- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The ANR Staff Personnel Unit (SPU) within the Office of the Associate Vice President-Business Operations is the principal department for staff personnel matters for all ANR county-based and other off-site units and provides staff personnel services in these areas:
- Classification
- Compensation
- Recruitment
- Employment
- Employee and labor relations
- Interpretation of UC system-wide personnel policies
- Collective bargaining agreements
- People Administration -- Classification Applicant Tracking System
The SPU is located on the Davis campus in the ANR Building. It has been functioning since January 2010, and on July 1,...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The Executive Working Group has been notified that ANR is receiving an increase in USDA Smith-Lever funding, and has directed these funds in FY 2010-11 to program development by advisors and program representatives. These funds will be allocated to county directors in the amount of $1,000 per advisor and $500 per program representative, regardless of their source of funding.
These funds are to be used in support of professional development expenses such as professional travel to meetings, conference registration, seminars and in-service trainings. Use of these funds will be approved by each county director.
Funds will be transferred by the Business Operations Center at Kearney to a program development account for each...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
On July 1, ANR and the Sea Grant program officially complete the transition announced last fall. Formerly called Sea Grant advisors, Jodi Cassell and Leigh Taylor Johnson will remain with ANR as coastal resources advisors. Other Sea Grant advisors – Carrie Culver, Monique Myers, Paul Olin, Carrie Pomeroy, Susan Schlosser and Rick Starr – will now be part of the Sea Grant College at UC San Diego.
Also effective July 1, Linda Marie Manton assumes her duties as executive director of staff personnel and can be reached at (530) 752-0495 and lmmanton@ucdavis.edu.
As previously announced, effective July 1, county directors report administratively to Barbara Allen-Diaz, AVP – Academic...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,
We have completed the merit and promotion cycle for 2009-2010. More than 80 actions were processed statewide for UC ANR academics.
I am grateful to the academics who served on the Senior Administrative Council (SAC) this cycle – Peggy Mauk, Linda Manton, Bill Frost, Steve Vasquez, Terry Salmon and Lucia Kaiser. This University service is extraordinary and allowed the process some stability during this time of transition.
I am working with AVP Barbara Allen-Diaz and the Executive Working Group to develop the new merit and promotion process reflecting our shared goals to maintain academic excellence, streamline the process and provide peer review input. Academic Assembly Council, the Personnel...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
SNE Strategic Initiative Draft Plan posted for review
The Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative Draft Plan is now available for review at http://ucanr.org/sites/NRCC_2010/.
People who plan on attending the ANR Natural Resources Coordinating Conference (NRCC) on June 28 – 30 should read the draft plan and come prepared to give input about it. The conference will bring together members of workgroups and special projects and Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) and Cooperative Extension (CE) academics working in the broad area of natural resources to determine how the Sustainable Natural Ecosystem (SNE) Initiative can best...
