Events for June 2022
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Call for Nominations Open | Career Influencer Awards
The Career Connections Center is excited to open the call for nominations for the annual University of Florida Career Influencer Awards. About the Award The University of Florida Career Influencer Awards celebrates the collaboration and innovation of our partners who have had an exceptional impact on career development and career engagements during the preceding academic […]
2022 RCR Summer Seminar Series
2022 Summer Seminar Series Research Integrity and the Responsible Conduct of Research Overview: By participating in this seminar series, participants will gain an understanding of the responsible conduct of research and an overview of the UF research enterprise. Participants may enroll in one class, the whole series, or any set of classes in any combination. All […]
3 events,
Florida Museum Special for Veterans
Florida Museum Special for Veterans
The Museum is offering free admission to veterans for Memorial Day. On May 30, veterans will receive a free value admission to the Butterfly Rainforest and Science Up Close: Fantastic Fossils exhibits. Valid forms of identification for veterans include a military ID, DD Form 214, VA card or driver’s license with a blue “V” in the bottom right corner. Veterans […]
3 events,
Faculty and Staff Weekly Yoga Class
Faculty and Staff Weekly Yoga Class
Join Kim Holton, Pd.D., instructional assistant professor for the Department of Health Education & Behavior, every Tuesday for a lunchtime yoga class! Held at Ustler Hall from 12:15 to 1 p.m., the classes are open to all faculty and staff, and are appropriate for all levels of experience. No registration is necessary. For more information […]
3 events,
Fraud Awareness Training
Fraud Awareness Training
This course is intended for anyone with tier 1, 2, or 3 fiscal responsibility. The course will define fraud, discuss the different types, and differentiate between theft and fraud. This course will also cover the types of fraud that occur most frequently at UF and outline the strategies for preventing, detecting, and reporting fraud. Pre-registration […]
4 events,
Procurement Policy – Procurement 101
Procurement Policy – Procurement 101
Purchasing 101 is an introduction and overview of the purchasing policies, regulations and statutes that govern purchasing at the University. This workshop is for requisition initiators and department approvers who work with requisitions and purchase orders. Topics covered include elements of a good quote, dollar levels for verbal and written quotes, definitions of public solicitations […]
Interviewing and Hiring
Interviewing and Hiring
The hiring process does not have to be a guessing game or a legal mine field--and this session is designed to show why and how. It seeks to help you take the uncertainty out of the hiring process. Through group participation, interactive exercises, and a video presentation, this workshop will show you how to take […]
7 events,
Speechless: Text & Image in Global Culture
Take a fascinating look at how words, aesthetics and materials have supported religious, political and socio-cultural agendas for millennia at the Harn Museum of Art. The Speechless exhibition looks at the use of words within art, covering a range of cultures and periods from BCE to the 21st century. Throughout human history, texts within art […]
Leveraging Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership
Leveraging Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership
Participants will define Emotional Intelligence (EI) as a leadership and management competency, building upon a model for emotional and social competency. At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify how emotional intelligence affects leadership and will have generated ideas and next steps to leverage their emotional intelligence in the workplace for […]
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy – Search Committee – Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy – Search Committee – Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
Name of Meeting UF Dean, College of Pharmacy - Search Committee - Candidate First Round Panel Interviews Date 06/07/2022 Start Time 01:00 pm End Time 04:00 pm Location https://wittkieffer.zoom.us/j/97275322573?pwd=MlNQTk5tQjRiaXBSRVgrYVZkVHdrUT09 Contact Name Amanda Munroe Email amanda.munroe@ufl.edu
Email Effectiveness
Email Effectiveness
Do you control your email or does your email control you? Is email the best communication tool? Most of us spend a good part of our day using this powerful medium. Often we sort through emails with content that would have been better communicated via the phone, in-person, in a chat or in a virtual […]
6 events,
Managing Hidden Biases that Affect the Hiring Process
Managing Hidden Biases that Affect the Hiring Process
This course is designed for faculty and staff who hire new employees. Explore unconscious bias and how it affects the recruitment and hiring process. You will learn recruitment strategies to expand your applicant pool and ways to improve your resume review and interviewing process. You will expand the talent on your team when you apply […]
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 2 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 2 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
Name of Meeting UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 2 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews Date 06/08/2022 Start Time 09:00 am End Time 04:00 pm Location https://wittkieffer.zoom.us/j/96620134258?pwd=M1l3WnFqYUVTZWdKWEpSU1BjbCtoUT09 Contact Name Amanda Munroe Email amanda.munroe@ufl.edu
The Multitasking Mirage—Find Your Focus, Flow, and Finish Line
The Multitasking Mirage—Find Your Focus, Flow, and Finish Line
The research is overwhelming—our brains aren’t built for multitasking. When we constantly juggle various cognitive tasks, we experience decreased productivity, impaired cognitive ability, increased stress, and diminished creativity—all of which reduce us to fractions of the effective professionals we are capable of being. Many professionals surrender to a frantic and unfocused workstyle out of the […]
6 events,
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 3 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 3 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews
Name of Meeting UF Dean, College of Pharmacy | Day 3 Search Committee / Candidate First Round Panel Interviews Date 06/09/2022 Start Time 09:00 am End Time 03:00 pm Location https://wittkieffer.zoom.us/j/92137085795?pwd=VWVWVk9EMlFwZEMrdVNFM2pCRkl4QT09 Contact Name Amanda Munroe Email amanda.munroe@ufl.edu
Powerful Public Speaking
Powerful Public Speaking
Have you ever been in a meeting or making a presentation and wished you had prepared more fully? Has stage fright ever had an impact on your effectiveness? This program can help! Attend this program and learn how to: Reduce stage fright; Deliver with professionalism; and Apply the basics of public speaking by focusing on […]
Museum Nights: Beyond Words
Museum Nights: Beyond Words
Join the Harn Museum of Art after hours for transformative poetry and insightful tours. Enjoy music by DJ Wax Atom and activities that engage all the senses featuring the new exhibition, Speechless: Text and Image in Global Culture. Dopenmic will also provide a creative open mic session under the motto: come to understand, stay to […]
6 events,
Autism & UF Conference
This FREE two-day conference will consist of a series of sessions on a variety of topics related to current research and intervention in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
HR 101 for Beginners: What Everyone Needs to Know about Human Resources
HR 101 for Beginners: What Everyone Needs to Know about Human Resources
This course provides a practical introduction and guide to fair and legal employment practices at UF. This course is ideal for individuals interested in human resources, serving in supervisory positions, or interested in becoming a supervisor. This course folds in the most pertinent laws and policies involving basic human resource practices and impacting our employees. […]
Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group
Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group
Every 2nd Friday of each month at Noon ET/ 11 a.m. CT To register and for more information, please call 800.272.3900 Facilitator: Jana Unislawski of UF Memory Disorder Clinic. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom Build a support system with who understand. Alzheimer Association® support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for […]
4 events,
The New Manager
The New Manager
Being a new manager has its challenges--whether it's a result of being new to a work unit, shifting from peer to supervisor, or just being new to management in general. Attend this workshop to learn how to manage that transition successfully.The workshop also will provide a useful framework for establishing your role as a UF […]
4 events,
Planning/Priorities/Delegation
Planning/Priorities/Delegation
"It takes too much time to plan--besides, I've been successful so far without planning." "Everything I have to do is important." Sound familiar? In today's work environment, supervisors often are bombarded with simply too much to do. And, while it is true that we don't have enough time to do it all--it is equally true […]
Are Nutrient Deficiencies Contributing to Your Pain?
Are Nutrient Deficiencies Contributing to Your Pain?
Are nutrient deficiencies contributing to your pain? Date: June 14, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m. Registration: https://rebrand.ly/nutrient Event description: A free pain management webinar for adults ages 50+ and their caregivers on understanding the connection between your diet and pain, presented by Monisha Bhanote, MD, FCAP, the founder of the Holistic Wellbeing Collective. Visit […]
6 events,
Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Leadership
We know that leaders have a significant impact on creating a culture of inclusiveness within a team or department. In this session, we will explore the foundational elements of inclusive leadership. What does it look like? How does the leader cultivate her or his own inclusiveness and, even more important, create a team environment where […]
Course and Academic Room Scheduling
Course and Academic Room Scheduling
This Pro3 workshop will introduce key concepts surrounding course scheduling at the University of Florida. In this session, the schedule calendar will be discussed and an overview of relevant web screens will be provided. Additionally, participants will learn how to schedule classroom space, the final exam requirement, and instructors. Use of web-based templates also will […]
Documentary Films in China
Documentary Films in China
Asian Faculty and Staff Association would like to invite you to a talk on - Documentary Films in China: The Curse of the Terracotta Warriors Discovering the Kingdom of Women Crossing the Yalu river In this talk, Professor Roberts will share with us his latest films on the terracotta warriors in the context of social […]
5 events,
Leading a Team
Leading a Team
Effective managers create and cultivate collaboration and teamwork in order for their unit to reach its full potential. In this session, we will discuss tactics managers can use to build a collaborative team. Specifically, we will look at team development from a manager perspective and how to facilitate decisions that everyone can commit to by […]
Managing Up
Managing Up
Supervisors are expected to manage their employees. However, has it occurred to you that you have the power to influence the way you interact with your boss and “manage up?” The relationship you have with your supervisor impacts you in many ways including work/life integration, productivity, professional development, promotion, and your own well-being. Managing up […]
Sea Turtle Day Celebration at Cypress and Grove
Sea Turtle Day Celebration at Cypress and Grove
Join the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) and the UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16 to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day at Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. Topic: Sea turtles: Where are they, what are their roles, and what is affecting them? Speakers: Alexandra […]
4 events,
GAU Bargaining
GAU Bargaining
Name of Meeting GAU Bargaining Date 06/17/2022 Start Time 09:00 am End Time 10:00 am Location https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88023233489 Contact Name Brook Mercier Email bmercier@ufl.edu
Research Day: CTSI and MD-PhD Program
Research Day: CTSI and MD-PhD Program
Join us to celebrate the research of MD-PhD students, and CTSI trainees, scholars and pilot awardees representing multiple departments and colleges across the University of Florida. This event will feature a keynote presentation from Eric Nelson, MD, PhD, FAAP titled "Global Health Comes Home: Pediatric Health Equity from the perspective of a Physician Scientist." This […]
4 events,
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Does the thought of giving someone candid feedback back make you uncomfortable? Is being on the receiving end of feedback something you dread? Whether you are the giver or the receiver, feedback is NOT an easy thing to do! Learn how to deliver direct and caring feedback, discuss ways to seek input and feedback from […]
Embracing the Growth Mindset
Embracing the Growth Mindset
Explore how a Growth Mindset can encourage continuous improvement and innovation. This perspective can free people to think creatively and hold themselves accountable for their results. Experience a life-changing way of tackling work-related problems. In this session, we’ll: Define the growth and fixed mindset; Identify why and how we learn from failure; and Discuss strategies […]
4 events,
Hiring Graduate Assistants and Fellows
Hiring Graduate Assistants and Fellows
This session is designed to increase participants' understanding of the requirements (eligibility and paperwork), processes, and steps involved in hiring a Graduate Assistant or Pre- or Post-Doc Fellow. The session reviews requirements and paperwork (for GAs and Fellows), discusses and demonstrates ePAF (for GAs), and also discusses and demonstrates the Letter of Appointment (for GAs […]
Course and Academic Room Scheduling
Course and Academic Room Scheduling
This Pro3 workshop will introduce key concepts surrounding course scheduling at the University of Florida. In this session, the schedule calendar will be discussed and an overview of relevant web screens will be provided. Additionally, participants will learn how to schedule classroom space, the final exam requirement, and instructors. Use of web-based templates also will […]
4 events,
Cultivating Judgment: Critical thinking skills for complex work environments
Cultivating Judgment: Critical thinking skills for complex work environments
Things change rapidly and continually at work which requires us to address unanticipated, uncertain, time-pressured and complex problems and decisions. In this session we will consider how critical thinking, along with self-awareness and understanding of the mental shortcuts we often, and unknowingly, take can be integrated into a process to help cultivate good judgment. Pre-registration […]
Making Meetings Work
Making Meetings Work
How many meetings have you attended or conducted where they just seemed like wasted time? Well, no more! Attend this workshop to learn techniques for planning and facilitating effective meetings. This workshop counts as an elective in the Supervisory Challenge certificate program. Pre-registration required in myTraining. A link to Zoom will be sent to registered […]
3 events,
Create Presentation Visuals Worthy of the TED Stage
Create Presentation Visuals Worthy of the TED Stage
Imagine you are giving the best presentation of your career. Your verbal delivery is captivating and masterfully choreographed with slide visuals and props that are attention grabbing, easy to understand, and even moving. This is what it means to use presentation visuals in a way that is “worthy of the TED stage.” In this course, […]
4 events,
Take Charge of Change
Take Charge of Change
Change happens. It is a real, concrete, often stressful fact of life. Do you ever wish that change would go away--or at least slow down? If so, this class is for you. During this course, participants will: Examine the initial normal reactions to change; Explore ways to overcome resistance to change; and Prepare a personal […]
Guide to OPS Employment for UF Administrators
Guide to OPS Employment for UF Administrators
This workshop is designed to Increase participants' understanding of Other Personnel Services (OPS) employment at UF so they may manage the appointment processes associated with these employees more effectively and ensure other relevant guidelines are followed. This workshop will introduce concepts surrounding OPS appointments and will discuss general OPS employment, student employment, and Academic OPS. […]
5 events,
Guide to Faculty Appointments
Guide to Faculty Appointments
This workshop is designed to increase participants' understanding of the faculty appointment, recruitment, and hiring process. In the session, faculty appointments and titles will be covered, including appointment status modifiers and administrative titles. The faculty recruitment process will be explained. Additionally, information about required paperwork when completing a range of transactions on behalf of OPS, […]
Quality Customer Service
Quality Customer Service
We all have customers--The question is "Do we serve them well?" In this workshop, participants will identify customer expectations, review assertive communication as a key component of quality customer service, and discuss common customer service interactions and how to improve them. Pre-registration required in myTraining. A link to Zoom will be sent to registered participants. […]