Chancellor Henry T. Yang, the Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Council, Staff Assembly, the Professional Women’s Association,
and the Academic Business Officers Group invite you to participate in
6:30am-11:00pm - Recreation Center
free access with your Staff ID. Call x7618 for additional info.
7:30am-9:00am - Faculty Club Breakfast Buffet (Monday - Thursday)
$8.25. Call x3096 for reservations before May 15th.
12:00pm-1:00pm - Faculty Club Lunches
15% off with Staff ID. Call x3096 for reservations.
UCSB FitSquad Strength Training Workout various times and locations, see listing on front. Spend 20-30 minutes building your strength with other staff during your daily work break.
12:00pm - 1:00pm Staff Assembly Ice Cream Social in the Courtyard behind Cheadle Hall.
Let an administrator give you the scoop. Ice cream from
McConnell's will come in several delicious flavors (including non-dairy) served to you by Senior Administrators. Chat with members of the UCSB Staff
Assembly, our reps in the UC system. For information, email: staffassembly@mail.lsit.ucsb.edu or check the website at: www.staffassembly.ucsb.edu
12:10pm - 12:40pm UCSB FitSquad 30-minute strength training workout Student Health Lawn.
12:30pm - 1:30pm Campus Flora Tour with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) Meet in front of Cheadle Hall. Take an exotic flora walking tour through campus with CCBER. Campus Flora staff will lead you on an hour-long loop through some of the most
unique and prized tree specimens on the campus. The diversity of plants is vast with hundreds of plant families represented, and makes up a unique living
collection, including species from six continents and ones unique to campus. Check out the Campus Flora interactive webmap: http://earth.geog.ucsb.edu/campusflora/
5:15pm - 5:45pm UCSB FitSquad 30-minute strength training workout Student Health Lawn.
Tuesday, May 19
8:00am - 5:30pm UCSB Bookstore Staff Sale. 2
0% off selected items for staff.
12:00pm - 1:00pm San Clemente Restoration Project Tour with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)
Meet at the west end of Parking Lot 38 near Harder Stadium. The CCBER staff will welcome you and give you a tour of their most current restoration effort.
Come and see the native habitats that are being restored; including vernal wetlands, native grassland, and oak woodland. The restoration site features an
innovative one-acre storm water management system and bioswales designed to enhance water quality. The wild flowers will be blooming so put on your
hiking shoes and let the CCBER staff guide you through this unique project..
12:15pm - 1:15pm "The Success Principles: How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be"
Presented by Jack Canfield at Corwin
Pavilion. Jack Canfield, internationally acclaimed author and motivational speaker will present a powerful presentation that will help you tackle daily challenges,
live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions, no matter what circumstances you are currently in. His latest book will be available for
sale. Immediately following, Jack will be available to sign books and take pictures.
12:30pm - 4:30pm Human Resources Workshop: Relating to Others at Work
Enroll by May 12th, $70. Call x3482 with questions. Participants will explore
their own behaviors and personality styles, while learning to adapt to be effective with others in a variety of work situations. Each participant completes
a personality type indicator to gain a better understanding of their own preferred work styles and the results of other participants. Participants learn
to manage behavioral differences, maximize teamwork, and increase team productivity.
1:00pm - 2:00pm Eyes in the Sky - Birds of Prey Tour
Meet in the Courtyard behind Cheadle Hall. Presentation by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society.
Join us near the pond behind Cheadle Hall for this popular wildlife education program which includes live hawks, falcons, and owls. Come and experience
the magnificence of some of our normally elusive wild neighbors presented by Coni Edick. Register at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/
3:30pm - 4:30pm Specimen Plants at UCSB Tour with Dr. Bruce Tiffney
Meet in the lobby of Cheadle Hall. Santa Barbara is sited in one of the most
benign growing climates in North America (if you add water), and as a result, UCSB's campus has become a living museum and testament to the interests
of the generations of botanists who have taught here. Come experience a brief sample of the diversity of plants on campus. Limited to 15. Please register
at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/
Wednesday, May 20
8:00am - 4:30pm PWA Conference: "Empowering Women to be Architects of Change" at Loma Pelona, 8:00am - 4:30pm In
addition to this year’s keynote speaker, Rachel Ross Steidl – Founder and Owner of ParentClick, Inc. & SBParent.com, the conference has four areas of
interest: Healthy Living, Women & Money, In Her Shoes, and Building Community through Personal Enrichment. Attend a workshop from any of these
areas during each session. Register at: http://www.pwa.ucsb.edu/annual_conference.php
11:00am - 12:00pm Campus Lagoon Tour with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) Meet at the Faculty Club
Lawn near the lagoon. Learn about the diversity of birds and other wildlife that use the lagoon while seeing restoration of dunes, coastal sage scrub and
oak woodland in action. The East and West Depressions showcase the valuable and rapidly diminishing beach dune habitat in California.
11:00am - 12:00pm Tour of the UCSB Art Museum
Enjoy a tour of the current exhibitions at the University Art Museum which includes the main exhibition
entitled, "Toward Enlightenment: The Sacred Art of Tibet & Universe of a Deity: A Tibetan Sand Mandala." Limit 15 people, please register at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/
12:00pm - 1:00pm UCSB Recreation Center Wellness Event: Healthy Eating, Happy Living!
This free event is open to all faculty and staff at UCSB,
with healthy eating and the launch of the newest wellness program, Eat Right UCSB, in mind. Lunch (available for the first 300 people; send email RSVP
to eric.bono@essr.ucsb.edu), tons of great prize giveaways, and healthy cooking and Fit Squad demonstrations. Follow the sidewalk from the front entrance
of the Rec Cen through to the back of the building near the North gated entrance.
1:00pm - 2:00pm Tour of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) Facility
Park in Lot 30 and meet in front of
CCBER, Building 570. Founded in 1945, CCBER houses over 350,000 botanical and zoological specimens as well as a library and archive collection, join
the staff and curators for a tour. Natural history collections and collection-based research are vital to discovering, understanding, and documenting biodiversity
and to informing public policy on such issues as invasive species, climate change, evolution, and emerging public health threats.
1:00pm - 2:30pm The Reef Touch Tank Tour
UCSB's interactive aquarium located at the Marine Science Institute (MSI) provides a "hands-on" introduction
to local marine organisms and the role the marine environment plays in our lives. There are over 100 different species of marine plants and animals to
experience and learn about. Sharks and their developing embryos, octopuses, lobsters, and more! Limit 35 people, please register at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/
Thursday, May 21
8:30am - 4:30pm Human Resources Workshop: Making Teams Work
Enroll by May 14th, $105. Call x3482 with questions. Designed for those who
work as part of a team, and can benefit from the skills and understanding to help their group work better together. Topics covered will include: factors that
lead to a well-functioning team, stages of team development, higher functioning teams, suggestions to help teams function better, effective ways to deal
with difficult team members, ground rules and team structure, and keys to effective team meetings.
10:00am - 11:00am Manzanita Village Restoration Project Tour with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)
Meet at the Faculty Club Lawn near the lagoon. Join CCBER for a tour of one of our most prized restoration efforts; this six-acre area features native
grasslands, coastal sage scrub, oak woodland, and rare vernal pool habitats as well as a 1300 linear feet system of bioswales that filter storm water runoff in
an environmentally conscious way. Learn about this unique area and some of the birds and insects that have been attracted by the diverse native plantings.
11:00am - 12:00pm Tour of the UCSB Art Museum
Enjoy a tour of the current exhibitions at the University Art Museum which includes the main exhibition
entitled, "Toward Enlightenment: The Sacred Art of Tibet & Universe of a Deity: A Tibetan Sand Mandala." Limit 15 people, please register at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/< 12:00pm - 1:00pm 5th Annual Staff Assembly Cookie Contest
at Engineering Science, room 2001. Please contact Julie Luera at Julie@engr.ucsb.edu by May 15th to enter.
1:00pm - 2:30pm The Reef Touch Tank Tour
UCSB's interactive aquarium located at the Marine Science Institute (MSI) provides a "hands-on" introduction
to local marine organisms and the role the marine environment plays in our lives. There are over 100 different species of marine plants and animals to
experience and learn about. Sharks and their developing embryos, octopuses, lobsters, and more! Limit 35 people, please register at http://chancellor.ucsb.edu/registration/
2:00pm - 3:00pm Green House and Nursery Tour with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)
Meet at the west end of Parking Lot 38 near Harder Stadium.
3:30pm - 5:00pm Staff Social at the Mosher Alumni House
Come and mingle with others in the staff community, voice concerns over campus issues and
provide input to CSAC and other staff organizations.
Friday, May 22
11:30am - 1:30pm Chancellor's Staff Celebration Luncheon and Presentation of Staff Awards
on the Faculty Club Lawn. Featuring a DJ from KCSBFM. Bring along your lawn chair, co-workers, and your appetite for delicious sandwiches, drinks and merriment, compliments of Chancellor Henry T.
Yang. (Rain Location: Robertson Gym)
11:30am - 1:30pm Living Arts Pottery Sale
Faculty Club Lawn during luncheon. Call x3738 for additional information. Enjoy the Pottery Sale and shop
the assortment of art work from the Campus Kiln.
12:40pm - 12:55pm Staff Assembly Drawing
Giveaways from campus and local businesses at luncheon.
Staff Celebration Week