Quick Summary
- Coming and going: SiteFarm and SmartSite
- Office hours with Strat Comm video team
- Nominate 鈥榃orkLife Champions鈥 among us
- Campus poster calendars are here!
- 新澳门六合彩内幕信息OP makes annual payroll disclosure
- OptumRx out in 2018, Anthem Blue Cross in
Inspired by each of the entries in the , Gary and LeShelle May have decided to draw upon all six of the ideas put forth for decorating the residence鈥檚 public spaces, including the living room and study. Therefore, each designer receives a $500 Amazon gift card for first place.
鈥淲e enjoyed all of the ideas presented,鈥 LeShelle May said. 鈥淓ach submission was carefully presented and we loved something from each of the design presentations. The final results of how we incorporate aspects of each will be truly representative of the Davis community.鈥
Chancellor Gary May said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that we had students and alumni eager to participate in the contest. We believe the Residence belongs to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community, and it was important to us that the community could help shape the space.鈥
Congratulations to the winners: Rose Cabral, alumna, 2006 (study); Deanna Chung, student, veterinary medicine (living room); Francesca Francisco, student, psychology (study); Alyssa Fumagalli, student, communication and psychology (living room); Susie Garrison, alumna, 1978 (living room); and Lien Sanchez, alumna, 1998 (living room).
The contest also included a People鈥檚 Choice award 鈥 and the voters chose Chung鈥檚 living room design. She receives a $150 Amazon gift card and Aggie swag, on top of her $500 gift card.
The Mays hosted the contest participants at the Chancellor鈥檚 Residence on Aug. 9, in what was the first official dinner the Mays hosted since Gary May took the helm.
The living room and study of the Chancellor Residence will be finalized in the next couple of months.
Coming and going: SiteFarm and SmartSite
Information and Educational Technology announced new tools for transitioning to SiteFarm (a new platform for websites) and transitioning out of the SmartSite learning management system (which has been succeeded by Canvas).
- SiteFarm 鈥 Free to campus departments and units, this platform is based on Drupal 8 software and has the look and feel of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 main web pages. 鈥淭o help you get a strong start and make a thoughtful, organized migration (from Cascade), we鈥檝e created a series of articles for you to read,鈥 the SiteFarm team announced Aug. 7. 鈥淭he information has been designed with the helpful assistance of your colleagues who have participated in the beta migration early testing group.鈥
- SmartSite 鈥 This learning management system is being retired. , and support for project sites will end during the 2017-18 academic year, possibly as soon as December. Several alternatives are available, but, if none is right for you, please use the new for recommendations.
Office hours with Strat Comm video team
More and more of the university鈥檚 stories are being told through videos, and if you need a little help with one, the Office of Strategic Communications鈥 multimedia team will hold office hours next week to answer questions and give advice.
The session will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in 345 . Anyone working on an active project 鈥 whether it鈥檚 in the planning stages or being edited 鈥 is encouraged to come with questions.
Attendees will need to bring their own equipment, and should note this is not a tutorial or presentation. Tips for creating video with a mobile phone are available in .
Contact Joe Proudman with any questions by email or phone, 530-752-6397.
Nominate 鈥榃orkLife Champions鈥 among us
has called on the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community to nominate 鈥淲orkLife Champions鈥 among our managers and supervisors, so they can be recognized during National Work and Family Month, observed in October.
Through this recognition, university officials seek to 鈥渘ormalize, encourage and model the benefits of work-life integration for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis staff,鈥 reads an article in the .
In considering a nomination, people should ask themselves questions like these: Does your manager/supervisor provide emotional support, show sympathy, and offer day-to-day assistance and resources to facilitate your management of your professional and personal demands? Does your manager/supervisor create flexibility around when, where and how work gets done, with a focus on outcome? Is your manager/supervisor a model of positive work-life integration?
Campus poster calendars are here!
Happy New (Academic) Year! The 2017-18 campus poster calendars are here! More specifically, they鈥檙e at the Campus Store .
Calendars are $2.49 apiece and qualify for the 10 percent departmental purchase discount when paid by recharge account or P-Card. (Please note: Recharge account payment requires a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Stores purchase order form, available online on 新澳门六合彩内幕信息D Buy (catalog No. 71461-198).
Preorders, packed and ready to go, are being held in the art and school supplies section of the Campus Store (downstairs). P-Card customers: Please bring your card with you when you pick up your order. Recharge customers: If you submitted your purchase order form on or before Aug. 14, your order is ready. If you were contacted about needing to submit the form, you need to submit it by email or bring it with you in order to pick up your calendars.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息OP makes annual payroll disclosure
The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President on Aug. 18 made its annual public disclosure of employee compensation for the previous calendar year. and is being made available to news media upon request.
Officials said the release of such data is part of the university鈥檚 commitment to being transparent and publicly accountable, and is consistent with similar practices at many other public institutions.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 officials pointed out that employee compensation at public institutions like the university is considered a public record under the California Public Records Act. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 personnel policies 鈥 and 鈥 specify the information (such as name, position title and salary) that, in general, the university shall release upon request.
At 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, questions about access to payroll data may be directed to Jana Gabby, information practices coordinator, by phone, 530-752-8715; or by email to the Public Records Office.
OptumRx out in 2018, Anthem Blue Cross in
Anthem Blue Cross will become the administrator of pharmacy benefits for all of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 preferred provider organization (PPO) medical plans, effective Jan. 1, the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President announced in this .
This change from OptumRx to Anthem Blue Cross will affect faculty, staff and retirees enrolled in the following PPO plans: Core, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Care, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health Savings Plan, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 High Option Supplement to Medicare and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Medicare PPO with Rx.
Anthem already administers medical and behavioral health benefits for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 PPO plans, and will continue in that role in 2018.
OptumRx will continue as the pharmacy benefits administrator for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 PPO plans through 2017. or by phone, 855-798-4682.
Media Resources
Dateline Staff, 530-752-6556, dateline@ucdavis.edu