Author Archives: Linda
Baby T is traveling again!
Baby T was on the road again on quite the mountain adventure with our very own GIS Paraprofessional Jessica Badgeley. Together they traveled to Maple Canyon, Utah, a small strip of National Forest land smack in the middle of Utah. Jessica reports that Baby T enjoyed both sunny and rainy days of rock climbing and … Continue reading
TED O’Clock – The Habits of Highly Boring People – June 10, 2016
Katharina facilitated Friday’s TED O’clock (June 10, 2016) and showed Chris Sauve’s “The Habits of Highly Boring People.” The habits he discussed are: Write everything down. Reduce to the essentials. Stop and question. Here are the highlights from the discussion afterwards: As we are asked to be more innovative in our work, these habits can … Continue reading
Professional Development Requests
In an effort to streamline the approval process for professional development requests (PDP), ITS: will be returning to a two times per year review of them with the following schedule: Fall requests need to be submitted to your supervisor by June 1 (for this year, as we are late in notifying you, you’ll have until … Continue reading
Notes from the May 4, 2016, Division Meeting
Here are the notes from the May 4, 2016, division meeting: Kudos were shared. Brian spoke about the extraordinary merit process for this year. The leadership team met and put together a list of names and reasons for their consideration. Brian will share the list with the cabinet on May 17 and get any feedback … Continue reading
Successful events this week!
ITS: hosted two successful events this week (week of May 2, 2016): The open house at 818 N. Tejon (better known as LindaLand) on May 2 and the student “Thank you!” on May 3. With the open house, folks across campus had an opportunity to view ITS:’s new space by touring the whole house and … Continue reading
TED O’clock – Try Something New for 30 Days – April 22, 2016
Weston facilitated today’s TED O’clock discussion based on Matt Cutts’ talk entitled, “Try Something New for 30 Days.” A few of the takeaways from the discussion that followed were: Time becomes more memorable when you have something that you are focusing on. An individual’s confidence can grow when accomplishing the task of doing something for 30 days. … Continue reading
Compassion Works
Hi everyone, I recently read a great article in Mindful magazine called “Compassion Works,” which focuses on why it is good to care for others we work with (good for you, them, and our work community). It’s a short read, so I thought I’d share it with all of you. I’d be interested in knowing … Continue reading
Minutes from the March 30, 2016, Division Meeting
Here are the minutes from the March 30, 2016, division meeting: In December, we discussed team members taking turns interviewing each other and sharing summaries at division meetings. For our first interview, Angie shared her summary about Randy Babb. Brian will conduct the next interview and present his summary at the next division meeting. Kudos … Continue reading
TED O’clock – Got a meeting? Take a walk. – from March 25, 2016
We had our very first guest TED O’clock leader today…it was Chad Schonewill! Chad showed the talk by Nilofer Merchant titled “Got a meeting? Take a walk.” Here were a few of the key takeaways from the discussion that followed: Sitting all day is bad for your health. You can take care of your health … Continue reading
Minutes from the February 24, 2016, ITS:Division Meeting
Here are the minutes from the February 24, 2016 division meeting: Agenda President Jill Tiefenthaler visit Kudos – everyone ITS: and Information Technology distinction for internal and external communications – Brian ITS: Interview – Angie will be sharing her summary about Randy Babb (postponed from January’s meeting) Other business – everyone Brian started the meeting … Continue reading
