This workshop, facilitated by highly rated trainer Raj Kapur, helps students to recognize the critical importance of having a clear, shared understanding of a project at the outset by creating a comprehensive project charter, or the decision document that authorizes the project to move into…

For many, public speaking and giving formal and informal presentations can be uncomfortable and daunting. Luckily, delivery skills ca be practiced and improved on with each presentation. This two session course will focus on identifying anxieties about presenting and how to prepare for them, explore…

Join the President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW) for a Women’s History Month event featuring Michele Bratcher Goodwin, S.J.D., chancellor’s professor and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine.

Language is an incredibly powerful resource and motivator. It is a medium through which we make our intentions, values, and beliefs known to others. As leaders, the language we use can make the difference between a high functioning and positive environment, to high turnover on…

Are you interested in connecting with others while learning about a new culture? Join the Latinx Staff Association and OP Staff Assembly to participate in a cultural exchange. Over the course of a week, small teams will assemble to gather fun facts about various cultures.…

Join UCOP colleagues in sharing photos of your pets (or enjoying others’ pets), then participate in a Zoom treasure hunt for prizes!

Join the Latinx Staff Association for a discussion with Juan Sánchez Muñoz, chancellor of the University of California, Merced.

Join the BRC for a review of fiscal close policies and procedures, including: Fiscal close calendar Journals Invoices and PCard orders Accruals and deferrals Business travel & entertainment Cost transfers Open commitments Requisitions Encumbrances Purchase Orders This event will take place in Broadway Conference Room…

This workshop, facilitated by highly rated trainer Raj Kapur, helps students to recognize the critical importance of having a clear, shared understanding of a project at the outset by creating a comprehensive project charter, or the decision document that authorizes the project to move into…

Join UCOP senior leadership and Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders for a light breakfast networking event in Franklin Lobby 1 on our first anchor day. ERG leaders will share information about their groups and how to participate. Stop by and introduce yourself! Learn more about…

Join the Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association and Black Staff and Faculty Organization for an afternoon movie session featuring "Hidden Figures," a film about three female African-American mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race. The movie, which is based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the…

Advance your Excel skills with learning Power Pivot. In this class you will: Become familiar with the PowerPivot application and import data. Manipulate data in a PowerPivot worksheet. Create reports using PowerPivot data. Use DAX functions in PowerPivot. Distribute PowerPivot Data. Participants must attend both…

Join colleagues for board games, coffee and breakfast pastries.

The Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association will show the animated film, "Turning Red," followed by a discussion. Starring Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh, this movie is a coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old who suddenly “poofs” into a giant red panda when she gets too excited, as…

In this instructor-led training on the Staff Talent Evaluation Process (STEP), we will expand on the materials presented in the STEP Fundamentals for Employees eCourse by going into detail on the first stage of STEP, called Define Criteria. You will practice writing goals, review strategies…

Have an urge to churn out your favorite tune? Ever wondered how “Love Shack” can be sung virtually? Come join us and learn! Instructions are easy to follow, and we won’t record (unless you ask us to).

Come join the Native American, Indigenous and Pacific Islander Staff Association (with support from APISA) for a virtual watch party of "Te Ata," a movie about Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. This…

Have you ever seen the monthly staff assembly virtual bingo and wondered what it’s about? Come join an exclusive virtual session (complete with prizes) offered only to UCOP employees before lunch! The session will be hosted by UC Riverside Staff Assembly Director of Finance Penni…

Throughout the past week, you’ve had an opportunity to meet new colleagues and explore UCOP’s culture. Now tell us what you learned! Those who signed up for the LaSA/OPSA Cultural Exchange on Monday will share their findings.

Starting a new job or new location can be daunting. The UCOP New Employee Orientation is designed to facilitate a smooth transition to the organization and is offered in person every month at the UCOP Broadway building in Oakland. Topics include: • University of California and…

Advance your Excel skills with learning Power Pivot. In this class you will: Become familiar with the PowerPivot application and import data. Manipulate data in a PowerPivot worksheet. Create reports using PowerPivot data. Use DAX functions in PowerPivot. Distribute PowerPivot Data. Participants must attend both…

The Central Travel Office received a tremendous response to our annual survey and we invite you to join us for this session where will share the survey results and valuable feedback received.

The People Leaders Forum is a monthly opportunity for people managers to connect with one another to develop leadership skills, build community, share best practices, swap strategies for navigating current challenges and learn to better support themselves and their teams. Upcoming Topics  April 14: Difficult…

This annual flagship UC tech community event, now in its fourteenth year, is open to faculty and staff from the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges. The agenda, including presentations and panel discussions, features leading cybersecurity experts from across the University…

A training experience focusing on disrupting racial bias and anti-blackness, increasing awareness of institutional, structural, and systemic inequity through race, and applying this information to increase leadership skills at all levels. Leaders will examine the ways in which their own biases have a huge structural…

We will review the complexity of the entire travel program and how the many layers are connected, from the ConnexUC portal, to the agencies, to campus responsibilities and more.

Want to know how to securely store sensitive data in Box? Interested in how to get data into Box via email or URL? Sign up for this advanced Box class and we will cover a wide range of topics including setting up alerts to monitor…

Join the Sustainability Employee Resource Group (SERG) for an Earth Week event, celebrating the research and insights into our ever-changing and complicated relationship with water in the state of California. Featured speakers include Erik Porse, Ph.D., director of the California Institute for Water Resources, UC…

Melissa Collins, Program Manager for Security, Risk and Resilience, will facilitate this 30-minute live virtual class that will provide basic safety tips to help employees feel informed, alert, and safe as they travel to and from the workplace. Extra time will be allotted for questions…

This is the workshop that participants describe as transformational. If you want to make breakthroughs in your time management, respond instead of react to today's demanding work environment, and establish sustainable practices that will help you effectively manage the information and task overload, you have…

Celebrate Records Management Month by joining the Records Management Team for a hybrid an afternoon tea and open house. We would love to discuss retention, OnBase, storage, tea flavors, pets, and many more things with you! Questions are welcome. If you are able to attend…

Join UCOP senior leaders and your colleagues for our second light breakfast networking event. Breakfast items will be packaged in a way so there are no shared serving utensils and so they can be enjoyed while networking with your peers. Hand sanitizers and sanitation supplies…

Join the UCOP Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA) for the inaugural UC Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Symposium at UCOP, “Our Voices Are Your Voices.” This free symposium will feature remarks from President Drake, a UCOP panel, refreshments, networking and community-building. Advance registration is…

In this session, you will learn powerful techniques that can help save significant time, better manipulate and format presentations, convey information in a compelling way, and collaborate with others more effectively. What will be covered? : Formatting tips ranging from dozens of navigation and formatting…

To help provide a better understanding of the selection process, the UCOP Latinx Staff Association (LaSA) invites you to join a Charla de la Tarde — afternoon chat — focused on the ins and outs of choosing the right student financial aid package. Apri Medina, Ph.D., associate director of…

Join UC Riverside Staff Assembly’s Director of Finance Penni Ebina and Special Guest Board Members for Monthly Virtual Bingo! The event will also include participants from UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UCSF. There will be two virtual sessions: A matinee session,…

Join the BRC for a review of fiscal close policies and procedures, including: Fiscal close calendar Journals Invoices and PCard orders Accruals and deferrals Business travel & entertainment Cost transfers Open commitments Requisitions Encumbrances Purchase Orders

A training experience focusing on disrupting racial bias and anti-blackness, increasing awareness of institutional, structural, and systemic inequity through race, and applying this information to increase leadership skills at all levels. Leaders will examine the ways in which their own biases have a huge structural…

UC’s contracts with major airlines, some hotels and specific car rental companies include discounts, but many also have travel perks and this session will explore how to find and take advantage of them.

The OP Staff Assembly (OPSA), in collaboration with UCOP Learning & Development, invites you to hear from valued UCOP managers as they share their journeys and best practices in navigating teams in today’s work environment. Panelist will share insights into how they build and lead…

Melissa Collins, Program Manager for Security, Risk and Resilience, will facilitate this live virtual class in which participants will learn skills and strategies to respond if exposed to active attacker situations. The course will review real-life incidents and discuss options in the event of potential…

Microsoft Excel has hundreds of features and hundreds of functions. Getting the right feature, at the right time, used in the right way, in the right sequence is very often a problem. In this three-hour session you will become aware of a few core Excel…

Have you been curious about Design Thinking and want to learn more? This hands-on workshop includes an overview of the design thinking process and leaves you equipped with the key design thinking concepts and techniques that you can apply right away.

UC graduate students spend years on their thesis. Can they explain it in just three minutes? Watch Grad Slam at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 5, and vote for your favorite 3-minute talk.