Leadership Academy lists professional development opportunities for spring

Leadership Academy lists professional development opportunities for spring

From the Leadership Academy

The Leadership Academy announces the following offerings available to UST employees this spring semester for your professional growth and development, including many requested topics in the technical series.

We also are offering a new series for all employees at St. Thomas on our Catholic identity as a university through the Catholic Symposia Series. Topics and dates for these sessions will be announced soon.

Full descriptions of sessions and registration details can be found at Training Online, at The Leadership Academy or by calling (651) 962-6900.

Management Series

"Motivate Yourself and Your Staff: Learning to Love Mondays" (two-part session) led by Linda Halverson (read more on this program in the Bulletin Today story published on Jan. 8)

  • Part 1 – 9 a.m.- noon Thursday, Jan. 25, in Room 109, McNeely Hall
  • Part 2 – 9 a.m.- noon Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall

"Emotional Intelligence for Managers" led by Barb Krantz Taylor

  • 8:30 a.m.- noon Thursday, March 15, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall

"Giving and Receiving Performance Feedback" (two-part session) led by Lisa Griebel

  • Part 1 – 8:30 a.m.- noon Tuesday, April 3, in Room 236, McNeely Hall
  • Part 2 – 8:30 a.m.- noon Tuesday, April 17, in Room 236, McNeely Hall

"Project Management" (three-part session) led by Dr. Ernest Owens

  • Part 1 – 9 a.m.- noon Thursday, April 5, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall
  • Part 2 – 9 a.m.- noon Thursday, April 12, in Room 304, McNeely Hall
  • Part 3 – 9 a.m.- noon Thursday, April 19, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall

Open Series (for all employees)

“Performance Assessment Information Session” led by Edna Comedy

  • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall
  • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in Room 350, Terrence Murphy Hall

"Managing and Motivating Student Employees" led by Susan McDougall

  • 10 a.m.- noon Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Room 109, McNeely Hall
  • 10 a.m.- noon Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Room 350, Terrence Murphy Hall

"Healthy Relationships in the Workplace" led by Susen Fagrelius

  • 8:30 a.m.- noon Thursday, March 22, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall

Support Staff Series (all sessions will be led by Jerilynn Sushko)

"E-mail Etiquette"

  • 8:30 a.m.- noon Wednesday, Feb. 21, in Room 155, Murray- Herrick Campus Center

"Exceptional Customer Service Skills"

  • 8:30 a.m. - noon Tuesday, March 27, at the Minneapolis campus (location TBA)

"Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills"

  • 8:30 a.m.- noon Wednesday, April 18, in the Great Room, Room 100, McNeely Hall

Technology Series (all  sessions will be led by Lief Johnson in Room 208, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center, with two exceptions noted below:

"Blackboard Design and Content Basics"

  • 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23
  • 9-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Room 105, Opus Hall

"MS Access Tables and Queries"

  • 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24

"MS Access Forms and Reports"

  • 9 a.m.- noon Tuesday, Jan. 30

"MS Word Mail Merge"

  • 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20

"MS Picture Manager Basics"

  • 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in Room 105, Opus Hall
  • 9:30 a.m.- noon Thursday, March 15

Library Technical Series

“Introduction to RefWorks” Minneapolis sessions led by John Heintz and St. Paul sessions led by Janice Orf

  • 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Room 111, Opus Hall
  • Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, in Room 314, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center
  • 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in Room 111, Opus Hall
  • Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in Room 314, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center
  • 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 19, in Room 111, Opus Hall

“Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard” led by John Heintz

  • 10 a.m.- noon Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Room 111, Opus Hall

“Faculty Research Tools” led by John Heintz

  • 10 - 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, in Room 111, Opus Hall

“Google and Beyond: Advanced Web Search Techniques” led by John Heintz

  • 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, in Room 111, Opus Hall