Our committees are made up of staff members who care about their colleagues across campus and decide to get actively involved. They are people like you. Working on a committee can involve a little or a lot of time or something in between. It’s an opportunity to meet, help your fellow employees, and make a difference. You choose how much time you can afford to give – anything you can offer is enough and welcomed!
- Short term time investments: Work at an event for one to two hours or distribute flyers within your department.
- Longer time investments: Serve on a planning group or develop programs and events
There are different kinds of committees in Staff Assembly:
- Standing Committees are permanent and ongoing. Their Chairs are elected and serve as voting representatives on the Council.
- Special Committees are convened to handle special issues that need concentrated attention over a defined period of time. The Catastrophic Leave Donation Program was the result of a special committee.
Committees & Chairs
Community Relations Committee
The Community Relations Committee seeks to provide programming and volunteer opportunities for staff across campus that benefits the local Orange County community. Committee members often collaborate with local non-profit organizations to either join forces on regularly scheduled events or create new events to assist organizations. Past programming includes assembling boxes of food for local food banks, sponsoring fellow UC Irvine staff and their families during the holiday season, gathering toys and supplies for children during the holiday season, clothing drives, and beach clean-up events. Committee members work in collaboration with the Committee Chair(s), but are expected to run events independently after properly trained by Chair(s) and/or fellow committee members.
Chair: Jordy Cardenas
Education and Enrichment Committee
The Education and Enrichment Committee seeks to provide programming for staff across campus that is both educational and enriching through interactive networking forums and professional development opportunities. Programming also includes workshops based on interest of staff across campus [examples include: tours of facilities and departments on campus, “how to” workshops, speaker series, etc.
Chair: Vacant
Marketing & Communications Committee
The Marketing Communications Committee coordinates all UCI Staff Assembly communications and social media channels (i.e. ZotMail, Facebook, etc.). The committee works to increase awareness of Staff Assembly and promote all news and events, and works with Council Communications Officer and Web Communications Chair to ensure efficiency of all Council communication efforts, providing back-up assistance as needed.
Chair: Jessica Banfield
Co-Chair: Mackenna Wilson
Scholarship Committee
The Scholarship Committee seeks to help UC Irvine career staff employees continue to impact their career and UCI by furthering their educational goals, whether in pursuit of an academic degree, Continuing Education courses, workshops, webinars, conferences or other classes through reimbursement scholarships generously donated by staff, faculty and the community or raised through events.
Chair: Sarah Yoo
Staff Appreciation Committee
The Staff Appreciation Committee develops and coordinates staff events on and off campus to promote cohesion and morale for staff on the Irvine Campus and Medical Center in Orange. The annual Staff Appreciation Picnic subcommittee is part of this committee. New ideas and members are always welcome.
Chair: Joani Harrington
Web Communications Committee
The Web Communications Committee develops and maintains all Staff Assembly web communications to ensure website information is accurate and works with Council Communications Officer to ensure efficiency of all Council communication efforts, providing back-up assistance as needed.
Chair: Dianne Kwok