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Staff
Council will meet next
on Tuesday,
10/6/20 from 12:05-1:30. All
members of the UVM community
are welcome. The
Microsoft Teams meeting link
will be posted
on the front
page of the Staff Council
website prior to
the meeting. Past meeting
agendas, minutes, and video
recordings are also
available on
our website.
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As
September came to an end, the
resignation of Staff Council President
Stephen Lunna went into effect (as noted
in a previous Staffline, Caleb
Gilbert and Laura Clayton have been
appointed as President and Vice
President of Staff Council,
respectively). In his resignation
letter, Steve had explained that
juggling his Staff Council role with his
work with housing veterans had become
unfeasible. He recently shared some
amazing news regarding this work:
Chittenden County has officially
made the list of communities
that have ended veteran homelessness.
A press
release from the Winooski
Mayor's office details the work
he's been engaged in for the past three
years. The next steps for Steve and his
team will be focused on bringing the
rest of the state to the same level, and
ending veteran homelessness statewide.
Congratulations to Steve and his
colleagues, from all of us in Staff
Council!
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The
2nd quarter application period
for the Staff Council
Professional Development Fund
(SCPDF) is OPEN
until October 31st. Apply
for funds to attend in-person or
online training, conferences, or
other professional development
opportunities.
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| We'd
like to be able to share more
about what makes UVM staff
amazing! Nominate
a colleague (email link) for
their accomplishments, either at
UVM or in their community, and
we'll honor them in this
newsletter and on social media. |
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| This
year, we will not
be having an in-person Staff
Council Holiday Bazaar. However,
the Social Committee is currently
gauging interest in a virtual
Bazaar. Would you be interested in
being a participating vendor in an
online version of the Bazaar? Help
the Social Committee plan for the
holiday season by taking this
quick survey. |
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UVM
staff without symptoms
can easily schedule an on-campus
COVID-19 test through the
CoVerified app. You can use a
smartphone or a regular internet
browser to schedule your
appointment. Learn
more here.
If you are a staff member
experiencing symptoms, or
were exposed to someone who has
tested positive, contact Student
Health Services at (802) 656-3350
and they will schedule an
appointment for you to test in one
of two on-campus symptomatic
testing trailers. |
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| The
Farmers to Families food box
program will be
back in action between October 5th
- 31st. Farmers to Families
food boxes will be available at
multiple daily food distributions
throughout the state. To see the
list of places and times, and to
pre-register, visit
their website. |
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We
Are All in This Together -
Social Connection &
Resilience during COVID-19
Howard Center - FREE webinar
Oct 7, 2020 @ 03:00 PM
COVID-19 has dramatically and
deeply changed how we interact and
connect. Many people are feeling
agitated, restless, overwhelmed
and hopeless. There have been
devastating social, health and
economic impacts of this global
pandemic. At the same time, there
have been opportunities for
connection, support and new
understandings of how we relate to
each other. Join us to explore
these topics and strategies to
increase resilience. Register
online. |
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| Do
you volunteer with a 501c3?
The Staff Council Community
Engagement Committee will
recognize demonstrated
volunteerism by UVM Staff with a
$25 award (per staff member) made
payable to the group or
organization connected to the
staff member’s volunteer effort.
It's an easy way to further
support your community!
Community
Service Award Application
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Let us
know how you are doing during
the pandemic. The survey is
anonymous, and we forward all
entries to senior leadership
each month.
How
are you doing?
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During
this unprecedented year, many departments
have temporarily stopped providing funding
for professional development opportunities
for staff. With that in mind, this new
section of Staffline will
highlight external opportunities
for training and development.
We'll feature primarily
free events, but will
also sometimes include others which have a
cost, with a friendly reminder that you
could potentially apply for the Staff
Council Professional Development Fund
to pay for it (the next deadline is
Halloween!).
To suggest external opportunities for us
to feature, drop us a line at staff.council@uvm.edu.
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DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND INCLUSION THROUGH AN
APPRECIATIVE LENS
Thursday October 1st, 2020 11:00
AM - FREE
Zoom Webinar
What are our stories of strength
from our places of exclusion? How
can we activate these stories and
generative questions to build
compassion, strengthen our
relational leadership, and
increase diversity, equity, and
inclusion? With Tanya Cruz Teller
and Marlene Ogawa.
Register
here. |
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A
Moderated Conversation with
Bassey Ikpi and Dr. Jude Smith
Rachele
Howard Center - FREE webinar
October 13th @ 6:00 - 7:15 PM
Bestselling author and speaker
Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-American
immigrant and New York Times
bestselling author of "I’m Telling
the Truth, but I’m Lying," will
speak about her life including
living with a mental illness,
parenting and working. Discussion
will be moderated by Dr. Jude
Smith Rachele. Register
here. |
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Reinventing
Organizations: A Strengths-Based
Innovation Framework
Cooperrider Center for
Appreciative Inquiry at Champlain
College
Thursday October 22 at 11:00 AM.
FREE.
with Bernard Mohr, Tracy Eames,
and Neil Samuels
Join this webinar to consider how
to enable our organizations by
lifting up Appreciative Inquiry
through incorporating the best of
design thinking and
socio-technical systems. Register
here. |
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On
Wednesday October 28th and
Thursday October 29th, the
University of Kansas is holding a
series of talks with Judith
Heumann, a disability activist whom
you may be familiar with from the
Netflix documentary Crip
Camp. The talks
are FREE and explore her memoir,
the independent living movement,
disabled artists, and the
Americans with Disabilities act.
Check
out the schedule and register.
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President
Garimella and Provost Prelock
would like to share with the
UVM community their willingness to
attend meetings with units,
colleges, divisions, or groups who
are interested in inviting them.
They will do their best to arrange
their schedules to
accommodate these important
opportunities for engagement.
For President
Garimella, please use the Presidential
Appearance Request Form. For
Provost Prelock, please
contact Lori
M. Desotell (email link). |
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The
University of Vermont provides
on-campus flu shot clinics and
biometric screening opportunities
for UVM faculty, staff, retirees
and their qualified
dependents.
When: October
15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 28, 30 and
November 9
Time: 8:00am-3:30pm
Where: Waterman
427A
Registration is required. Walk-ins
will not be accepted. Learn
more and register.
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| The
UVM Division of
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has
been hosting a series of listening
sessions to encourage UVM
community members, particularly
BIPOC community members, to share
their experiences.
The
Listening Sessions are a part of
a larger effort to address
issues of institutional biases,
inequities, and climate. The
sessions are a step toward
identifying and clarifying what
issues matter the most to our
community together.
Register
for the October 1st session
from 3:00-4:30 PM, which is
open to the UVM community.
A different session, reserved
for the BIPOC
community, will be held on
October 6th from 7-8:30 PM
- register
here.
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Indigenous Peoples'
Day Panel & Film Discussion
Monday, October 12th 12:00 P.M. - 1:00
P.M.
Microsoft
Teams Live Event
FREE & Open to the Public
Last
October 14, 2019 was the first Vermont
official Indigenous Peoples'
Day. The University of Vermont
acknowledges this historic event by
hosting a panel discussion with invited
guests and the screening of the
film Amá,
which tells an important and untold
story: the abuses committed against
Native American women by the US
Government during the 1960s and
70s.
Watch
the film on-demand
through October 12th at 6:00 P.M.
Password: uV@Ma
(case sensitive)
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You Can’t Be
Anti-Racist, If You Do Not Understand
Race:
Conversations
about Race in the US
Session
I Date: October 16,
2020, 1:00-2:00 PM
Session II Date: November
13, 2020, 1:00-2:00 PM
Microsoft Teams (link provided closer to
the date)
FREE & OPEN TO UVM STUDENTS, FACULTY
& STAFF
Dr. Sherwood Smith is discussing the topic
of Race in the US with Professor Alec
Ewald and Professor Nikki Khanna. This
program consists of the two separate
prerecorded videos lectures followed by
the discussion with the UVM
commnunity.
Please watch the videos prior to the
session discussion:
Session I: Race, What Is It?
Session II: What Are You?
More information and links will
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100th
Anniversary of Women's Suffrage
Movement
POWER, PRIVILEGE & THE VOTE:
Focus on Women, Culture &
Herstories of Suffrage
Date: OCTOBER
22, 2020
Time: 5:00-6:30
P.M.
MICROSOFT
TEAMS LIVE link to the
event
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Dr.
Sally Roesch Wagner will speak on
Women’s Suffrage with a focus on 3
themes:
• Indigenous
peoples' (Haudenosaunee women's)
influence on the ideas of women’s
suffrage & rights.
• Who was not included in the US
suffrage movement (focus on Black
Women)?
• How can the stories of women’s
suffrage provide a lens through which we
can explore the ongoing creation of
democracy in our country?
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On September 29th, a panel
and discussion on racial justice in
Vermont's food system was presented as a
virtual webinar by the Susu Healing
Collective with support from the UVM
Extension Center for Sustainable
Agriculture.
Many of Vermont’s food system
organizations--from farmland access to
food access--would like to address racial
justice in the food system, but some are
just getting into this space for the first
time. There has not yet been a statewide
discussion on how to move Vermont towards
a racially just food system. This webinar
brought together facilitators Naomi Doe
Moody and Amber Skye Arnold of the Susu
Healing Collective and a panel of People
of Color who are part of Vermont’s farm
and food system to discuss what is needed
to address racial inequities and injustice
- and to work towards a just and thriving
system for all.
Watch
the recorded webinar. |
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The UVM Bookstore's annual
fall Patio sale is happening:
Thursday, October 1st, 9:00 AM - 3:30
PM
Find UVM t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats,
as well as books, gift items, and so much
more all at bargain prices.
Occupancy limits and social distancing
guidelines will be in place so everyone
can stay safe while shopping. |
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University
Place Street Improvements Project
The City of Burlington and UVM have
collaborated with Stantec and SE Group to
develop concepts for University Place that
will make it safer for all people
including pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other active transportation users.
Concepts have been developed for Basic and
Enhanced versions of potential upgrades
and they need your input. Visit the project
website to find the concept
details, a video presentation, links to
additional meetings, and a short feedback
survey. Feedback will be received
until October 9, 2020
If you have any questions about the
project, please contact:
Lisa
Kingsbury (email link), Associate
Director of Planning, UVM
Phillip
Peterson (email link), Associate
Engineer, BTV Dept. of Public Works |
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| Back by popular demand,
sustainability staff from across campus
are joining to offer the Campus
Sustainability Certificate Series through
Professional Development & Training
again this fall. These online sessions are
open to all employees and will cover
climate anxiety, food, water, waste and
transportation. Pick the ones that
interest you or attend all five classes to
receive a certificate of completion. Sign
up today!
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DINNER
& DIALOGUE: What is Freedom?
Thurs Oct 15 @ 7pm,
Online, FREE
In the midst of a pandemic,
political elections, and social
upheaval, we are being challenged
to examine what it means to live
as a civil society. How
do you understand freedom from
your own religious and/or
philosophical perspective? Dinner
& Dialogue is an annual,
six-part series that invites
students, staff, faculty, and
members of the Burlington
community to explore our own core
values in conversation with
others. Each month we will explore
and discuss one of the five basic
freedoms found in the First
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. October’s
conversation invites us to explore
how we understand the freedom
of religion in our
society. Learn
more or RSVP for this event.
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| UVM
Transportation and Parking
Services would like to
encourage you to join Local
Motion for an online
Streets & Sweets bike safety
workshop on Thursday
October 1st, 7-8 PM.
Their bike experts will give you
some tips on how to stay safe
while riding your bike on the
street and in the neighborhood,
answer your questions about the
rules of the road (the police are
stepping up enforcement on people
who blow stop signs, or don't have
lights at night - which comes with
a double-digit fine), and give you
useful pointers on how to avoid
the common bike theft pitfalls. Get
a FREE scoop coupon for Ben
& Jerry’s and a free set of
bike lights - all you
have to do is show up (and stick
around)! Register
here. |
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