June 9, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 1
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, chief of staff, UCOP. “UC is a very cooperative environment,” said Debi Young, QA manager at UCOP. Based on her many years in the private sector – including at Nordstrom and Delta Dental – Young reflected…
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Posted by Donna Yamasaki, senior application manager, Information Technology Services, UCOP. The University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) is a tax-qualified defined benefit plan with multiple tiers and membership classifications and approximately 250,000 total members. UCOP administers the program and…
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May 26, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 3
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Mark Cianca is the type of person you can never forget. He’s leading the biggest business transformation in UC history, fundamentally changing the way we do payroll, HR, and benefits. If you…
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May 4, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 1
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, ITS chief of staff, UCOP. Paul Weiss got into IT because he was living in Los Angeles, and he needed money to afford a car. That’s quite a concession for a biking fiend. But the path…
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Featured in UCOP Link newsletter. Over two dozen volunteers from 10 UCOP departments* collaborated on the successful design and staffing of two well-received interactive booths at the 2016 Oakland Youth Careers Expo on Feb. 26. More than 1,200 high…
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March 16, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
Posted by Lisa Bono, IT Communications Manager, UCSC. New this year to the UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC), first-time attendees may qualify to have the conference registration fee ($250) waived! To generate new faces and energy at the conference…
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March 11, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
Date: Wednesday, March 23 Time: 2-3 p.m. Presenters: Jonathan Kahn, Enterprise Application Architect, UCOP; Jerome McEvoy, Enterprise Architect, UCOP This is our second webinar in a three-part series on process mapping. You will learn about the value proposition and differentiators…
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Posted by Larry Delaney, Sr. Applications Manager, UCOP. The IT department at UCOP enhances and maintains UC’s very complex Payroll and Personnel System (PPS). During 2015, this system paid 286,918 UC employees across the university, of which 190,311 were at…
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February 2, 2016 All Articles 0
Posted by Danielle McNamara, Communications Coordinator, Diversity and Engagement – MESA, UCOP. Hands-on learning and project-based learning have become buzz terms in the STEM education world recently. But students involved in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program have been…
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January 22, 2016 All Articles 0
Date: Thursday, January 28 Time: 3 – 4 p.m. Join Terrell McQuitta, UCOP service desk supervisor, to learn about the tools used when telecommuting including, VPN, cloud computing, and Jabber softphone! Here’s how to join: Log in to readytalk.com…
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