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Final State Budget Includes Most Compensation Funding in a Decade

The budget passed by the legislature and signed by the governor allows for merit increases of 3.25%, of which 58% is funded by state support and the remaining is funded by anticipated tuition revenue. The 58% share paid by the state is the largest portion covered by the state in over a decade. For a legislative session wrap up, please see this State Relations blog post, and for more details on how the state budget impacts UW, please see this Office of Planning & Budgeting brief.

19th Annual Womxn of Color Celebration – For Womxn of Color by Womxn of Color

In collaboration with the UW Housing & Food Services, the UW Women’s Center, and the Professional Staff Organization, proudly presents the 19th Annual Womxn of Color Celebration (formerly Womxn of Color Reception).
Join us on March 8, 2022 at 12PM-1:30PM for a feel-good event where we’ll celebrate ourselves, be in community, and envision new futures together.
This year’s program will feature keynote speakers Polly Olsen and Charlotte Cote. If you have any questions please contact the event lead, Leyla Salmassi, leylas@uw.edu or Senait Habte, senait@uw.edu
Tuesday, March 8th
Program starts at 12pm -1:30PM
REGISTER:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xbr-0_QZnwb9CZISrKdPN1gY1ox-g1pmLKn98KkrZjE/edit

Spring 2022 DEI Forum: registration now open!

After a successful first Tri-Campus DEI Forum in autumn 2021 around the theme of Community, volunteers from the UW Professional Staff Organization (PSO) and departments across UW’s three campuses are once again joining together to organize and facilitate a virtual 2-half-day Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Forum, this time focused on Action. The DEI Forum is developed by staff, for staff, but open to faculty and students as well. It will take place via Zoom on April 20-21, 2022.

The goal of the event is to create an intersectional space for those interested in advocating for equity to come together to share ideas, network, and build coalitions to advance anti-racism and social justice efforts across UW and beyond. This includes intersecting aspects of identity such as race, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion.

You can now register for this event through the Whole U.

We also encourage UW employees and community members with a connection to UW who are doing DEI work in this area to submit proposals for sessions here. Proposals that are action-oriented and interactive are particularly sought!

More information here:  https://www.washington.edu/pso/get-involved/pso-events/2022-dei-forum/.  If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please email us at psoboard@uw.edu.

Join the 2022 – 2024 PSO Board

Apply now to join the 2022 – 2024 PSO Board Member Cohort

Seeking Professional staff from the Medical, Research, Administration and Academic sectors of the University system

 

Why Join the PSO Board?

 

  • Learn more about UW and the professional staff role, share ideas, resources and connections, and make impactful contacts all across campus! 

 

  • Support and advocate for professional staff by working with UW leadership at the President’s office, Human Resources, WholeU, faculty committees, and the membership.

 

  • Develop leadership skills by chairing a committee, organizing outreach, and supporting our various events with a supportive group of colleagues.

 

  • Make an impact on the more than 10,000 professional staff! Board members work together to advocate for and enrich our roles at the UW.

 

  • Meet and network with other professional staff from across the Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses, Harborview Medical Center, and UW Medical Center  

 

On average, elected board members spend three hours per week on board activities.

We are now accepting applications for 2022-2024 board members.  The application deadline is:  April 30, 2022.

Submit your application to the PSO Board here

(Note: Catalyst webform, UWNETID login required)

 

Calling all Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs)!

The UW-Seattle Career & Internship Center has housed a Peace Corps recruiter for many years.

Jessica Phares, this year’s PC recruiter, is trying to collect a list of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who are staff or faculty at the University of Washington. The list can serve as a way to build community among UW RPCVs and a way for RPCVs to share their experience with prospective Peace Corps applicants.

If you are interested in learning more or adding yourself to the list, please complete the registration form. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica at pcorps@uw.edu.

Fall 2021 Legislative update with Joe Dacca Nov 17 2:30pm

Join us for a PSO Fall 2021 Legislative Update

DATE: November, 17 2021 @ 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Join the Office of State Relations for an update on the 2021 legislative session

State Relations Director Joe Dacca will share the latest news from Olympia and answer your questions

You are invited to submit your questions in advance of the meeting to extrnaff@uw.edu

Zoom Registration required – click here to register   (UW NetID required to participate)

See you there!

Husky Leadership Initiative: Call for Husky Leadership Certificate 2022 Mentors

On behalf of our campus partners in the Husky Leadership Initiative, the PSO would like to share the call for Husky Leadership Certificate Mentors:

The Husky Leadership Initiative is currently seeking mentors for the 2022 Husky Leadership Certificate Program. We’d love to have you join us!

“I enjoyed the connection with a student who I would not meet in any other setting and getting to know what his interests are, how he views his Husky Experience. It helped me to think about my role as a mentor, a supervisor, and a member of the UW community.” –Former HLC Mentor

Are you interested in engaging with students and supporting them as they reflect on their own leadership development? Consider becoming a Husky Leadership Certificate Mentor! The Husky Leadership Initiative is currently seeking at least UW faculty, staff, and community members to serve as mentors for the 2021-2022 Husky Leadership Certificate (HLC) cohort. The goal of the Husky Leadership Certificate is to engage students in a process of critical reflection on their leadership development and accomplishments.

As a mentor, you will be matched with a current UW student (junior or senior) and will remotely support them as they create an online leadership portfolio from January 2022 through May 2022. Through the creation of the e-portfolio, students will articulate and demonstrate their leadership learning and development, while reflecting upon their various curricular and co-curricular experiences. Feedback from former Husky Leadership Certificate students highlight the great value and positive impact of the mentoring relationship.

“The mentorship component was a highlight of my HLC experience.  My mentor really helped me grow in a lot of areas in not only my leadership development but also in my professional development and how to best present my leadership experiences to potential employers.”

“My mentor was so supportive in helping me find study abroad programs, making sense out of my leadership experiences and checking in with me even during the quarantine.”  –Former HLC Mentees

For more information about the Husky Leadership Certificate program, please visit our website. To serve as a mentor, please submit the HLC mentor interest form by 11:59PM on Monday, October 25.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at uwhlc@uw.edu. We will follow up in November about our new mentor orientation and in December about our mentor/mentee matching process.

Light Rail stations at UW, Roosevelt, and Northgate opening October 2

Light Rail stations at UW, Roosevelt, and Northgate are officially opening October 2

The opening will coincide with service changes on ST Express, King County Metro Transit and Community Transit bus routes that will be modified to allow riders to connect with congestion-free Link service.

More details here:

https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/its-happening-northgate-link-opens-october-2

 

For up to date news and photos on the work in progress, see “The Platform” SoundTransit blog site:

https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform