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Update your contact info for WarnMe test Nov. 9
UC Davis plans a test next week of the WarnMe emergency alerting service. The test is scheduled to begin shortly after noon on Wednesday (Nov. 9), with electronic messages going out to students and employees on the Davis and Sacramento campuses and at other facilities. Between now and then, emergency officials urge faculty, staff and students to check to make sure that their e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers are registered with WarnMe and up to date. Some people may need to configure their computers' junk mail filters, to ensure that WarnMe messages get through to inboxes. [ More… ]
UC plans systemwide standardization of payroll and HR business practices
UC's biggest challenge in rolling out a new payroll and human resource system isn't technological, but rather the operational and cultural shift that will come with every campus and medical center, for the first time in the university's history, following a single set of standardized business policies and practices for payroll, HR and academic personnel. [ More… ]
What's new in our 'dynamic and innovative' curriculum?
UC Davis' "dynamic and innovative" curriculum now comprises 100 majors, 108 minors and 90 graduate programs, including a new major in sustainable agriculture, a new minor in human rights and a new doctoral program in communication. A new master's degree in professional accountancy is in the final stages of review, and new master's and doctoral programs in the study of religion are due in the fall of 2013. [ More… ]
Provost Hybrid Course Grant Awards available
The campus is offering $12,500 grants to support faculty members in the creation of hybrid courses, in which face-to-face instruction and activities are integrated with online instruction and activities. Interested faculty members must submit letters of intent by Nov. 10 and formal proposals by Dec. 15. [ More… ]
Sustainable winery building to be hub for environmental technology
Ground was ceremonially broken yesterday for the 8,000-square-foot Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, which will enable the adjacent winery, brewery and food-processing complex to become the first self-sustainable, zero-carbon teaching and research facility in the world. [ More… ]
Food, etc.: Extra Virginity book release; crew sells gift boxes
Tom Mueller has chosen UC Davis as the venue for the world release of his book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil. The Olive Center is hosting the event, free and open to the public, Nov. 29. ... Women's crew is selling California Harvest Gift Boxes again, with two new treats inside this year. [ More… ]
News briefs: Provost Pitts, funding workshop, shared services update, food drives, open enrollment
An open forum with UC Provost Larry Pitts is set for Wednesday (Nov. 9). … Reservations are due by Thursday (Nov. 10) for an Asia Research Funding Workshop to be held a week later. … A shared service center update will be presented at a Nov. 10 brown bag. … Two ways to donate food this holiday season. … Open enrollment is the subject of group presentations and help desk hours on the Davis and Sacramento campuses. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Holiday office closures and union notice
This directive covers the annual seasonal administrative holidays and personnel policies related to holiday office closures, along with information about mail delivery and distribution of campus directives. [ More… ]
Announcement: Call for applications for the WCAHS 2012 seed grant program
Applications for seed grants from the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 18. [ More… ]
EVENTS
10th annual Gallery Staff Show and Silent Auction
Nov. 4-Dec. 2, Craft Center, South Silo
Jewelry, glasswork, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, photography, painting, drawing, screen printing and mixed media, all handcrafted by Craft Center staff members. Proceeds from the sale benefit Craft Center programs. Closing reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2. [ More… ]
Miracle in Rwanda
Friday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center
Immaculée Ilibagiza wrote the book Left to Tell as a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Now Leslie Lewis Sword re-enacts Ilibagiza's remarkable story, in a one-woman show, as part of UC Davis' Building a More Inclusive Community campaign. [ More… ]
'The Role of Technology in Addressing Environmental and Energy Issues'
Monday, Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. talk, ARC Ballroom
Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, delivers this talk, free and open to the public. [ More… ]