellbeing. There will be space for reflection, discussion, and real-life application.

ConnexUC, Service Now & Concur Overview
2026-01-12 10:30 - 11:00
Join the Business Resource Center Travel + Entertainment Team for a virtual overview of ConnexUC, ServiceNow and Concur. An event recording will be available for those who are unable to attend. This event is part of the Travel Thursdays Concur Workshop Series. Pre-registration is not required. Join via Zoom. For questions, please contact the BRC T&E Team at brctravelandent@ucop.edu.

Concur Training: Pre-Travel Requests
2026-01-12 14:00 - 14:30
Join the Business Resource Center Travel + Entertainment Team for a virtual overview of how to submit Pre-Travel Requests through Concur, including the process and necessary info to share. An event recording will be available for those who are unable to attend. This event is part of the Travel Thursdays Concur Workshop Series. Pre-registration is not required. Join via Zoom. For questions, please contact the BRC T&E Team at brctravelandent@ucop.edu.

Concur Training: Expense Reports
2026-01-12 14:40 - 15:10
Join the Business Resource Center Travel + Entertainment Team for a virtual overview of how to submit expense reports through Concur, including the process and necessary info to share. An event recording will be available for those who are unable to attend. This event is part of the Travel Thursdays Concur Workshop Series. Pre-registration is not required. Join via Zoom. For questions, please contact the BRC T&E Team at brctravelandent@ucop.edu.

Productivity Breakthrough: Accomplishing More with Less Stress
2026-01-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
This transformational workshop equips busy professionals with practical strategies to work smarter, reduce stress, and achieve results that matter. Participants consistently describe it as a breakthrough in how they approach their time, priorities, and energy. Through engaging exercises and proven frameworks, you’ll learn how to cut through digital overload, skillfully manage the constant flow of email, manage competing priorities with clarity. and focus on the work that drives meaningful results. In this highly interactive session, you will:
• Prioritize with clarity to focus on high-value work.
• Stay on track by reducing interruptions and distractions.
• Simplify your systems for email, calendars, and tasks.
• Organize information for quick access and less clutter.
• Build sustainable habits that boost energy and resilience.

CUCSA Town Hall: Governmental Relations
2026-01-13 11:00 - 12:00
All UC staff are invited to join the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) for their next All-Staff Town Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (PT). This virtual event will feature a presentation by the UC systemwide State and Federal Governmental Relations Offices on topics including state budget and key legislation, and an overview of the UC Advocacy Network (UCAN).
Register and submit your questions in advance through the Zoom registration link.

BSFO “I Have a Dream” Speech and Luncheon
2026-01-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Oakland, Franklin Lobby 1 + Zoom
Join UCOP-BSFO in honoring the legacy and birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at our third annual “I Have a Dream” speech and luncheon! Employees from all locations are invited to attend the virtual speech reading from 11:05 – 11:55 a.m. From 12:30 – 1 p.m., Oakland employees will enjoy remarks by our guest speaker, John Brown Childs, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology at UC Santa Cruz. Let’s lift our voices in community to spread Dr. King’s message of love, justice and unity!

BRC Community of Practice Meeting
2026-01-13 11:10 - 12:00
The Business Resource Center (BRC) invites all users to attend monthly community of practice meetings. Each session will begin with 20 minutes of announcements, updates and deadlines (anything that’s arisen since the prior meeting). The second 20-30 minutes will be a topic-themed discussion and Q&A session. Colleagues will have an opportunity to troubleshoot, share and learn best practices and solutions from the BRC and power users. To find out the current topic, or to suggest one, please contact Blaze.Farrar@ucop.edu.

GROWing Your Check In Conversations for Managers
2026-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
This workshop is the first session of a two-part series required for managers and supervisors. GROW is a popular conversation framework used around the world for problem solving, goal setting and performance improvement. This interactive session provides managers the opportunity to discuss and practice using GROW framework as a strategy and tool to support engaging employee-manager conversations.

OE Community of Practice Meeting: A Journey to ACC Form Elimination
2026-01-15 11:10 - 12:00 | https://UCOP.zoom.us/my/operational.excellence
Presenter: Natalie Gaglioti, Procurement Analyst, Local ProcurementFeatured Project: Winning Green Belt Project Presentation
How do you successfully eliminate non-value work in a complex environment like UCOP? In this session, Natalie Gaglioti walks through her award-winning Green Belt project that led to the elimination of the ACC form. She will share the problem, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and decisions that made real change possible.
In this session, you’ll see how to:

Identify and challenge work that adds little or no value
Apply Lean thinking to simplify approvals and reduce administrative burden
Navigate change with stakeholders in a regulated environment
Translate improvement tools into practical, sustainable results
Ideal for anyone interested in process improvement, Lean projects, or reducing unnecessary work across UCOP.

Join the Operational Excellence Community of Practice email list!
