This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter: 

Cross-Campus Collaboration: Learning Beyond Our Border

The Cross-Campus Collaboration courses are back this fall, offering a unique chance to grow your skills while connecting with colleagues across the CSU system. With workshops ranging from leadership and career development to communication and team-building, there’s something for everyone. Take a peek at what’s available and find the session that sparks your curiosity—you never know where these new connections might lead!

CSU Learn Courses

• Managing and Sharing Notebooks in OneNote - In this course, you'll learn how to arrange pages and subpages to create a logical flow of information, as well as how to manage sections by merging, copying, and moving them. You'll also explore how to group related sections to support a more navigable layout.

• Navigating the Hurdles of First-time Management - In this course, you'll learn four essential strategies for new managers: earning trust and respect from your team, managing conflicting expectations and priorities, handling difficult management tasks with confidence, and cultivating personal resilience during the challenging transition.

Cross Campus Collaboration Courses

• Developmentally-Focused Evaluations - This session will offer strategies for using evaluation meetings as developmental, supportive spaces of learning, discuss new approaches to employee development, and address the ways evaluations can be part of a host of equitable and inclusive workplace practices.

• How to Bring Your Best Self to Work - This presentation addresses the importance of bringing your best self to work. It emphasizes strategies to enhance job performance, improve relationships and contribute positively to the workforce.

• Success as 1st Gen Professional - The transition from student to professional can be difficult if you don’t already have a support network. Join us to learn about potential barriers and strategies to address concerns as you transition from college to career. This session may be more relevant for early-career student affairs professionals. All are welcome.

• Weekly Dose of Mindfulness - Weekly Dose of Mindfulness is an opportunity for all CSU community members to experience guided mindfulness practices with a trained facilitator.

• Excel Tips and Tricks - Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned Excel user, these tips and tricks can help to save time and make the most of your Excel experience. From shortcuts and formula basics to Pivot Tables, there is something for everyone in this session.

• Learning Lab Series: The Change Advantage – Adapt & Succeed Part 1 - 3 - Change isn’t slowing down and neither should your ability to handle it. This series is made up of 3, 30-minute virtual sessions, where you’ll explore practical strategies for navigating uncertainty, embracing adaptability, and leading with resilience. Reflect on your own experiences, learn from others, and walk away with tools you can use right away.

• Breath and Health - Have you ever experienced how altering the pattern you breathe improves your state of mind? Come experience the intimate link between our breath and our emotions. 

Much More

• CSU's Got Talent - Embracing Every Mind: Effective Time Management for Neurodiverse Teams

• Skillshops @ the Library

• Discover Your Cal Poly Humboldt Library Video

• Audio, Video & DVD Collections Available to Faculty and Staff too

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