PRINT THIS PAGE   BOOKMARK OR SHARE

Learn at Lunch Series

Past Learn at Lunch Events

UC Commission on the Future Listening Tour

What ASUCLA Can Do For You

Hard Choices in Tough Times

"Tips for Maintaining Healthy Weight for Your Children” and
“Flu Prevention Facts for You and Your Family"

Presidential Task Force on Post Employment Benefits

The Benefits of Giving Blood

Building Great Relationships





• UC Commission on the Future Listening Tour
  Date: December 7, 2009, 1pm to 4pm
  Location: Covel Commons Grand Horizon Room
  RSVP: www.ats.ucla.edu/cfapps/events/rsvp/RSVPNow.cfm?EveID=2988&SecID=2981
  
  How can the University of California best serve the state in the years ahead and maintain access, quality and affordability in a time of diminishing resources? The UC Commission on the Future will address that question and others as it develops a vision for the future of the state’s public research university – one that reaffirms UC's role in sustaining California's economic and cultural vitality, while recognizing that limited state funding will require creativity and new strategies to meet that mission.
  
  To ensure that the Commission working groups are focusing on the right questions and hearing relevant feedback from the campus community, the Commission, working with chancellors, has scheduled a series of 10 meetings, one on each campus. Selected working group co-chairs and members will be present to answer questions and receive input on the scope of work for their groups from faculty, staff, students and others.

^ back to top

 

• What ASUCLA Can Do For Your
  Date: December 1, 2009, 12pm to 1pm
  Location: Ackerman Second Floor Lounge A2L
  RSVP: www.ats.ucla.edu/cfapps/events/rsvp/RSVPNow.cfm?EveID=2987&SecID=2980
  
  From Course Readers to Event Services, ASUCLA can assist with your department’s needs! Learn about the wide range of services offered on campus from Associated Students UCLA. Whether you are looking to publish a course reader, request  a textbook, book an event complete with catering and photography, order custom UCLA gifts for your department, or would like to promote a UCLA author on campus, ASUCLA can help. Come and meet the managers one-on-one. Learn how the revenue generated from ASUCLA services benefit campus and our core values in business. Light refreshments will be served courtesy of ASUCLA Catering. Goodie bags and raffle prizes provided from the UCLA Store for the first 75 people in attendance.

^ back to top

 

• Hard Choices in Tough Times
  Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 12pm - 12:50pm
  Location: School of Dentistry Room 13-041
  

  It is no secret that times have gotten tough.  We’re earning less, working harder, and struggling to make ends meet.  Existential psychology offers us a way to view this time of crisis as an opportunity for change: trying new things, reviving old interests, and re-evaluating our priorities.  Existential psychologists, Halle Aten and Karen Earnest, will offer ideas from this perspective that can alleviate some of the stress of this difficult time and transform it into positive energy and forward momentum.  During this presentation, you will hear inspiring stories of change, learn new ways to view old problems, and explore possibilities for feeling better, being more productive, and reconnecting with friends and loved ones.  Simply joining us for your lunch hour will be a choice to try something new that may just help!
  

^ back to top

 

• "Tips for Maintaining Healthy Weight for Your Children” with Dr. Wendy Slusseer and Dr. Larry Baraff with “Flu Prevention Facts for You and Your Family
  Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 12pm - 1pm
  Location: Student Activities Center Room B05
  
  With cold and flu season upon us this is a wonderful opportunity to hear from Dr. Lawrence Baraff, M.D., professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who specializes in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccines.
  
  Wendy Slusser, MD, MS is assistant clinical professor of pediatrics and an expert in childhood nutrition. She is the Medical Director for UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program, a comprehensive weight management program for children and adolescents. This is a chance to hear new ideas for keeping your children fit and healthy as the holidays approach.
  
  Join us on Tuesday November 10, 2009 at the Student Activities Center in room B05 for this exciting and informative event.

^ back to top

 

• Staff Assembly Forum:  Presidential Task Force on Post Employment Benefits
  Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 12pm - 1pm
  Location: California Room, Faculty Center
  Presentation Slides
  
  
  
  Early this year, UC President Yudof established a Task Force to review the University’s post-employment benefits.  The University offers competitive pension and retiree health benefits as part of its efforts to attract and retain outstanding faculty and staff, as well as to reward employees for their years of career service.  The Task Force has been charged with developing options for balancing the long-term costs of post-employment benefits with the need to provide competitive total compensation. 
  
  Staff Assembly is hosting this lunchtime forum with the Task Force to give staff and retirees the opportunity to learn about the Task Force’s activities, including an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback. To learn more about the mission and charge of the Task Force, visit the Future of UC Retirement Benefits website at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/ucrpfuture/welcome.html.
  
  UC retirees are welcome to attend this Staff Assembly session.

^ back to top

 

• The Benefits of Giving Blood [a Staff Assembly Learn at Lunch event]
  Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  Location: John Wooden Center (Event Lobby)
  Presented by the Blood and Platelet Center  (www.gotblood.ucla.edu)
  

  

  Join Staff Assembly and the Blood & Platelet Center for a lunchtime program on how donating blood benefits donors and their community and learn about the special incentives that the Blood and Platelet Center offers to UCLA employees. Bring your lunch, and get some delicious Diddy Riese's cookies for dessert! All attendees will get a special prize!
  
  Did you know...
• People in Southern California donate at the lowest rate in the nation - only 3% donate.
  
• Every two seconds someone needs blood.
  
• UCLA Medical Center transfuses nearly 100,000 pints of blood every year. UCLA specializes in organ transplants and has the leading cancer center in the state of California.
  
• With one pint of blood, you can help save the lives of up to three patients.
  
• Donating blood is one of the easiest ways to make a difference in the world. In under an hour, you can impact someone's life forever.
  
• Everyone of us will either need a blood transfusion at least once in their lifetime, or knows someone who will.
  
• UCLA employees receive their choice of 4 hours of administrative leave or an incentive item for each blood donation.
  
• Platelet donors receive 4 hours of administrative leave every 56 days plus triple incentives all other times.
  
• Free shuttle service to Gayley by appointment on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
  
• Non-UCLA employees receive their choice of an incentive item

^ back to top

 

• Building Great Relationships
  Date: Wednesday July 15, 2009, 12pm - 1pm
  Location: 1178 Franz Hall 
  Hosted by: Dr. Thomas Bradbury and Dr. Benjamin Karney
  Capacity: 275 
  
  
  

  Great relationships make us happy, healthy, and productive—they can even improve our finances and benefit our children. But what makes for a great relationship? How can couples stay close and connected, especially in these difficult economic times? In this presentation, UCLA Professors Thomas Bradbury and Benjamin Karney identify three key principles that govern how relationships thrive and change. You will learn how these principles work, hear examples of them in action, and discover ways that you and your partner can use them to your advantage.  Spend your lunch hour hearing about the latest research on love, marriage, and managing stress.

^ back to top