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President Drake approves 2024-25 salary increases

Contingent on final state funding, the systemwide salary program includes a 4.2% salary increase for policy-covered staff and academic appointees.


Prioritize your mental health with expert-led workshops

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, so it's a perfect time to make your mental health a priority.


Michelle Deutchman and Paulette Granberry Russell

SpeechMatters podcast tackles the impact of dismantling DEI in higher ed

The SpeechMatters podcast discusses the impacts of legislative attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, officers and trainings.


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Take your career to the next level with design thinking

Learn how design thinking can build your ability to think creatively and work collaboratively to solve problems.


Sunaina Keonaona Kale

How reggae came to Hawai‘i

One UC scholar is exploring how reggae, with its close ties to the struggle for Afro-Jamaican freedom from colonialism, got so big in Hawai‘i.


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UC Moves starts this week: Here’s how to join

From May 6 through 31, you're invited to represent UCOP in a fun, systemwide week-by-week movement and activity challenge.


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UCOP Tableau User Group announces May speakers

Join the UCOP Tableau User Group — a community of UCOP staff interested in building and sharing their Tableau skills.


Shout-Out for Veeresham Merugu and Swapna Rachamalla

Michelle Baniqued is grateful to Veeresham and Swapna for making a huge impact in systems processing time.


OPSA members at the CUCSA reception hosted at The Barn at UC Riverside. From left to right: Lisa Smith, Angela Porras-Weydemuller, Mahjabeen Yucekul, Giselle Jose, Tom Myers and Danielle Gunkel

Apply to join the OPSA Steering Committee

Help make UCOP an even better place to work by joining your colleagues on the Office of the President Staff Assembly Steering Committee.