The Administrative Management Group, or ADMAN, has opened its Mid-Management Conference to staff at all levels and cut the registration fee.

In addition, the program has been expanded to include three hourlong periods during which participants can choose from among 11 breakout sessions, on such topics as “Maximizing Your Career,” “Email Overload,” “Understanding Generational Differences” and “Change Management Strategies for Supervisors.”

The theme for this year’s conference is “Develop Yourself As a Leader for UC Davis!” The program includes Robin Johnson as the keynote speaker, addressing “The Dance of Leadership: Mastering the Art of Making a Difference Using Your Authentic Leadership Style.”

The conference is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the ARC Ballroom. Co-sponsors: Staff Development and Professional Services, and the Office of Campus Community Relations.

Online registration (workshop slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so early registration is advised). The fee is $95, including buffet breakfast and box lunch.

Forum on graduate tuition revenue

Graduate program chairs and staff are invited to a forum next week on the latest draft of a new policy on distributing graduate tuition revenue.

Ralph Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor, said he expects to sign off soon on how to allocate the money under the campus's new incentive-based budget model. 

Speakers will include Jeff Gibeling, vice provost for Graduate Education and dean of Graduate Studies; Kelly Ratliff, associate vice chancellor, Business and Institutional Analysis; and Sarah Mangum, director of academic budget and policy. They will cover:

• Methods for distributing nonresident supplemental tuition for second- and third-year Ph.D. students who have not advanced to candidacy.
• The approach for distributing nonresident supplemental tuition for master’s students.
• The method to allocate a share of base tuition to the lead deans.

The uses and strategies for deploying these funds will also be described.

The forum is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the AGR Room at the Buehler Alumni Center.

A white paper, revised in December and again in January to reflect continuing feedback on the proposal, is available online.

Recruiting for administrative advisory commitees

Get involved in the issues affecting your UC Davis community, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi wrote in an email last week encouraging people to consider applying to serve on one of the campus’s administrative advisory committees in 2014-15.

The committees address topics such as arts, child care, diversity, student services, and research, and provide an opportunity for all constituencies — Academic Senate and Academic Federation members, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students — to participate in governance of the campus.

“As a member of an administrative advisory committee, you can ensure that your constituency's perspectives are well represented in the committee's recommendations to the administration,” Katehi said. “You can also help representatives from other constituencies understand your interests and concerns and, in turn, learn more about their views of campus issues.”

More information, including a list of the committees, is available online. The page includes a link to the committee membership application. Applications are due by March 10 for the 2014-15 academic year.

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