Public Affairs
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April 20 DUI checkpoint and law enforcement efforts
Members of the UC Santa Cruz community and campus neighbors, please be advised there is the potential for traffic disruptions and hazards during the afternoon of Thursday, April 20 because of the unsanctioned gathering known as “4–20”.
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Start of our 2020 Long-Range Development Plan
We have had many reasons to celebrate recently—the naming of Rachel Carson College, a banner year in fundraising, our 50th anniversary.
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SAB Spring Chancellor’s Forum Tuesday, April 25, will be webcast only
All staff members are invited to participate in the Staff Advisory Board-sponsored Spring Forum with Chancellor George Blumenthal.
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Pay for Performance — Program Update
This is an update regarding the 2016/17 Pay for Performance Program. SHR and a cross-functional work team continue to work on changes designed to simplify and focus the program.
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Improving access to online library resources from off campus
The University Library and Information Technology Services (ITS) have teamed up to improve your access to online library resources from off campus.
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Nominations for UC Santa Cruz’s Outstanding Staff Award
This is a reminder that the deadline for Outstanding Staff Award nomination submissions is Friday, April 17, 2017.
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Bullying in the workplace
Abusive conduct and bullying in the workplace are completely unacceptable, and I am pleased to share that University of California President Janet Napolitano has issued guidelines regarding UC expectations.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
As all of you hopefully know, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Below is a letter from Kathleen Salvaty, UC’s Systemwide Title IX Coordinator, highlighting the Responsible Employee reporting obligation set forth in the UC Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment. We found the letter informative and worth sharing.
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ITS Announcement: Issues with eduroam
You may have noticed this week that your connection to eduroam wireless service has intermittently been disrupted. Thank you to those people who reported the problems!
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Beyond Compliance town hall on April 13
The event will provide the campus community with information on federal and state laws around personnel cases and privacy rights, proposed and completed reforms to campus policy, insight on Title IX investigations, and our shared responsibility to work toward building a safer community. Half of the evening will be devoted to hearing from attendees.
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Tackling climate change of a different sort
The Office of the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor is reconstituting the Campus Welfare Committee with a special focus on staff engagement, morales, and wellness.
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Campus Wireless Outage April 1
This Saturday from 10AM to 2PM, the campus wireless services CruzNet and eduroam will be offline for a system upgrade. Please plan your access accordingly. To see a list of scheduled outages and maintenance, visit the ITS Maintenance Calendar at: http://its.ucsc.edu/change-mgmt/calendar.html Thank you.