Click me to take the UC Walks/UCI Wellness & Safety Fair feedback survey and enter to win a Fitbit! Tell them what you thought about the event!
“…there’s power in being yourself, there’s power in expressing yourself…”
Not only is this fun to watch, but I find the dancer’s message to be really great — uplifting, simple, true! Click it now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh94QH_-GZ0&feature=youtu.be
“…there’s power in being yourself, there’s power in expressing yourself…”
UCI campus Diversity Affinity Group Open House and Mixer
A new mail list has been created that will notify UCI employees who subscribe about the events and opportunities hosted by the individual diversity affinity groups (http://oeod.uci.edu/resources/affinity.php). To subscribe to the list, go to https://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/diversity-affinity-groups.
Hope to see you at the upcoming Diversity Affinity Group Open House and Mixer, scheduled for 12pm-1pm, Tuesday, March 27, at the Dr. White Room of the Cross-Cultural Center. A campuswide announcement will be coming out soon.
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Kuhns Black | Senior Associate Director
Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
University of California, Irvine
Ph: (949) 824-5594 / Fx: (949) 824-2112
UCI Staff Assembly Pancake Breakfast 2018!
It’s that time of year — UCI’s annual Staff Assembly Pancake Breakfast! What a great health benefit to mingle with our colleague friends and campus co-workers! See you there!
Fun! Free! Food Time!
17 Desk Stretches That’ll (Almost) Replace Going to the Gym
As I remind myself at various times every day….s-t-r-e-t-c-h! This quick site has a nifty, color chart of simple stretch ideas to try at your desk. Or hey, how about suggesting one or two stretches for a 20-second stretch break during your next meeting that’s longer than 15 minutes? Yeah!
Invitation to participate in the 9th Annual Orange County Women in Leadership Symposium
The UCI Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity is opening up seats to attend next week — please contact Gwendolyn Kuhns Black for information!
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As a partner with the Orange County Diversity Council, there several openings available for UCI employees to attend the 9th Annual Orange County Women in Leadership Symposium on March 13th, 2018, hosted by the University of Phoenix in La Palma, CA, from 8am-11:30am. Information about the symposium can be found at the following website:
http://wilsymposium.com/2018-symposiums/orange-county/
If you are interested and available to attend this Tuesday, March 13, as part of the UCI contingent, please email oeod@uci.edu with your name, email address, and department. Please reference “RSVP – OC Women in Leadership” in the subject line of your email. There will be no registration fee for these seats. Travel costs incurred are your or your department’s responsibility. I will follow up and confirm with those who respond by Friday, based on the number of seats available.
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Kuhns Black
Senior Associate Director
Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
University of California, Irvine
103 Multipurpose Science & Tech Bldg
Irvine, CA 92697-1130
(949) 824-5594
Your Friday Afternoon Stretch
Check out this fun fitness website https://darebee.com/ . Look for some of the handy, doable office de-stressing stretches, too! For instance, https://darebee.com/pdf/workouts/destress-stretching-workout.pdf below. Two thumbs up! The Chest Expansion feels particularly good this afternoon 🙂
–Jessie & Sherry A.
Ant Trails – UCI campus and UCIMC walking routes
Ant Trails! Suggested walking routes around campus and UCIMC. These are great! Zot Zot Zot 🙂 
http://www.campusrec.uci.edu/stepup/includes/ant-trails2016.pdf
Through the Eyes of the Undocumented
A nice, easy stop-by at the Student Center when grabbing some lunch this week. Take a friend!
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Dear Colleagues,
I hope this message finds you well as you reminisce upon the end of another academic year and prepare to say “see you later” to the graduating seniors.
I am writing to invite you to a beautiful art gallery organized by the Dreamers Advocate Program, part of the Student Outreach and Retention Center. Students had an intimate reception today but I encourage you to view the art made by our very own undocumented students on campus.
Through the Eyes of the Undocumented
Showing: June 5th – June 9th
Location: Viewpoint Gallery, Student Center
The gallery is also showcasing Halmoni (“Grandmother”), a documentary that follows an undocumented Korean activist as he struggles to understand his own identity and the deep sense of responsibility he feels towards his family.
I hope you have an opportunity to experience students’ worlds through their art.
Best,
Ana Miriam Barragan
Dreamers Coordinator
112 Cross-Cultural Center
Office: (949) 824-6390
SOAR Center: (949) 824-5762
Mobile: (707) 621-2125
Fax: (949)824-8219
http://dreamers.uci.edu
ambarrag@uci.edu
Book an Appointment
Fun News…….Step Up UCI Team Libraries Winner!!
Our very own Team Libraries, along with UCI “Pediatric Hi-Steppers,” has won the campus-wide 2016-17 Step Up UCI team challenge raffle (a UCI sweatshirt for each team member!). We qualified for the UCI sweatshirt raffle in a field of 6 out of 30 UCI teams who registered.
What a great testament to all team members for keeping up with the walking and the logging of steps from October 2016 through January 2017! Our team logged a combined total of 13, 304, 386 steps, pretty cool.
Cheers to this year’s Team Libraries, led by our esteemed captain, Debbie Kreuziger, for Step Up UCI 2016-17:
Becky Imamoto, Chris Torrey, Cindy Tyan, Debbie Kreuziger, Jeff Schneidewind, Jessie Brobst, John Renaud, Kathryn Jeon, Lisa Shoup, Lynda Rogers, Mandy Caiyod, Pamela Gordon, Sheree Baugh
And if you have been walking on your own and logging your steps, remember that you still earn the Step Up UCI t-shirt for reaching 750,000 steps!!!
Go Libraries!
To Fight the Winter Blues, Try a Dose of Nature
A nice WSJ article going into the weekend — enjoy! Having a little bit of awe every day in your life would make you happier, kinder and more compassionate. ~ Paul Piff, psychologist at the University of California, Irvine