News - February 9, 2017
CSULB 2017 Teach-Ins
The College of Liberal Arts is hosting a series of teach-ins focused on topics related to “Reclaiming Democracy.” Each teach-in will feature two to three speakers (about 10 minutes each) followed by 30-minute discussions at the Speaker’s Platform on related sub-topics led by faculty members. Representatives from student and community activist groups will be at tables providing information about their work. The next teach-in, focusing on “Fascism: Past and Present,” will take place Wednesday, February 22. President Conoley and Provost Jersky are providing pizzas to attendees and a celebratory lunch at the end of the series for the faculty presenting the teach-ins. More information is available online.
Upcoming Evacuation Drill February 15
On Wednesday, February 15, CSULB will conduct its annual campus-wide evacuation drill from approximately 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. This drill will utilize the audible alarms and the visible strobes and flashing lights in each building on campus. Once you safely evacuate the building you are in, please do not re-enter the building until the drill concludes at 10:45 a.m. and all alarms and strobe lights have been turned off.
A test of the BeachALERT Emergency Notification System (ENS) will also be conducted at this time. Please take a moment to ensure that your contact information is up to date by logging into your MyCSULB account. For more information regarding evacuation procedures or other emergency protocols you can view campus emergency guides at emergency.csulb.edu.
Click here to download a campus map showing the designated evacuation rally points. These locations were carefully selected with assistance from the Long Beach Fire Department as being the safest location for each building or area on campus. These rally points will be utilized for the evacuation drill.
Please direct any questions or concerns to the campus Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator at Allyson.Joy@csulb.edu.
Click. Learn. Grow. February Skillsoft Spotlight:
Get Your Game on – Prepare Yourself with Resiliency
Reflect on a way you would like to improve your game, such as in developing resiliency. Skillsoft has a useful collection of tools to help you succeed in many areas, including gaining this critical skill of resiliency.
Forging Ahead with Perseverance and Resilience is a 31-minute course to help individuals develop their ability to persevere through setbacks, challenges, or obstacles in their work. With this course, you will recognize what it takes to persevere, recognize the characteristics of resiliency, and come to understand how to use strategies for resilience to improve your perseverance.
The 27-minute course, Reaching Goals Using Perseverance and Resilience, will help you learn about earning trust and assessing your circle of trusted people, as well as developing resilience, and what to do to regain trust and rebuild resilience. You will find ways to develop your ability to persevere through setbacks, challenges, or obstacles.
Packed with insightful examples, case studies, and self-assessment tools, the book Resilience at Work: How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You explains how to:
- Approach change as a meaningful challenge no matter how difficult the circumstances
- Stay committed to your work
- Resolve ongoing conflicts and build an environment of assistance and encouragement between you and your coworkers
Stronger: Develop the Resilience You Need to Succeed analyzes the heroic exploits of U.S. Navy Seals and others who succeed against all odds. This book identifies five factors that unlock deep reserves of personal power and explores the science behind resilience. In addition, it explains how you can develop this vital trait for yourself.
A professional development plan can be created in conjunction with your ASM and appropriate administrator, which can be completed electronically through this program. Appropriate administrator approval must be obtained in advance to complete coursework during work hours.
Access to these training resources is available on the Staff HR Skillsoft training spotlight webpage. Questions? Contact SHR-Training@csulb.edu or call ext. 5-1052.
