Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

April 26, 2004

HRD Training

Building Community
Computer Courses
Continuous Quality Improvement
Customer Service
The Management Project
Personal Safety
Performance Management and Development
Policy and Procedures
Professional Development Series
Job Openings
Miscellaneous

Task Force to Review Physical Security and Building Access on Campus

Building Community

Building Community: Human Relations for the 21st Century — 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

Computer Courses

Advanced Computer Classes — HRD, dates TBA
E-Course — HRD, April 28-30, 1:30-4:45 p.m., and May 10-12, 8:30 a.m.-noon
Windows for E-Course — HRD, April 28-30, 1:30-4:45 p.m., and May 10-12, 8:30 a.m.-noon

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

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.

Course modules for Spring 2004:

Collaborative Work Environments — May 6 and 7

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, April 27 at 1 p.m., May 13 at 3:45 p.m. and May 27 at 8:15 a.m.

Performance Management and Development

Four Step Performance Plan — Retention and Recognition — HRD, May 21, 8:30-10 a.m.
Conducting Performance Reviews — HRD, May 13, 9-11 a.m.

Policy and Procedures

On-Line Purchasing Procedures — Susan Petty and Judy Voss, UA Purchasing, May 26, 1-4 p.m.
Personnel Action Procedures — Patty Kelly, Human Resources, date TBA
Conducting Effective and Legal Interviews — HRD, date TBA
Ten Danger Zones for Supervisors — HRD, date TBA

Professional Development Series

HR Development is pleased to offer the following training and development programs intended to benefit UA employees, departments and customers by enhancing the professional development of office employees.

Teamwork and Partnerships — HRD Team, May 4 and 5

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 348-9700, 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 Wright.

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.

Task Force to Review Physical Security and Building Access on Campus

UA President Robert E. Witt and the executive committee of the University has called for an initiative to look at physical security and building access. In response, a task force has been created to review all issues related to physical security and building access across campus and to create a unified and comprehensive plan and timeline for instituting that plan.

Members of the task force, who will be representing a variety of areas of the campus, are:

Police — Steve Tucker, convener and facilitator
Auxiliary Services — Gina Johnson, convener and facilitator
Security Tech — Larry Montgomery
IT — Dr. Priscilla Hancock, Susan Hunter, Shane Merritt
Action Card — Jeanine Brooks
Facilities — Thad Turnipseed
Finance — Reba Essary
Research — Dr. Keith McDowell
Telecommunications — Patty Benton

User Groups

C&BA — Marilee Brown-Wells, Glenda Leasor
Athletics — Dr. Finus Gaston
A&S — Dr. Carmen Taylor
Student Affairs — Molly Lawrence
Engineering — Dean Tim Greene, Dr. Lawrence Hill
Student Receivables — Carlene Jones

One of the tasks will be to identify the best technology to unify the process of entry to buildings based on one database. Other considerations include the kind of card or ID needed, alarm technology, central monitoring, possible integration with community public safety offices, and more.

Dialog will continue to update UA faculty and staff on the progress and timeline for implementation of this important safety measure.

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