2024 Administrative Orientation Agenda (Tentative)

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Goals: To welcome new ANR employees and provide a forum for networking and learning about ANR’s mission, vision, and structure, administrative services, statewide programs, institutes, UC Cooperative Extension and Research and Extension Centers.  

9:30 AM   Registration and Refreshments

10:00       Welcome, Introductions and Principles of Community (Via Zoom)—Brent Hales, Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension

UC ANR Mission, Vision, Structure—

10:15       Ice Breaker Activity—Tina Jordan & Jodi Azulai

10:40       Leadership Introduction—moderated by Maya Maniar, Interim Director-Internal Research, Extension, and Programmatic Events

Message from the Vice President (Via Zoom)—Glenda Humiston, Vice President, UC ANR 

10:55       UC Cooperative Extension—Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, Director, County Cooperative Extension

11:00       Research & Extension Center System (Via Zoom)—Darren Haver, Director, REC System; South Coast REC
    
11:10       Statewide Programs & Institutes (Via Zoom)—Brent Hales, Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension 

11:15       Academic Personnel and Development—Daniel Obrist, Vice Provost Academic Personnel

11:20       Human Resources—Tina Jordan, Interim Academic Personnel Director

11:25       Funding Structure—Jennifer Bunge, Executive Director, Resource Planning & Management. Interim Deputy Associate Vice President, Business Operations

11:30       Interactive Session: Statewide Programs and Institutes

Visit each table to learn about ANR and stamp your game card:4-H Youth Development Program (State 4-H office)
UC Environmental Stewards 
Community Nutrition and Health 

CalFresh Healthy Living, UC
Informatics & Geographic Information Systems (IGIS)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Master Gardener Program
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)

Fire Network
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program

12:00 PM  Lunch & Game Results—Tina Jordan, Interim Academic Personnel Director

Organizational Excellence—moderated by Tina Jordan, Interim Academic Personnel Director

1:00      Civil Rights—David White, Affirmative Action Analyst

1:05      Academic Assembly Council—Chris Greer, Chair

1:10      Staff Assembly Council—Shirley Salado, CUCSA Delegate 

1:15      Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

                      Workplace Inclusion & Belonging (video)

                      Black and Allied Employees

                      LatinX and Friends

                      LGBTQ+ Affinity            

1:23      DEI Alliance—Jodi Azulai, Learning & Development                   

1:25      Personal & Professional Development—Jodi Azulai, Learning & Development

1:30      Employee Health Benefits—Michelle Younger, UC Davis Employee Benefits

1:35      Fidelity—Kim Becker, Fidelity

1:40      Interactive Session: Administrative Units
Visit each table to learn about ANR and stamp your game card:
Business Operations Center
Contracts & Grants
Development Services
Employee Benefits
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Financial Services
Government & Community Relations 
Human Resources—Academic 
Human Resources—Staff Personnel
Information Technology 
Program Planning and Evaluation
Program Support Unit 
Publishing
Risk Management & Environmental Health & Safety 
Statewide Programs and REC Operations
Strategic Communications and News and Outreach in Spanish
Resource Planning and Management
Black and Allied Employees ERG
LatinX and Friends ERG
LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
DEI Alliance

2:35      Evaluation 
              Game Results—Tina Jordan, Interim Academic Personnel Director

2:45       Wrap-up Discussion (i.e., what did you learn?)—Tina Jordan & Jodi Azulai

3:00       Adjourn

Optional Networking Tour of Davis ANR Building