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Building Community
Communication
Continuous Quality Improvement
Computer Workshops
Personal Safety
Policy and Procedures
Job Openings
Miscellaneous

UA COMMITTEE PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Building Community

Building Community -- Human Relations for the 21st Century.

Human Relations for the 21st Century is designed to develop human relations skills, heighten awareness of others and foster a sense of community throughout the UA campus. Workshops that bear the Building Community logo are available to UA employees.

Effective Affirmative Action Recruiting Strategies -- Shirley Darr/Auxiliary and Support Services, scheduled by request
Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention -- HRD Team, April 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
The Value of Personality Differences -- HRD Team, Date TBA
The Diversity Experience -- HRD Team, Date TBA

Communication

Advanced Connections -- Moving Quality Service Beyond the Basics -- HRD Team, scheduled by request

Continuous Quality Improvement

CQI Leadership Seminar Series. CQI workshops are part of the Leadership Seminar Series designed for people in academic and administrative organizations, such as deans, department chairs, directors, managers, assistant and associate directors and faculty who lead projects, or plan on moving into leadership roles. All workshops will be facilitated by John Dew, director for Continuous Quality Improvement. Contact the CQI Office at 348-9831 to schedule workshops, which are designed for 2-4 hours.

Workshops include Leading Participative Meetings, Leading the Strategic Planning Process, Consensus-Based Decision Making, Planning Skills, Building and Sustaining Teamwork, CQI Leadership for Administrative Staff, Leading Continuous Improvement and Creative Thinking.

Computer Workshops

Web Page Production I -- Jaclyn Whitehorn, Date TBA, A-342 Seebeck Computer Center
Advanced Web Topics -- Jaclyn Whitehorn, Date TBA, A-342 Seebeck Computer Center
Desktop Publishing -- Laura Lineberry, April 17 and 18, 9 a.m.-noon, A-342 Seebeck Computer Center
Advanced PowerPoint -- April 17 and 18, 8:30 a.m.-noon, G-54 Rose, HR Development Computer Lab

Personal Safety

Right to Know -- Janie Fowler, Health and Safety, April 18, 8:15-8:45 a.m.

Policy and Procedures

Purchasing Procedures -- Susan Petty and Judy Voss, UA Purchasing, April 17, 9-11 a.m.
I-9 and Personnel Action Forms Training -- Lisa Foster and Patty Kelly, Human Resources, April 18, 1:30-4 p.m.
Understanding the Family Medical Leave Act -- Audrey O'Neal, Human Resources, April 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Job Openings

The University of Alabama is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For the latest job update, call the UA job line, 348-7780. For a full line listing of available positions, visit the Employment Office web site. Remember that office, technical, clerical, maintenance and service positions stay on the Job Line only five days. Faculty positions are listed under the appropriate college or school.

Miscellaneous

New Employee Orientation introduces all new UA employees to campus life and provides them and employees with a status change (regular, part-time or temporary) an opportunity for benefits advisement and enrollment. New employees and employees with status change must pre-register and attend a New Employee Orientation session within the first 30 days of employment to be eligible for health insurance. Sessions are offered every Monday.

Three ways to register and to check out training manual:

Call 348-7125
Fax to 348-2072
Email mkarrh@fan.ua.edu

Human Resources Development training sessions will be conducted at G54 Rose Administration building unless otherwise stated. Persons with special needs should contact Margie Karrh.

The Training Resource Center (TRC) offers videos for a staff development "lunch and learn" program. The TRC accommodates six to eight people.

UA Committee Partners with Public Schools

UA’s Office/Clerical/Technical (OCT) committee has been paired with two Tuscaloosa schools as part of the Adopt-a-School program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. The committee is holding a drive for donated -- and sorely needed -- school supplies for each school through April. Supplies may be donated to any committee member. For more information about the Adopt-a-School program, contact the Chamber at 758-7588.

The OCT committee has held a spring fashion show in the past. This year, the show will be held in October. Watch for details in the fall. For more information about the committee, the fashion show, and the current Adopt-a-School partners, contact committee chairperson Veretta Barnes at the RISE Program in the Stallings Center at 348-7931. Committee members and needed supplies for each school are listed below.

Alberta Elementary School

Contact Person: Mary Etta Palmer

Metal pencil sharpeners (mountable)
16-pack and 36-pack Crayola crayons
Cloth mats for kindergarten naptime
Tempura liquid paint, all colors
Kindergarten and 1st grade simple phonics books
Tissues/paper towels
Construction paper, white and assorted colors
Loose leaf paper, wide and narrow ruled
19 green and yellow folder notebooks with brass fasteners and pockets
#2 pencils
Glue or glue sticks
Child scissors
Wide-ruled one-subject notebooks
Erasers
Copy paper

Buhl Elementary School

Contact Person: Ms. Sheila Rice, Principal

Folder notebooks with brass fasteners and pockets
Loose-leaf paper, wide and narrow ruled
#2 pencils
Markers, assorted colors, and Sharpies
Crayola crayons, assorted box sizes
Colored pencils
Glue and/or glue sticks
Child scissors
Primary Writing Tablets
Construction paper, assorted colors and white
Clipboards
Copy paper, white and assorted colors
Dry Erase markers, small and large
Small Dry Erase boards
Index cards, 3 x 5
Paper towels
Paper plates, for snack and arts and crafts
Paper cups, small
Kleenex
Ziplock baggies, gallon, quart, sandwich

OCT Committee Members

Carolyn Hicks, 345 Gordon Palmer (department of mathematics), 348-5071
Sheila Rodenberry, Capstone International Center, 135 BB Comer Hall, 348-9002
Carol Reed, University Museums, 204 Smith Hall, 348-7553
Cindy Barger, Capstone Medical Center, pediatrics, 348-1220
Teresa Chesnutt, 204 Student Services Center, 348-7200
Cathie Daniels, 204 Graves Hall, 348-6042
Michele Farley, 345 Gordon Palmer, 348-6092
Evelyn Harris, recording secretary, 202 Hayden-Harris Hall, 348-9168
Sammie Schlichter, 201 Reese Phifer Hall, 348-5520
Carol Lipscomb, Maintenance Complex, 348-8714

For information about the OCT Committee e-mail octcommt@bama.ua.edu.