Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

February 9, 2004

HRD Training

Building Community
Communication
Computer Courses
Continuous Quality Improvement
Customer Service
The Management Project
Personal Safety
Performance Management and Development
Personal Growth and Development
Job Openings
Miscellaneous

UA Professional Staff Asked to Take Survey on Creation of Representative Professional Staff Assembly

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.

The Diversity Experience — HRD Team, date TBA
Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention — HRD Team, date TBA

Communication

Assertiveness Skills and Communication — Lee Keyes, Counseling Center, Feb. 9, 9-11 a.m.; a "Building Community" HRD program
Business Communication for Today — HRD, Feb. 11, 2-4 p.m.
Written Communication Basics — HRD, Feb. 18, 2-4 p.m.
Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships — HRD, Feb. 13, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Computer Courses

E-Course — HRD, Feb. 25-27, 8:30-noon
Windows for E-Course — HRD, Feb. 25-27, 8:30-noon
Advanced Computer Classes — HRD, dates TBA
Advanced Internet Searching — HRD, Feb. 19, 3-4:45 p.m.
A Partnership for Active Learning — Brett Spencer, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Amelia Gale Gorgas Library, Feb. 17, 3-4:45 p.m. This seminar helps faculty integrate active learning strategies into their courses through creative partnerships with librarians. Topics include: The new technologies and students' research and learning habits, information literacy standards for students in today's digital environment, innovative approaches to introducing students to library databases and e-journals, alternatives to the traditional research paper, and case studies of active learning partnerships at other universities.

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.

Customer Service

Customer Service and The University of Alabama — HRD, Feb. 16, 2-4 p.m.
Advanced Connections — Moving Quality Service Beyond the Basics — HRD, date TBA

The Management Project

Register now for The Management Project — an in-house management certificate program for UA managers. This course is a comprehensive training program designed to give participants practical knowledge and skills enabling them to effectively manage within the University's work environment. It was created to assist managers with the increasing challenges they are facing and to prepare potential managers to accept future challenges. For information about this opportunity contact Teresa Faulkner at tfaulkner@fa.ua.edu or 348-8212.

Personal Safety

Right to Know — Janie Fowler, Health and Safety, Feb. 10, 3:45 p.m., and Feb. 26, 8:15 a.m.

Performance Management and Development

Four-Step Performance Plan — HRD, Feb. 27, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Conducting Performance Reviews — HRD, Feb. 17, 2-4 p.m.

Personal Growth and Development

Managing Time and Establishing Boundaries — HRD, Feb. 9, 2-4 p.m.

Job Openings

The University of Alabama is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For the latest job updates, call the UA job line, 348-7780. For a full line listing of available positions, visit http://hr.ua.edu/employment. 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 Material: call 348-7125, fax to 348-2072 or e-mail dharbin@bama.ua.edu.

Human Resource Development Training Sessions will be conducted at G54 Rose unless otherwise stated. Persons with special needs should contact Daphne Harbin.

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

The website for Human Resource Development Training offers the current Staff Training Calendar.

UA Professional Staff Asked to Take Survey on Creation of Representative Professional Staff Assembly

The Professional Staff Committee, a University standing committee, has proposed the establishment of a representative Professional Staff Assembly, which shall function as an elected and participatory assembly of regular, full-time professional staff to advise the Office of the President on matters pertaining to the institution and its mission. UA President Dr. Robert E. Witt has approved the proposal. The committee is asking all professional staff to take the survey on UA's website to determine the level of interest in establishing the assembly. From the committee site at http://committees.ua.edu, go to the Professional Staff Committee home page at http://bama.ua.edu/~prostaff/. Links to both the proposal and the survey are located on the left-hand column. For further information contact committee chair Roy Gregg at 348-8552 or e-mail prostaff@bama.ua.edu.

UA Faculty Senate Condemns Hate Message

UA's Faculty Senate passed the following Resolution at its January meeting:

Resolution in Condemnation of Hate Message That Was Scrawled on the Door of the Campus NAACP Office

Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of Alabama condemns the message that was scrawled on the door of the campus NAACP office on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. That racist slur is a completely unacceptable message for any campus at any time, but especially for The University of Alabama in the twenty- first century — and this instance is particularly contemptible because it was written anonymously, a terrorist tactic. We invite all segments of the campus community to join us in condemnation. We further invite the immediate response of our University's Administration, to oppose this kind of message and to eradicate racism on this campus.

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