Posts Tagged: gender

Lawn-pocalypse! Surviving Drought

Ah, summer! The season of sunburns, pool parties, and… lawn droughts. If your once lush, green carpet now looks like a crunchy brown doormat, you're not alone. Let's dive into why your yard is staging a dramatic death scene and what you can do to...

Bermuda grass and weeds overtaking drought stressed turf grass.

A patch of former lawn, mostly dead, with a few green weeds and Bermudagrass

Gender recognition and lived name update

UC ANR continues to make significant steps towards building a more equitable and inclusive work environment, including developing further support and training for the Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy.  This work is consistent with our UC ANR Principles of Community, which ensures a safe and inclusive work environment and encourages us to provide tools and training to ensure all employees have the same resources available to them. Please take a look at the most recent updates below and reach out to let us know if you are interested in learning more.

Forms and administration: Please consider the new policies and conventions when creating new online forms that capture name and/or gender.  

Updating Name in UCPath and Microsoft Outlook:

• UC ANR uses the UC Davis instance of Microsoft Office 365. Newly added to Microsoft Outlook, your name display will automatically reflect based on your Name in UCPath. 
• If your Name had not been updated in UCPath, you may have already noticed changes to your display name 
• UCPath provides you an option to provide a self-chosen name. The?Name?field in UCPath is distinct from Legal Name used to identify the employee's self-chosen name.
• Employee can enter this information by following the navigation: Employee Actions >Personal Information Summary. 
• More details about UCPath name change can be found in: Lived Name on UCPath - YouTube or UCPath Launches Lived Name Functionality | UCPath (universityofcalifornia.edu). 
• For additional instructions and screenshots, please take a look here: Update My Name.
• After making your changes in UCPath, make sure to click the “Submit” button to get to the Save confirmation screen.  Once on the Save Confirmation screen, click “Ok” and then you should receive an email confirmation confirming changes. UCPath will then confirm the name change.
• Updates will appear in 24 to 72 hours (about 3 days) in UCD Microsoft 365. If it has been longer than 72 hours, please verify the updates are reflected in UCPath as appropriate. Log out and back into systems to also assist in updating the new data. If this persists, please contact UCD IT Express.  
• Some platforms may not reflect lived names immediately after a change is made. For example, the Microsoft Teams client may cache some data, like display names, for up to 28 days. 

Contact us for more information at GRLN@ucanr.edu

Bethanie Brown
Interim Executive Director of Human Resources

 

 

Oops! Wrong Species, Wrong Gender

So here's this male monarch nectaring on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. The nectar is rich and he is as hungry as a migrant butterfly seeking flight fuel for the long journey ahead. A painted...

A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, touches down next to a male monarch, Danaus plexippus, on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, touches down next to a male monarch, Danaus plexippus, on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch lets the painted lady know that his advances are unwelcome. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch lets the painted lady know that his advances are unwelcome. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, I'm leaving" The painted lady takes off as the monarch also prepares to leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, I'm leaving" The painted lady takes off as the monarch also prepares to leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"I'm leaving, too!" The male monarch takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"I'm leaving, too!" The male monarch takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gender recognition training available

The Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy (GRLN) ensures that all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and lived or preferred name on university-issued documents and in UC's information systems. In order to support these new policies and procedures, UC ANR will be providing regular updates along with training materials to allow employees to gain a greater awareness and understanding of the importance of gender recognition. 

Learn More about Gender Recognition

A training course has been added into the Learning Management System (LMS): UC Gender Recognition and Lived Name: An Introduction to Gender Awareness (35 minutes)

UC is making systemic changes to ensure greater inclusion of gender. This includes changes in data systems, policies, and awareness within the UC community. To help build that awareness, this course will introduce users to terms and concepts related to gender and nonbinary identities, as well as best practices for name, pronoun, and title usage.

Direct Link: UC Gender Recognition and Lived Name

LMS Code: UCGRLN-03-ECO

For More Information 

Please feel free to email the Gender Recognition and Lived Name workgroup at GRLN@ucanr.edu if you have any questions or want additional information on items related to the Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy at UC ANR.

 

 

Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy

Across the University of California system, significant steps are being taken to support a more equitable and inclusive work environment. In 2020, President Michael V. Drake, M.D., announced the Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy (GRLN) to ensure that all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and lived or preferred name on university-issued documents and in UC's information systems.

Using correct names and pronouns shows respect and acceptance and honors individual agency. There are many of us who are benefiting from GRLN, including trans and nonbinary people, people whose gender identity is different than indicated on official documents, survivors of abuse or trafficking, people whose lived or preferred name is a variation of their legal name (e.g., international students, faculty and staff who have adopted anglicized names), or married people who had a legal name change, but prefer to use the name under which they have published academic works.

UC ANR, UCPath and UC Systemwide have partnered to offer the following process and system improvements, effective June 20, 2023: 

• UCPath online has built new options to support the Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy.  These changes allow for UC ANR employees to populate changes to the Name field, which flow into our UC ANR Directory and Portal.
• The Name field is defined as a self-chosen or personal and/or preferred professional name used instead of a legal name.
• Starting on June 20, employees can change their name in UCPath using the employee self-service (no longer directly in the UC ANR portal). Watch this video for what to expect in UCPath: What to Expect for Managers and Employees
• Changes made in UCPath will be reflected in the UC ANR Directory and Portal. The legal name change process remains unaffected, for instructions go to: Update My Legal Name.

What Do You Need to Do?

• Keep your name: No change required. What is populated as your UCPath preferred name will become your Name. If there is no preferred name in UCPath, the legal name will populate the Name field.
• Update your name and/or identity: Go to UCPath employee self-service to make updates when: 
1. You prefer a shortened or alternate version of your legal name (ex. Elizabeth = Lizzie; Robert = Rob/Bob; Sung Kwon = Sung).
2. You want to change name and gender as given/birth name/gender does not reflect your gender identity.
3. Your married legal name does not match preferred name under which you are published or known professionally.

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