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• ⚪ Keep taking the symptom survey

  Though the Daily Symptom Survey is changing Friday, employees (including student employees) need to continue to take the survey before arriving to work at university-controlled facilities. Learn more about the changes.

• ⚪ Make note of COVID-19 changes

  Testing will no longer be mandatory after Friday, but employees can continue to get tested voluntarily at the ARC until 4 p.m. June 30 and then will need to go to the new COVID-19 Testing Kiosk across the street in the Human Resources Administration Building starting July 5. Check the new schedule and location.

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Thank a tree!

As you’re out and about on campus, new tree tags installed by student interns may remind you of the mental health and well-being benefits of spending time around the many trees maintained by the Arboretum and Public Garden team. Peruse the tree tags and submit a message of gratitude.

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• 👋  Get to know our next vice chancellor

  In case you missed it, Clare Shinnerl will become the new FOA vice chancellor on Aug. 15, when she will meet with FOA teams to get familiar with the diverse, valuable work done across the division. Learn more about the 20 years of experience Shinnerl is bringing with her.
   

  ⚠️   Plan around bike detours

  If you plan on biking this summer between the Silo, Chemistry Building and Bainer Hall, be prepared to navigate around worksites for a pathway improvement project creating safer paths of travel. Find out more about the project and see detour maps.
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  🤝 Learn to promote well-being in the face of racial trauma

  Attend the upcoming Race Matters workshop on Race and Mental Health to understand the impact that racialized incidents have on employees of color and learn tools for being an ally. Register now for the June 30 session.
   

  🐢 Arboretum hosts turtle conservation research

  You may notice floating nets in the Arboretum Waterway and Putah Creek being used to sample California’s only native freshwater turtle species as part of research being done by UC Davis Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology. Learn more about the study.
   

  👮 Police chief works to destigmatize mental illness

  UC Davis Police Chief Joe Farrow has been elected board president for California’s National Alliance on Mental Illness, with a special focus on the intersection of crisis response and mental illness. Learn more about the chief’s leadership with NAMI.