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Posts Tagged: August 2018
Learning and development opportunities
Register for new administrative academic and staff orientation
UC ANR employees – academics and staff – who have not participated in an administrative orientation in the past should register for the UC ANR Administrative Orientation for New Employees.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
UC ANR Building, 2801 Second St., Davis, CA 95618
Register now at http://ucanr.edu/sites/orientations/Administrative_Orientations/Registration_-_New_Employee_Orientation_Administrative.
Come to be welcomed and
- Learn about ANR's vision and mission
- Learn about ANR structure and individual programs and units
- Interact with ANR leadership and directors
- Meet and network with new colleagues from around the state
- Get answers to burning questions about health benefits, AggieTravel and more
Priority will be given to those hired by ANR within the past year.
UC People Conference is highly recommended
ANR academic and staff employees returned energized from the second annual systemwide UC People Management Conference. Their participation was sponsored by ANR Learning & Development funds. Here is what a few of them shared about their experience:
Russell Hill, 4-H Youth Development Program advisor, UCCE Merced:
"This systemwide People Management Conference exceeded my expectations. With opportunities to participate in workshops, listen to panel discussions, and listen to keynote speakers who all tied in what it is to be a people manager and how to improve our skills, I HIGHLY recommend others attend."
Leah Sourbeer, Community Nutrition Program supervisor, UCCE Contra Costa:
"I appreciated the positive perspectives presented by the inspiring speakers. Topics such as creating a positive culture, using emotional intelligence in management, bringing out the best in staff, and how to lead staff in career development were some of the things that most resonated with me. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to attend and would love the chance to attend again in the future."
Javier Miramontes, Community Nutrition Program supervisor, UCCE Fresno:
"The UC people management conference was a great experience to learn from colleagues throughout the UC system about their knowledge, resources and skills they incorporate into their management style. I was able to attend workshops that focused on empowering and growing as a leader and using emotional intelligence and mindfulness to create a positive work culture that will in turn promote staff productivity."
Maria Fernandez, Database Administrator, Development Services:
"The conference was great, and I am grateful to have been able to attend. The theme was Culture Change: Grow – Empower – Lead. The keynote speakers were amazing – Robert Richman from Zappos.com spoke about culture hacking and Vincent Martinez spoke about shape culture: accelerate change. Our own Glenda Humiston, along with UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and Alexander Bustamante of UCOP were all interviewed in a leadership huddle. There were several breakout sessions to choose from, everything from 'Practicing Mindfulness in the Work Place' to 'Lean Six Sigma Can Drive Results and Change Culture.' I would highly recommend the conference to anyone who has completed the training!"
Interested in applying for the 2019 conference funds? To find out how, read the next article.
The best people managers develop their employees and themselves
Being an effective and professional people manager takes many skills and considerable development. The best people managers develop both their employees and themselves.
One of the ways ANR people managers have been developing themselves is by completing UC People Management Series Certificate modules and participating in monthly facilitated networking calls to review what they've learned, ask other supervisors for advice and share successes. Participants enjoy scenario-based role-playing, a fun and challenging group assignment, and networking.
“This series of courses has been such a valuable experience for me, not only as a supervisor, but as an ANR employee as well. It has taught me new approaches for supervising and given myself and my employee new ways to better support their work. I have even used some of the approaches in my own work as an employee. This series has also connected me with others in ANR outside of my unit or usual contacts. It has been a great experience to meet people in ANR that I have never worked with before, and now they will be a familiar face to me at ANR events! I've enjoyed the conversations and problem-solving that we engaged in as a group. I think every supervisor should take this series, even if you are only the supervisor of one (like me!).”
A new cohort will form in January 2019. If you are interested, please fill out this survey. Supervisors who complete the series will be eligible to apply for the 2019 systemwide UC People Conference and preference will be given to networking cohort participants.
You're about to give a big presentation. It's an important topic and your audience is a group of stakeholders. You prepared and practiced. Are you still feeling a bit nervous? Yes? It's natural.
Learn some helpful hints in the LinkedIn blog post below, noting that all the courses listed in this post are also available to you in your Lynda.com account.
How to Calm Your Nerves Before A Big Presentation.
Join us on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at noon for our next WebANR.
Development Services - Call us first!
Learn with members of ANR's Development Services - Fundraising 101 - best practices for interacting with donors and partnering with Development Services.
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/963167636
(646) 558-8656 or (669) 900-6833
Webinar ID: 963 167 636
This webinar will be recorded and linked to the Café Thursday WebANR page.
UC managing implicit bias
Increase your awareness of implicit bias and how you can help reduce its impact at the university. The series reinforces the UC diversity,equity and inclusion values that enable UC ANR to attract and retain a top talent workforce. It further supports UC ANR's commitment to developing effective leaders and managers of people. It is intended to supplement existing location programs and resources.
You can access these eCourses in the UC Learning Center.
What is Implicit Bias? (28 min.)
The Impact of Implicit Bias (28 min.)
Common Forms of Bias (21 min.)
Managing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process (23 min.)
Managing the Influence of Implicit Bias: Awareness (24 min.)
Managing the Influence of Implicit Bias: Mindfulness and Conscious Debiasing (24 min.)
UCCE Tulare County wins Healthy Snack Day contest
UC Cooperative Extension in Tulare County won first place in the UC ANR Staff Assembly Wellness Committee's contest on Healthy Snack Day, Aug. 29. All UC ANR facilities were invited to hold Healthy Snack Day activities and submit one photo.
Tulare County staff creatively submitted a photo collage to tell a story about their Healthy Snack Day activities. Before Healthy Snack Day, the staff appear fatigued and lethargic; afterward, the staff are all smiles and enthusiasm. The Tulare County office won a water dispenser/infuser to serve healthy and appealing beverages.
Second place went to UC Cooperative Extension in San Diego County, where the staff took the opportunity on Healthy Snack Day to "play with their food." Cut-up fresh fruit and vegetables were fashioned into elaborate artwork and sculptures.
The UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center came in third with a collage and food art, plus plenty of fruit and vegetables.
Healthy Snack Day was the first event sponsored by the UC ANR Staff Assembly Wellness Committee, which is dedicated to supporting and improving the health, well-being and quality of life of ANR employees. The committee promotes initiatives and programs that foster healthy workplace environments, empower employees to adopt healthy habits, and strengthen our sense of community.
In all, eight UC ANR facilities entered pictures in the contest. They are shown below.
UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
In memoriam: Doug Gubler
Gubler was born on Jan. 28, 1946, in St. George, Utah, and raised in Santa Clara, Utah, where he graduated from Dixie High School in 1964. He graduated from Southern Utah State College with a B.S. in botany (1970) and received an M.S. in plant pathology from the University of Arkansas (1974). From 1974 to 1982, he was a postgraduate research plant pathologist working with Prof. Ray Grogan at UC Davis. During this period, he began his studies towards a Ph.D. in plant pathology, which he received in 1982.
Gubler worked as a research scientist with the Campbell Soup Company at their West Coast research facility in Davis for a year before joining the Department of Plant Pathology at UC Davis in 1983 as a UC Cooperative Extension specialist.
Upon assuming his role as a CE specialist, Gubler established a productive and vitally important program on diseases of small perennial fruit crops. His research emphasized pathogen biology and epidemiology, with overarching goals of improved disease control and reduced pesticide usage.
He and his group made seminal discoveries that deepened the understanding of the etiology, epidemiology and management of diseases affecting grapes, orchards and other small fruit crops. Major thrusts of his research were powdery mildew diseases of grapevines and strawberries, and the etiology of new diseases of grapevines and strawberry in California. These included innovations in management of Botrytis bunch rot, development of the Gubler-Thomas risk assessment model for powdery mildew, and characterization of the complex etiology of canker and vine decline diseases in grapes.
What underscored the success of many of these projects was a firm understanding of the biology of the host-pathogen system under study, a principle that he reinforced with those who worked with him.
Gubler mentored many graduate students, postdocs, and other researchers, providing opportunities for professional growth. Many of his team have become key players in the field, with influence far beyond the California border. His dedication to his extension responsibilities is evident from his broad engagement with growers, pest control advisers and UCCE personnel in production areas throughout the state. He was highly respected for his expertise throughout California, as well as the nation and the world.
Although Gubler formally retired from UC Davis in 2016, he remained active in research and consulting. He and his wife Carol were on their way back to California from their new home in Utah when he died. He was planning to evaluate grape powdery mildew trials the next week in Napa and Sonoma.
Gubler had one of the most distinguished and robust programs of information extension within the UC system. During his career, he presented hundreds of talks throughout California, the nation and the world. He was recognized as an international authority on grape diseases, and his expertise was in great demand from grape industries all over the world. His oral presentations were complemented by many extension publications that drew on the results of his mission-oriented research program. Related to his extension work was his diagnostic support for UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors, faculty colleagues and growers. In 1998, Gubler received the American Phytopathological Society (APS) Extension Award in recognition of his accomplishments in extension and outreach.
Gubler was very active in the APS. He served on many APS committees, including the APS Intellectual Property Rights Committee, Graduate Travel Awards, Extension Committee, and New Fungicides/Nematicides Committee. He was especially active in the APS Pacific Division, serving as an elected officer for many years, including President of the Division in 2007. He received the APS Excellence in Extension Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the APS Pacific Division, and was elected an APS Fellow in 2009. Gubler was a recipient of the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Coteaux De Champagne in France (1995), recognized as an honorary member of the Pesticide Applicators Professional Association (PAPA, 1992), and bestowed the Southern Utah University Eccles Foundation Alumni Award (2003).
While Gubler loved his career, nothing came close to his love and appreciation for his family. He was proud of each of their achievements, and he was quick to let them know. He enjoyed golfing, listening to talk radio, telling jokes, playing cards and games with his grandchildren, and spending quality time with his friends and family. His family (and his colleagues) will miss his great sense of humor.
Gubler is survived by his wife, Carol; son Curtis; daughters Kirsten Stevens (Lance), Sherie Linford (Fred), Andrea Carter (Brent), Natalie Jeffs (Randy); and 18 grandchildren. His surviving siblings include Ward Gubler (Judy), Pat Clove (Sheldon), Duane Gubler (Bobbie), Muriel Blake, Murray Gubler (Jane) and Jeff Gubler (Angela). Memorial services and tributes were held in Santa Clara, Utah, on July 30, 2018, and in Davis on Aug. 17, 2018.
In memoriam: Chuck Ingels
Chuck Ingels, longtime UCCE advisor in Sacramento County, lost his battle with cancer Aug. 12.
Ingels joined ANR in 1989 as a tree and vine information analyst for the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program in Davis. In 1996, he became a UC Cooperative Extension advisor for Sacramento County, specializing in tree crops, grapes and environmental horticulture. He actively supported the UC Master Gardeners, giving workshops on urban horticulture. He gave a workshop on espalier fruit trees as recently as May.
His research and extension focused on IPM, evaluation of sustainable products and practices, water conservation and deficit irrigation, home orchards and vineyards, sustainable landscaping, alternative turfgrass species, and tree training, pruning and grafting.
“Chuck's absence leaves an enormous void in all of us who knew and worked with him,” said Morgan Doran, UC Cooperative Extension director and livestock and natural resources advisor for the Capitol Corridor. “His kindness was without boundaries and he exuded an incredible energy for living a life close to nature, especially plants, staying fit, being near people he enjoyed, and doing what he felt was right. Chuck will be dearly missed.”
His expertise was often sought after by journalists for a wide range of topics, from when home gardeners should spray fruit trees, to brown marmorated stink bug, to sugar accumulation disorder in grapes for growers.
“Chuck was more than just a farm advisor,” said Farmer Fred, who devoted a segment of his KFBK Garden Show on Aug. 19 to remembering Ingels. “He was a scientist. He was a researcher. He was an engineer. And he was a communicator. He could take all the jargon of science and tell a farmer, tell a gardener, exactly what the problem is and how to treat it.”
Pam Bone, former UCCE farm advisor in Sacramento County who was a search committee member for the UCCE advisor position, told Farmer Fred, “Right away, Chuck stood out to me. He was dynamic, his presentation was very interesting and informative, but he was down to earth, too, and I think that was the thing that impressed me the most. I said, ‘This is a farm advisor. This is the type of person who can work with the growers.' He also had the responsibility of working with the Master Gardener Program and the landscapers and other people who work in the ornamental horticulture industry.”
Of his many publications, "The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Fruit and Nut Trees," remains a UC best-selling book.
Ingels, who was born in 1956 and raised in Merced, earned his B.S. in fruit science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and his M.S. in horticulture at UC Davis.
Ingels is survived by his wife, Tracy Lesperance, his son Joshua Ingels, and his siblings Carol Green, Biff Ingels, Gary Ingels and Becky Ingels.
Sympathy cards may be addressed to the UCCE office in Sacramento County at 4145 Branch Center Rd., Sacramento, CA 95827. Plans for an enduring tribute to Ingels at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center will be announced at a later date. Donations in Ingels' memory can be made to the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center through the UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County website http://sacmg.ucanr.edu.
A celebration of Ingels' life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center/Conference Room A, 11427 Fair Oaks Blvd., next to the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in Fair Oaks.
Ingels' obituary was published in the Sacramento Bee https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sacbee/obituary.aspx?n=charles-ingels-chuck&pid=189967920.
Needs assessment workshops offered Sept. 7 and 14
UCCE advisors, UCCE specialists and academics coordinators are invited to attend a training workshop on conducting a needs assessment.
Vikram Koundinya, UCCE evaluation specialist in the Department of Human Ecology (Community and Regional Development) at UC Davis; Chris Greer, IPM area advisor in UCCE San Luis Obispo County; and Katherine Webb-Martinez, associate director of UC ANR Program Planning and Evaluation are hosting training workshops in two locations – Davis and Parlier.
Friday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UC ANR Building, 2801 Second Street, Davis
Featuring roundtable discussion sharing UCCE examples with
- Betsy Karle, area dairy advisor & county director, Glenn County
- Susie Kocher, forestry/natural resources advisor, Central Sierra and El Dorado counties
- Steven Worker, 4-H youth development advisor, Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties
Friday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 South Riverbend Ave., Parlier
Featuring roundtable discussion sharing UCCE examples with
- Ramiro Lobo, small farms and agricultural economics advisor, San Diego County
- Fadzayi Mashiri, livestock and natural resources advisor, Mariposa and Merced counties
- Deepa Srivastava, nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor, Tulare and Kings counties
The interactive training will help answer questions such as: What exactly is expected for a needs assessment? What is the benefit? When should I do this? How often should I do this? How do I use the information to design my program?
It will include basic, practical how-to steps, approaches, methods and how to write clear and concise questions.
Participants will engage in a roundtable discussion with UCCE advisors, who will share their needs assessment experiences and lessons learned.
Participants will gain...
- understanding of position description needs-assessment expectation
- understanding of the what, how, when of needs assessments
- understanding of and practice writing good questions
- awareness of UC ANR needs assessment examples and resources
- a draft needs assessment plan
Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=25314.
For more information, contact Katherine Webb-Martinez, Katherine.webb-martinez@ucop.edu, (510) 987-0029.
