UCnetwork: August 2024
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August 14, 2024
Read the August issue of our monthly staff newsletter, featuring leadership messages, benefits information and updates on our valued colleagues.
UC Spotlight: August 2024
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August 14, 2024
Our monthly UC Spotlight celebrates the UC locations, teams and individual staff members who are helping to make UC a great place to work.
UC Davis Fire Department and Vet School help communities impacted by the massive Park Fire
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August 14, 2024
The UC Davis Fire Department and School of Veterinary Medicine’s California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) have chronicled their contributions toward fighting the massive Park Fire.
Calling all UC staff: Share your voting perspectives and experiences
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August 14, 2024
Help us share why the 2024 elections are important to UC staff by providing your experiences and perspectives.
Four weeks spent in the ICU inspired Mithun Mahinda’s career
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August 13, 2024
UCLA Clinical Nurse Mithun Mahinda experienced the power of patient-centered care while hospitalized as a teen. He’s since received international recognition.
UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement hosts annual Fellows Program webinars
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August 12, 2024
This annual series of interactive presentations highlights the work of the Center’s Fellow Program participants’ research findings.
UCLA lactation consultants support low-income moms with breast pumps
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August 12, 2024
Patients in the WIC program can receive a free, hospital-grade breast pump to help establish their milk supply while they are apart from their babies in the UCLA NICU.
Share your opinion on UC Tech News and you could receive a $75 gift card
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August 12, 2024
The annual UC Tech News survey aims to learn more about current and potential readers and how the newsletter can serve you best.
Courtesy notice regarding annual systemwide payroll disclosure for 2023
August 9, 2024
As part of the university’s commitment to transparency and public accountability, including the way it compensates faculty and staff, UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2023. This disclosure parallels last year’s payroll disclosure and is consistent with similar practices at many other public institutions.
Kimmi Gutierrez on her career as a labor and delivery nurse
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August 9, 2024
Kimmi talks about about her career, delivering babies and how no two workdays days are ever alike.