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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
News for the staff and faculty of The University of Texas at Dallas
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From left: UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson, CARE Awards recipients Helen K. Roth, Mark Chavez, Christina Sharpling, Baylee Moster and Brooke Johnson, and Staff Council President Jennifer Klunk. Not pictured is CARE Awards recipient Hillary Beauchamp Campbell.
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Staff Members Honored for Service at CARE Awards
The CARE Awards — Celebrate Achievement, Reward Excellence — recognize staff who have demonstrated superior performance, offered outstanding customer service and performed acts that have enhanced the image of the University.
The Spring 2024 CARE Awards recipients are:
- Hillary Beauchamp Campbell, director of peer mentor programs, undergraduate research, Comet Cupboard and Comet Cents
- Mark Chavez, assistant director for the Center for Advanced Pain Studies
- Brooke Johnson, course reserves coordinator at the Eugene McDermott Library
- Baylee Moster, assistant coordinator of residential education in University Housing
- Helen K. Roth, administrative assistant
- Christina Sharpling, HRIS manager in Human Resources
Watch a recording of the Spring 2024 CARE Awards ceremony.
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Play It Forward with Center for Children and Families Program
UT Dallas employees can enroll their children ages 0-3 in a program that will help the child’s development, while also supporting an at-risk family’s participation at a high-need location. Play It Forward is part of Play with Me, a program offered by the Center for Children and Families begins Saturday, June 15 and costs $120.
The 12-week, relationship-centered playful learning program serves at-risk children and parents across the metroplex. It promotes strong parent-child relationships and fosters socioemotional, physical, language and cognitive development in children. The program equips parents with tools to enhance the foundation for their children’s learning and overall healthy development, ultimately promoting school readiness and subsequent academic success.
By “playing it forward,” employees can allow at-risk families to participate in the program. To enroll, please complete the online registration form and make your $120 payment.
For more information, email ccf@utdallas.edu or call 972-883-3876.
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HR Forum Scheduled for June 5
The Office of Human Resources will host its next HR Forum June 5, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., as a Microsoft Teams live event. Closed captioning is available, and there will be a moderated Q&A. If you have questions or would like to be added to the meeting invitation distribution list for the HR Forum, please email hrforum@utdallas.edu.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Labor Market Update
The Dallas-Fort Worth labor market experienced job losses this March, but the unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 3.9%. Over the same time span, the local consumer price index rose by 0.9%, compared to 0.6% nationally. To learn more about these and other trends, read the latest edition of the DFW Labor Market Update (pdf).
For information on how UT Dallas and our local economy affect each other, please contact the F&ED Economic Development team. You can also subscribe to the Economic Development Update for our latest news and analysis.
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Hasan Named Jonsson School’s Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations
Iram Hasan has been named assistant dean for development and alumni relations for the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. Hasan began her new role on May 13. She previously served as the Jonsson School’s assistant director of corporate relations, director of corporate relations and director of development and alumni relations from 2013-2020. The new assistant dean will work closely with Dean Stephanie G. Adams and is primarily responsible for managing the development and alumni relations program for the school. Read the full story
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Wellness Events
UT Living Well Platform Well-being Getaway Week — The UT Living Well online platform is offering fun and meaningful virtual activities to reconnect and rediscover your well-being. From June 3 to June 7, participants can log in each day to participate and earn up to 700 points. All activities will be open for 48 hours. You also can earn an additional 15 points per day through social engagement opportunities. Use the Getaway Week calendar (pdf) to plan your activities for the week.
As you interact with activities designed to build positive habits in physical, emotional, financial and social well-being, you will earn points. Every time you level up in the Living Well platform, you will be entered into a quarterly prize drawing.
To get started, access the UT Living Well Platform or download the Limeade ONE mobile app from Google Play or the App Store.
EAP Stress Management Webinar Series: Stress and Its Impact on Your Health (pdf), June 10, 1 to 2 p.m. — Deer Oaks EAP Services is offering a quarterly stress management webinar series that provides employees with tips for coping with stress so they can live healthier and more productive lives. This session will provide a practical look at the effect stress has on individuals mentally and physically, along with helpful strategies for listening to internal alarms and proactively implementing stress management techniques. Register for the webinar. Employees also will have unlimited access to the session recordings and can view the previous session.
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Financial Seminar and Consultations
UT Dallas and Fidelity are offering a virtual financial planning event, Identify and Prioritize Your Savings Goals, June 13 at noon. Participants will identify the three core components of a sound budget, understand how to begin to build (or rebuild) your emergency savings fund and get control over prioritizing your debt. To register, visit UT Fidelity Seminars, enter “University of Texas” for employer name, then select “Virtual Event” for event type. You also can make one-on-one appointments to meet with a Fidelity representative.
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Center for Teaching and Learning Events
CTL Office Hours: Instructor Support for Accommodations and Alternative Testing, June 6, 4 to 5 p.m. — Providing accommodations to ensure all students’ needs are met is an essential responsibility of every instructor. Join CTL Office Hours to learn about available support for faculty and TAs to know how to best support students with individual testing needs. Sou Leaney, associate director with Educational Technology Services Ron Venable, associate director of the AccessAbility Resource Center and Dr. Karen Huxtable-Jester, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and associate provost, will share guidelines and answer questions. Faculty, staff, teaching assistants and graduate students are welcome to attend. Participation in this event fulfills part of the requirements for the graduate and postdoctoral teaching certificates. Register for CTL Office Hours
Call for Interest: CTL Fall Reading Group — CTL is preparing for a fall book group about artificial intelligence in the classroom, featuring the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. The group is for faculty who wish to modify their teaching in light of generative artificial intelligence tools. Groups will meet in fall 2024 to discuss the authors’ recommendations and their applications to teaching and assessment. Help CTL identify how many books to purchase by completing our call for interest form by June 10. Completing the form does not guarantee you will receive a book. Copies of the book will be distributed by CTL on a first-come, first-served basis. CTL will organize small groups of faculty to discuss the book in the fall and, possibly, summer semesters.
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Reminders
Developing and Implementing Technology-Based Social Engagement Interventions for Older Adults, May 31, noon to 1 p.m., Brain Performance Institute and virtual — The lecture series covers the effects of normal cognitive aging and brain diseases on higher-order semantic functions with Raksha Mudar PhD’08, professor at the University of Illinois. In her research, Mudar combines behavioral methods, event-related potentials and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Register to attend virtually for access to the full season. Registration isn’t required to attend in person. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m.
The Neuroscience of Grief, June 6, 7 to 8:15 p.m., Brain Performance Institute and virtual — The series covers how cognitive neuroscience can help to clarify the “why” of grief with Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, associate professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry at the University of Arizona. O’Connor uses an integrative view of clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience to explore grieving as a learning process and the brain’s critical role in understanding that a loved one has died and updating one’s view of the world while carrying the absence of this person. Register for the virtual event to receive access to the full season. Register to attend in person and also attend a reception at 6:15 p.m.
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About this Newsletter
Intercom is the official University-wide newsletter for UT Dallas faculty and staff members. This periodic publication is designed to provide University employees with valuable information necessary for the workplace, as well as community news that supports the University’s mission. Visit the Intercom website for guidelines about content and submissions.
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