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NSCM eUpdate October 20, 2020
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the Nicholson School of Communication and Media currently has three openings? NSCM is currently looking for visiting instructors or lecturers for film and mass media, games and interactive media and FIEA.
If you're interested in seeing more about the listings, please click below
NOW YOU KNOW!
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Planned Parenthood of Southwest & Central Florida Event — Oct. 23
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, as a staunch ally of the LGBTQ community, providing excellent, medically accurate, sexual and reproductive care for our community, including gender-affirming hormone therapy, is having a virtual event that you’re invited to attend.
The impressive line-up of speakers includes:
- Deja Foxx – Reproductive justice activist and organizer representing the next generation of the movement
- Valerie Jarrett – Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, New York Times bestselling author of Finding My Voice, advocate for equality and justice
- Soledad O’Brien – Award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and host of the weekly syndicated show, Matter of Fact
- Dr. Joceyln Elders – Former U.S. Surgeon General and Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the University of Arkansas School of Public Health
- Alexis McGill Johnson – President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fun
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Timely and Important Faculty Survey News
Please join the UCF Foundation as they celebrate student scholarship recipients for their success and achievements and honor the donors who made it possible.
The Faculty Senate is re-running a reduced set of questions from the Return to Campus Survey, looking now at Spring instruction. They would like to know how faculty opinions and circumstances have changed, now that faculty has experience teaching under COVID.
By filling out this new survey, you play a critical role in helping plan how UCF will continue to stay safe in the coming spring semester. They realize that many decisions have already been made related to how UCF will function during the next semester(s), but many other decisions will be forthcoming in which faculty can continue to provide a voice. The survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Click here to access it.
The survey will close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
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Request for Canned Goods and Toys for Children in the Parramore Community
United to Promote Cultural Awareness (UPCA), a newly formed committee on the downtown campus, invites all employees to donate nonperishable food items for Parramore residents and toys for OCPS ACE students. The drives for this two-part initiative will run from October 7 through November 12 for nonperishable donations and October 7 through December 4 for toy donations. Due to updated restrictions and safety concerns, ACE is requesting all donations be new toys in their original packaging, age-appropriate for students in kindergarten through second grade (ages 5-7), and gender-neutral.
Please refrain from donating items such as toy guns and other items that may not be age-appropriate. There are two boxes located in UW, DPAC, and CMB for employees to drop-off donations, and those who are working remotely or who would prefer to make an online purchase may send the donations to ToCarra Jordan’s attention using the address below. Online purchases may be made from Amazon, Walmart, Target, or employees may choose to purchase from other stores.
If there are any additional questions, please have employees contact ToCarra via email at ToCarra.Jordan@ucf.edu.
Drop-off locations:
DPAC: Suite 302 Front Desk
UnionWest: 2nd Floor Front Desk
Communication and Media Building: 203, 2nd floor lobby
Those who are currently working remotely can purchase items online and have them delivered to ToCarra Jordan’s office:
College of Community Innovation and Education
528 W. Livingston Street, Suite 302
Orlando, FL 32801
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Free CE Opportunity! Thriving Versus Surviving: Building Resilience in Turbulent Times
Stressed during uncertain times? If you, your staff, or your colleagues are feeling particularly spent, it is probably because the level of emotional exhaustion in health care workers was already at an all-time-high before COVID-19, with one out of three people already meeting the criteria for burnout. In this enlightening and entertaining module, we will provide some perspective, hope, and simple strategies to try during tense times.
Learning Objectives:
- To succinctly identify and explain how increases in stress at the societal and nursing unit levels impact care quality and self-care in general. Measure unit level norms that enhance vs. hinder work-life balance
- To recognize the factors that contribute to burnout, understand the psychology behind how it develops, and the theory behind evidence-based approaches to reduce it
- To practice the evidence-based skills, strategies, and positive psychology tools provided in resilience webinars
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Reimagining UCF IT Service Delivery
Huron Consulting Group has been engaged to reimagine how IT services are delivered across UCF to enhance service quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. Below is the link to the Reimagining IT Service Delivery site that provides the project goals, timeline, and other pertinent information regarding the project.
Towards the bottom of the page, there is a feedback button to a survey, The Reimagining IT Service Delivery at UCF, for feedback. Huron has requested that UCF faculty and staff provide them with comments, suggestions, or ideas on how to improve the IT service delivery.
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UV Lighting installation on Air Handling Units at NSCM
NSCM has received notice that UCF Utilities and Energy Services (UES) will begin installing UV lighting on all of the air handling units at Nicholson School of Communication and Media. This work will begin in the next few days.
Some of the air handling units will need to be down for a short period of time during the installation and UES will be monitoring temperatures, to ensure the spaces don’t get too warm. If you encounter any temperature issues, please report by submitting a work order, as these will be monitored closely for the building as well.
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In an effort to ensure faculty and staff have a confidential way to share their thoughts/concerns and/or suggestions for improving the school’s operations/functions, a ‘virtual suggestion box’ has been created.
To access this, please click here or the button below.
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