Jessi Bush (right), one of two new Optum wellness specialists, will be helping Northern California UC employees, including those at UCOP, meet their wellness goals.

UC President Janet Napolitano visited the UC Berkeley campus on Feb. 13 and 14, touring research facilities and meeting with students, faculty and staff.

College Awareness Month continues this month with a talk by UCLA Dean and Professor Patricia McDonough in Franklin Lobby 1 Conference Room.

The Efficiency Review Working Group will hold a focus group, Staying Current @UCOP, on Feb. 20. Sign up through the UC Learning Center.

Six campuses are top producers of Peace Corps volunteers this year, adding to UC's long tradition of international service that began with the creation of the Peace Corps more than 50 years ago.

UCOP's newest staff affinity group, the Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA), will hold its monthly meeting this Wednesday, Feb. 19, and you are invited.

Want to help save lives? Make your appointment today to donate blood when the bloodmobile returns to UCOP on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m.

President Napolitano announced to the UCOP community on Feb. 14 that Secretary and Chief of Staff to The Regents Marsha Kelman will retire from UC on March 31.

Kathy Barton, whose term as staff advisor to the Regents ends in June, talks about her experience and how she juggles the role with her job as executive director of strategic initiatives at UC Riverside's new School of Medicine.

UC has an Information Technology Accessibility Policy and a website full of resources to promote an electronic environment that is accessible to all.

President Janet Napolitano will begin sharing monthly email messages with faculty, staff and students to help foster ongoing dialogue with the UC community.

In the works for more than two years, UCnet aims to make life easier for faculty, staff and retirees at the University of California.