The University of Texas at Dallas

Human Resources Management

Office of Business Affairs

Training

• Services
• Class Listings
• Online Training
• Training Calendar »
  • Registration Form
• Tuition Waiver
• Employee Orientation
• Certificate Programs

• HRM Policies
• Forms
• Contact Us

Class Descriptions:

Information Resources (IR) Computer Training Classes

Description: Information Resources (IR) is now offering a wide variety of software training classes online. Click here to learn more.

For questions or additional information about the classes, contact IR training by clicking here training@utdallas.edu

• Back to top •

New Employee Orientation

Description: New Employee Orientation provides an introduction to and overview of UT Dallas. During the session, participants will learn about the history, mission and values of UTD. Important policies will be discussed as well as the insurance and retirement programs in which eligible employees may enroll. Employee's are encouraged to bring information on the persons they wish to list as beneficiaries (i.e. names, addresses, social security numbers and dates of birth). A box lunch is provided for all who have been registered (see below).

Target Audience: Open to all new benefit eligible staff and faculty.

Registration: There is no open registration for New Employee Orientation. Staff and Faculty should work with their departments to register for New Employee Orientation. All registrations must be in to Human Resources a week in advance of the scheduled session. Normally New Employee Orientation is offered on the first, third and fifth Tuesday of each month, but during the months of August and September we offer Orientation weekly. For additional information, send an email to: hrtraining@utdallas.edu or contact Human Resources Management, x2221. Or contact Terry Cartwright at x5328

• Back to top •

Library Resources and Services for EE/CS -- Wednesday, September 2

3:00pm to 4:00

ECSS2.102

Description: In just one hour you can learn how to take advantage of all of the resources provided by the McDermott Library. Find conference proceedings, cited articles, materials in other libraries and much more. Wednesday, September 2, 3-4pm in the TI Auditorium, ECSS 2.102.

Registration: To register please contact Matt Makowka , 972-883-6773 or Carol Oshel 972-883-2627.

McDermott Library Tours (Tours Begin At the Information Desk)

Description: Join us for a tour of McDermott Library with a knowledgeable staff member. Learn about the history, resources, and services on each floor. Library staff will conduct a 30-40 minute tour of the library. Discover the quiet and group study areas, government documents and the maps collection. An introduction to Special Collections with its History of Aviation Collection, Philatelic Research Library, and Belsterling Botanical Collection will be included. The tour guide will introduce you to some of the staff at the Information Desk, Circulation Desk and Reference Desk, and you find out where to go to check out laptops, audiobooks and DVDs.

Friday Sept 4th @ 3pm
Wed Sept 9th @4pm
Tues Sept 15th @ 11am
Thurs Sept 17th @ 2pm Chinese Language Tour
Monday Sept 21 @ 4pm
Friday Sept 25 @ 12 noon
Wed Sept 30 @ 11 am Korean Language Tour

Target Audience: Open to all who are interested in learning more about the Library.

Registration: Please register to take a tour.

• Back to top •

Grants Workshop: Unlocking Grant Money: Find Research Funding Today!

Description: The Office of Sponsored Projects and the McDermott Library will host an interactive demonstration of the SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) and GENIUS (Global Expertise Network for Industry, Universities, and Scholars) databases. SPIN and GENIUS are the subscription databases the University of Texas at Dallas provides to assist researchers in finding funding opportunities. During this demonstration, you will have the opportunity to create your own personalized SPIN profile which will automatically send you targeted funding opportunities via e-mail.

Target Audience: This class is open to all UTD faculty and staff interested in researching funding opportunities: New faculty, post-docs, grad students and Principle Investigators/ administrators.

Registration: Send an email registration to Michelle Wilson, Office of Research Administration or call her at 2315.

• Back to top •

Identity Finder: Location: JO 3.210

Thurs 9/10 2:00-3:30pm
Tues 9/15 2:00-3:30pm
Thurs 9/24 11:00-12:30pm

Description: In our continued effort to provide staff and faculty with the opportunity to learn about Identity Finder, Information Security has scheduled sessions for the month of November. These sessions cover setup, installation and running of the program. It will also cover what you should and should not keep with respect to confidential and sensitive information.

Target Audience: all staff and faculty

Registration Information: email securityawareness@utdallas.edu to register. You will receive an email confirmation of your registration. Classes are limited to 10 people.

• Back to top •

Refworks - Monday, September 14

1:00pm to 2:00pm

MC2.524

Description: As part of Academic Integrity Week at UTD, This 50-minute session covers topics such as setting up a RefWorks account, creating folders and importing and manipulating citations in Refworks.

Registration: To register for the workshop, please contact Chris Edwards.

• Back to top •

"The University and the Future of Knowledge" (September 9)

1:00pm to 2:00pm

MC4.404

Dr. David Parry, a UTD professor from the School of Arts and Humanities, specializes in Emerging Media, Digital Culture, and Literary Theory. Scholars estimate that every 15 minutes the amount of information produced online equals that housed in the 200-year history of the Library of Congress. What were once powerful intellectual institutions are now being made irrelevant by the new structure of information flow, Wikipedia replaces Britannica, newspapers are crumbling, and students admit that they complete a college education without stepping foot in the library. In this rapidly changing knowledge what is the role of the University? And perhaps more importantly what is the future of knowledge production, dissemination, and archivization?

Please visit the Library Events Calendar for more details: http://libwinweb.utdallas.edu/WebScheduler/Scheduler.aspx

• Back to top •

Time Management: Controlling Your Life and Your World

Description: It is probably a mistake to see time management as purely about clock management skills. Fundamentally, time management is about self-management, personal focus and workplace productivity. Time management is Life management. Not just managing the calendar but managing one's own personal values and goals. This class will help participants become better time managers by focusing on the following objectives:

• To assess personal and work values that will help guide in the creation of self-management planning process
• To identify common time wasters & time savers
• To review techniques that promote effective time management via planning, prioritizing, delegating, and goal setting

Target Audience: This class is open to all UTD employees.

Registration: To sign up for the Time Management Class register here

• Back to top •

Managers' & Supervisors' Roundtable Discussion Group

Description: The Manager's and Supervisors Roundtable is a group of UTD managers and supervisors who meet together to create opportunities for mentoring, professional development and networking. (We will be meeting from noon till 1:30 in AD 3.104 Lone Star Room.)

Target Audience: The group is open to UTD managers and supervisors who are directly charged with managing the performance of other University staff, including conducting annual performance reviews.

Registration: To sign up for the Roundtable please register here

• Back to top •

Catching Comet Pride: Customer Service Certificate Series -- (This Class is Now Full . . . You can register to be placed on the waiting list by clicking on the "register here" at the bottom of the page.)

Description: In order to continue our move to becoming one of the best public research universities in the nation UTD must continue to attact and keep the brightest and best students, faculty and researchers. We must also work to continue to be a positive influence in our community. For all these things to happen we must be the best in providing responsive quality service. Catching Comet Pride is a certificate series designed to provide tools that will equip the trainees develop the skills, behaviors, and attitudes to provide the very best customer service to our potential students, current students, their families, the faculty and researchers, the community, and co-workers.

This series not only provide insights and rationale for outstanding customer service but will also provide hands on training for developing great customer services skills. The series will consist of four 2 hour sessions that will cover the following areas

• Session 1 (Thursday, October 1):  Providing Rational and Reasoning behind Customer Service and to Communicate and Establish the Guiding Principles Behind Excellent Customer Service
• Session 2 (Friday, October 16):  Will introduce the customer service deployment model and establish practical guidelines for the essential skills and attitudes neeced for Excellent Customer Service. 
• Session 3 (Thursday, October 29): Will continue to develop the skills needed for customer service.
• Session 4 (Thursday, November 12):  To Establish a Personal Attitude and Awareness of the Individual’s Responsibility as it Relates to Excellent Customer Service!

Target Audience: This class is designed for all UTD employees.

Registration: We will be publishing the time and place for this series later this month. If you would like to sign up to be a part of this series register here

• Back to top •