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Register for the UC ANR Statewide Conference
Registration is now open for the UC ANR Statewide Conference 2023 being held April 24-27 at the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center. The conference theme is “Growing Our Future Together, Aligning Strengths for California's Success.”
Vice President Glenda Humiston invites all UC ANR employees and affiliates to join her in Fresno as we begin to map the road to 2040 – envisioning UC ANR's role in advancing the health, success and sustainability of this unique and bountiful state we all call home.
Register at https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023
All UC ANR personnel are invited and encouraged to participate:
Programmatic and administrative staff: Everyone in ANR, including community educators, assistants, superintendents, directors – all roles and positions
County-funded staff: Everyone employed through county governments in Cooperative Extension offices or other ANR locations
Academics: UC Cooperative Extension advisors, specialists, academic coordinators and administrators, and Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) faculty
Staff members, please discuss your participation with your supervisor, county director or program director/manager and obtain their approval.
Before registering, please visit the website to review the program. You will be required to select the events and conference sessions in which you will participate. Also, check the travel tips on estimating travel funds and the travel approval process. Note: If you take too long, the registration system will kick you out and make you start over from the beginning.
Commonly asked questions are posted at https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023/FAQs.
Make your lodging reservations now at DoubleTree by Hilton Fresno Convention Center or nearby hotels.
For more information, visit the UC ANR Statewide Conference 2023 website at https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023 or contact UC ANR Program Support at (530) 750-1361.
Poster and exhibit proposals for UC ANR Statewide Conference due Dec. 9
All UC ANR academics, programmatic and administrative staff and county-funded staff are invited to join leadership at the UC ANR Statewide Conference in Fresno as we begin to map UC ANR's path in advancing the health, success and sustainability of this unique and bountiful state by 2040.
This year's conference will include two evenings of posters and table exhibits (Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25) accompanied by a strolling dinner. If you would like to showcase your research and extension program or project for selected external VIPs and your UC ANR colleagues, please complete the following form by Friday, Dec. 9: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=38873.
All proposals will be reviewed by the conference Learning & Poster Sessions Committee; notifications of acceptance with further instructions will be emailed in January 2023. For more information, contact the planning teams at anrswc@ucanr.edu.
Save the date for UC ANR statewide conference on April 24–27
The 2023 UC ANR statewide conference will be held on April 24–27 at the Fresno DoubleTree and Fresno Convention Center in Fresno. Please mark your calendars and plan to join your UC ANR colleagues.
For the first time since 2018, ANR academics and staff from across the state will gather to share best practices on how to elevate and amplify their research, extension and education efforts.
The conference is also the official kickoff to UC ANR's 2025-2040 visioning process. We will begin identifying the challenges facing California and set a course detailing how we can more effectively address them over 15 years.
For more information, please visit the conference website at https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023.
If you would like to propose a presentation, fill out the request form at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=38880. All suggestions will be evaluated by the Learning & Poster Session Committee.
For more information, visit https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023.
ANR Statewide Conference reaches maximum capacity
“At this point, we are accepting applications to attend because we're exceeding capacity of the facility,” said Sherry Cooper, director of Program Support Unit. “New registrations will not be confirmed until you receive an email or phone call confirming your registration, so please wait for confirmation before making travel plans.”
Among those registered are 145 UC Cooperative Extension advisors, 71 UCCE specialists, 26 academic coordinators and administrators, 20 Agricultural Experiment Station faculty members and nearly 350 administrative and programmatic staff.
The President's Advisory Commission will meet on Monday afternoon and PAC members have been invited to stay to hear California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross speak Monday evening, ANR leaders discuss “Charting a Sustainable Future for ANR,” and President Janet Napolitano speak on Tuesday.
The agriculture and natural resources industry leaders who serve on PAC will also join ANR members Tuesday morning to listen to keynote speaker Antwi Akom, UCSF and SFSU professor and founding director of Social Innovation and Urban Opportunity Lab (SOUL) and co-founder and CEO of Streetwyze. His talk is titled “Race, Space, Place and Waste: How Innovation, Education, and Inspiration Can Fearlessly Catalyze California Towards Becoming the World's Leader in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management.”
If you plan to tweet about the ANR Statewide Conference, the hashtag is #UCANRconf2018.
Learning and development update: Register for ANR Statewide Conference
When: April 9-12, 2018
Where: Ontario, California DoubleTree Inn
All ANR academics and staff are invited. Non-academic employees need to discuss and obtain approval from their supervisors, county directors or program managers before registering or making travel arrangements.
See and hear what your colleagues (staff and academics) across UC ANR are doing and share your own work during this multi-day event. Discover what's new in Extension and Agriculture Experiment Station research. Engage with leaders of the University of California and interact with invited leaders of peer organizations across the state. Network with colleagues and cultivate new partnerships and new ideas.
ANR pays for your attendance. You will provide an estimate for your travel and lodging when you register and will get an approval or a resubmit from Program Support.
To register or to get more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2018.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORIENTATION FOR NEW ACADEMICS AND STAFF
When: May 23, 2018, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: ANR Building Davis, 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95618
Who should attend: New Academics and Staff
Registration: Will open in March
More information can be found at http://ucanr.edu/sites/orientations/Administrative_Orientations.
UC PEOPLE CONFERENCE
When: Aug. 7-9, 2018
Where: UCLA Luskin Center
Who: ANR People Managers who have completed the UC Performance Management Series Certificate (UC Learning Center). (Browse course titles and codes here).
Cost: ANR will be sponsoring fees, travel, and lodging for several ANR People Managers. Managers must complete the Series by June 26, 2018 and can apply for funds here.
The UC People Management Conference brings together leaders from across the UC network to learn about current management topics, exchange best practices, collaborate with their peers, and continue their development and growth as UC people managers and leaders. This year's conference will explore the importance of cultural change. After an unforgettable two days of learning, inspiration and fun, participants will walk away re-energized with knowledge, connections, and tools to help them achieve their goals and maximize their teams' full potential.
NEW! ANR ONBOARDING BUDDY GUIDE
People Managers: Could you use some help onboarding your new hire? Do you have a star employee that could introduce your new employee to the rest of your team and others at your location? How about someone to share the workplace culture, safety plans, ANR Collaborative Tools, ANR processes and procedures...and more.?
If yes, read the ANR Onboarding Buddy Guide and think of sharing this guide with your next onboarding buddy.
LYNDA FEATURE
Leading and Working in Teams
Organizations thrive or fail to thrive based on how well the teams within those organizations work. If you want to know what it takes to create a high-performing team, complete the course “Leading and Working in Teams”.
Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmonson reveals how high performance arises when teams are encouraged to take risks, fail, and learn from those failures, a process she calls “teaming.” Learn more here.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL WEBINARS
The annual performance appraisal is an opportunity for staff and supervisors to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities to build skills, and align individual efforts to high-level unit and division goals. Take time in the next month to review and reflect on the past year, and plan your future work with your supervisor.
The staff performance review period runs from April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018. An annual appraisal should be completed for all ANR staff employees, including represented and non-represented, career and contract employees with at least six months of service as of March 31, 2018.
The recommended first step for the process is for employees to complete a Summary of Accomplishments. This year ANR supervisors have the option to have their staff prepare a self-appraisal in lieu of the summary of accomplishments using the 2017-18 Employee Performance Appraisal Form.
Upcoming webinars
ANR Human Resources will host Zoom webinars for staff and supervisors during the month of March. Please hold one of these dates/times on your calendar. (Zoom meeting details will be sent prior to the first session.)
Employee Role: March 1, Thursday, 10 a.m.–11 a.m.
Employee Role: March 14, Wednesday, 3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Supervisor Role: March 23, Friday, 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Supervisor Role: March 28, Wednesday, 1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
If you are a supervisor, you only need to participate in a supervisor session.
For those unable to join a live session, the sessions will be recorded and posted on the ANR HR website http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRSPU/Supervisor_Resources/Performance_Management.
More information about the annual process, including timelines, guidelines and Performance Appraisal Tools are available on the ANR Human Resources website http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRSPU/Supervisor_Resources/Performance_Management.
Note: ANR staff based at the Office of the President will follow the UCOP-HR performance process with separate trainings, timelines and forms.
If you have questions regarding the appraisal process, please contact Mary Vlandis at maroberts@ucanr.edu or Jodi Rosenbaum at jrosenbaum@ucanr.edu.
