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Digest: ✅ Gather together as spring warms up

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  • ⚪ RSVP for all-staff meeting

  • Whether watching on your own or as part of a watch party, be sure to mark your calendar and register for the upcoming FOA All-Staff Meeting on Monday, April 22 for behind-the-scenes updates and a chance to win prizes. Register now.

  • ⚪ Sign up for staff appreciation events

  • Secure your team’s lunch tickets, register as a volunteer, or apply to be a vendor for the approaching Thank Goodness for Staff events on May 7 and May 8. Prepare for TGFS.

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Jennifer Thompson, Aaron Knapek, and Amber Sharpe stand holding awards, posing with Clare Shinnerl

Celebrating exceptional FOA staff members

The recipients of the inaugural FOA Excellence Awards were honored recently at a luncheon celebrating their contributions to innovation, collaboration and moving mountains. Read about how these colleagues went above and beyond to earn these awards.
 

Arboretum Waterway

Watch our waterway transform

Behind that temporary orange fencing, the Arboretum Waterway enhancement project will expand the riparian habitat, improve aesthetics by promoting water flow, and increase stormwater capacity. Learn more about this ambitious project.

 

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  • 🧮  Get a budget update

  • The provost sent her annual budget framework letter last week with updated savings targets in the context of state budget uncertainties, increasing costs and our core funds structural deficit. Read the budget message.
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  • 🏅  Honor contributions to wellness

  • Nominate yourself or a fellow employee who has promoted advancing wellness through research, education, or advocacy for the Jacquelyn Anderson Wellness Innovation Award, which comes with a $2,500 prize. Submit a nomination by April 19.
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  • 💸   Attend student loan workshop

  • Learn about options for repaying student loans at an upcoming Financial Well-being workshop, hosted by Staff and Faculty Health and Well-being and University Credit Union. Register for the April 22 event.
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  • 😌  Make time for relaxation

  • Learn how to activate the body’s natural relaxation response through guided imagery at an upcoming Relax and Release session. Register for the April 24 event.
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  • 🖨️  Clear your e-clutter

  • Dispose of your university-owned electronic items, like computers, keyboards and printers, at a free e-waste drop-off event — but not before letting Admin IT (adminithelp@ucdavis.edu) know if you’re part of FOA. Make plans for this April 24 event. ​​
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  • 🫧  Bring kids to work for festivities

  • Enjoy a “mini Picnic Day” with the little ones in your life with activities from bubbles in the Arboretum, to a goat meet and greet, to a tour of library archives as part of the university’s Take Our Children to Work Day celebration. Register for the April 25 events, including lottery tickets for special activities.
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  • 🧑‍🌾  Shop local produce on campus

  • Find fresh strawberries, avocados, flowers and more alongside campus resource tables at the UC Davis Farmers Market, held at the Student Community Center every Wednesday through May 29. Learn more and make plans to attend.
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  • 🧘  Enjoy free fitness courses

  • Free, weekly Active Aggies drop-in classes, including Pilates, strength, Tai Chi and yoga, will be held through June 14. See the spring schedule.
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