Dear Colleagues,
Please join me in welcoming Maya Maniar as the Interim Director of PSU's new Internal Research, Extension & Programmatic Events function!
In early December, I sent a communication about the reorganization of UC ANR's Program Support Unit (PSU) into two subunits: 1) External & Executive Events and 2) Internal Research, Extension & Programmatic Events. Each subunit will be led by a separate director. This realignment is intended to ensure that PSU is optimally resourced and structured to support UC ANR's diverse needs and growing demands for events support. The new structure will officially go into effect Jan. 22, 2024.
Sherry Cooper will be the director of the External & Executive Events subunit, managing all high-profile, executive-level events. She will continue to provide guidance and mentoring to the PSU team as needed. We will be conducting a search for a new director to lead the Internal Research, Extension & Programmatic Events function, and Maya will serve as Interim Director while we are working through the search process.
Maya comes to us with extensive events management experience, including oversight of Broadway productions and large-scale festivals. A California native, Maya is temporarily relocating to Davis from New York. We are so fortunate to have found someone with exceptional events and team management skills who was also available to provide daily on-site support and leadership to the PSU team during this transition period. Maya's first day in the Second Street office will be this Thursday, Jan. 18. Please stop by and welcome her when you are in the building!
UC ANR is very fortunate to have an outstanding Program Support Unit and I have no doubt that during this transition the entire team will continue to provide the same exceptional customer service and support for which they are known. Please continue to send all meeting/event requests using PSU's online form: https://ucanr.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0qY3nrex7360RWS and you may continue to communicate with the existing PSU mailbox: ANRProgramSupport@ucanr.edu.
Please reach out to me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Kathy
Kathy Eftekhari, Ph.D.
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to let you know about some new and exciting changes within UC ANR's Program Support Unit.
The PSU team is integral to UC ANR's mission delivery and is a highly sought-after service partner. As the UC ANR organization has grown, so too has the demand for assistance with both in-person and virtual events, conferences, meetings, symposia, tours, trainings, etc. To ensure that this unit is optimally resourced and structured to support growing demands, we engaged a consultant to undertake a full organizational review including a benchmarking study of events management teams across the UC system. Based on those findings and recommendations, PSU will be restructured so that it is aligned to better serve UC ANR's diverse needs. The unit will now be divided into two sub-units: 1) External & Executive Events, and 2) Internal Research, Extension & Programmatic Events. Each sub-unit will be led by a separate director. This new structure will go into effect Jan. 22, 2024.
I am very pleased to announce that Sherry Cooper will be the director of the External & Executive Events sub-unit. This function will focus on managing all high-profile external and executive events, including those generated directly through UC ANR's Vice President's office, those involving elected officials, UC Regents, the President's Advisory Commission on ANR, the UC ANR Governing Council, foundations, the Rosenburg Forum and other external affairs. This new role will also allow Sherry to apply her extensive experience and knowledge across the system on a variety of strategic projects.
Given Sherry's transition into this new role, we will begin a search later this month for a new director to lead the Research, Extension & Programmatic Events function. The rest of the PSU team will be aligned under this sub-unit and will continue to focus on events that are requested by UC ANR administrative offices, statewide programs or institutes, RECs, county offices, UCCE personnel, etc.
Although Sherry will undoubtedly have a full plate in her new role, she will continue to be part of PSU and will remain a valuable resource to the team as questions arise. PSU will continue to report to me.
UC ANR is very fortunate to have an outstanding Program Support Unit and I have no doubt that during this transition, the entire team will continue to provide the same exceptional customer service and support for which they are known. Please continue to send all meeting/event requests using PSU's online form: https://ucanr.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0qY3nrex7360RWS and you may continue to communicate with the existing PSU mailbox: ANRProgramSupport@ucanr.edu.
Please reach out to me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Kathy Eftekhari, Ph.D.
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Are you planning on hosting a Zoom workshop? ANR's Program Support Unit (PSU) staff are ready to help you with registration, management, recording and posting of your online events. Email your event details to anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu or contact Sherry Cooper at (530) 750-1256.
UC ANR Zoom https://ucanr.edu/zoom - This website to contains instructions on getting started with Zoom, including hardware you may need.
Zoom training resources - Zoom's support center offers live training webinars as well as video tutorials.
More tips on how to host an effective virtual workshop or meeting via Zoom are currently being developed and will be posted soon.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
ANR business and office managers and assistants, IGIS (Robert Johnson, Sean Hogan and Shane Feirer) Program Support (Sherry Cooper) and Learning & Development (Jodi Azulai) collaborated to bring you this tool so that you can identify ANR training, workshop and meeting spaces across the state and identify information about:
- Number of rooms in facility
- Room capacity
- Room arrangement availabilities
- Accessibility
- Parking availability
- Nearest airports
- Local lodging information
- Catering recommendations
- Who to contact to reserve your location
- And other details
By using this map, you can also alleviate our very busy Program Support Unit and work directly with the location contact to help you reserve room(s). We would appreciate if you check out the information on your locations and see if you can provide us with any new details! To do so, contact Jodi Azulai at jlazulai@ucanr.edu or Robert Johnson at robjohnson@ucanr.edu.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Everyone who moved into the new ANR building located at 2801 Second Street in Davis has a new phone number. Before calling them, please check the ANR directory for their new phone numbers. Email addresses remain unchanged.
- 4-H Foundation
- 4-H Youth Development Program
- Academic Personnel Unit
- Business Operations Center
- Communication Services and Information Technology
- Contracts and Grants
- Development Services
- Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
- Facilities Planning and Management
- Risk & Safety Services
- Integrated Pest Management Program
- Master Gardener Program
- Program Planning and Evaluation Unit
- Program Support Unit
- Research and Extension Center Administrative Office
- Staff Personnel Unit
- Western IPM Center
- Youth, Families and Communities Administrative Office
If you haven’t been in the new building, Steve Heindl gives a virtual tour of the transition from roller skating rink to LEED-certified offices at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ht47V3GZEY&feature=youtu.be.
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