Faculty Development Opportunities at UC-COM

The Office of Faculty Affairs & Development have created new development programming for our faculty in the areas of professional development, research development, teaching and education development, and wellness. Programs in these four tracks will be offered on a monthly basis during the academic year. Complete listing of development programs being offered 2024-2025 Programs.

February 2025

February 4, 2025

Understanding your UC & UCP Benefits

Facilitators: Sheila McCormick, Mary Uhl, & Melissa Slater
Via: Microsoft Teams
Time: 12-1:00pm

Learning Objectives:

1. The Healthcare Benefits You Didn’t Know You Had: Uncommon Perks Revealed
2. Exploring the World with Confidence: Travel Assistance Benefits Explained
3. Mental Health Matters: How EAP and Resources Support Employee Wellness
4. Maximizing Paid Parental Leave: What Employees and Supervisors Need to Know
5. Tuition Remission: Unlocking Opportunities for Employee and Family Education
6. Understanding your Retirement Savings Opportunities

February 11, 2025

Grant Writing: Be Brilliant, Concise, and Engaging… Oh, and Don’t Forget Anything!

Facilitator: Kevin Haworth, PHD
Via: Microsoft Teams
Time: 12-1:30pm

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the importance of concise and engaging language
2. List key topics that NIH reviewers must be able to describe to provide a positive review
3. Describe the ways an NIH proposal can be innovative 

February 12, 2025

The Power of Habit: Start the New Year Strong

Facilitators: Be Well UC Team
Via: Microsoft Teams
Time: 12-1:00pm

Description: Habits are things we do every day, often without realizing we’re doing them. This session will help you to walk through simple steps to understand how to break less healthy habits and create new habits that will help you live your best life

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify well-being related intentions, aspirations and habits for the last 90 days of the year
2. Determine actions best suited for you and your goals and challenges
3. Share resources related to wellness goal setting

February 18, 2025

Deliberate Yoga Fix

Facilitator: Mary Geibel, Glimpse Yoga LLC
Via: Microsoft Teams
Time: 12-1:00pm

Description:   Move your body, discover your breath, find your balance, slow down your brain, rest in quiet, connect to others, all in an hour. Sound good? Join Mary Geibel, certified yoga instructor and owner of Glimpse Yoga, LLC, to find out how you can incorporate simple "fixes" throughout your work day to help you stay aligned, stay focused, and help relieve stress. 

Included in this practice are simple yoga poses, a few techniques to breathe well, a short meditation and a handout with simple instructions and drawings to keep as a reference. 

The Objectives of this Practice Are:

1. Realign your body to avoid damaging habits
2. Avoid pain, tightness, poor posture etc. at your workplace
3. Up your mind focus by decreasing stress
4. Teach you simple yoga skills that you can apply to work, home, anywhere

February 20, 2025

Research Security

Facilitator:  Holly Bante, PHD, MPH
Via: Microsoft Teams
Time: 12-1:00pm

Description:  The White House Office of Science Technology and Policy published its long-awaited research security program guidelines on July 9, 2024. The Guidelines confirm the four mandatory program elements necessary for a compliant research security program: (1) Cybersecurity; (2) Foreign Travel Security; (3) Research Security Training; and (4) Export Control Training. The Guidelines were issued to fulfill the mandates of National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) and relevant provisions of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This session proposes to provide a research security update in light of OSTP’s Memo and how UC’s Office of Research Security and Ethics is preparing for program implementation. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Provide a high-level overview of research security
2. Explain how research security requirements are impacting federal sponsor standards and procedures
3. Introduce UC's Research Security Program and present resources for researchers

March 2025

• March 04, 2025 | The Imposter Within:  Understanding and Conquering Imposter Syndrome
• March 13, 2025 | From Career Development Award to R-funded Research Projects
• March 19, 2025 | Writing Letters of Support for Trainees