A workshop designed to help managers and supervisors learn how to give feedback will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Feb. 26 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus.

The workshop, which will be led by Todd Nicholas, a senior career consultant and lead trainer with Career Partners International Buffalo/Niagara, is part of the Supervisors’ Learning Forum sponsored by Organizational Development & Training, part of University Work Life Services. The forum offers supervisors a unique opportunity to meet with peers and colleagues, listen to a presentation on a relevant topc and engage in an open forum Q&A.

To register, click here.

Nominations are being sought for the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Services.

This annual award honors superior performance and extraordinary achievement by classified employees on a statewide level. It recognizes service excellence, flexibility and creativity, and exemplary customer service.

All classified employees are eligible for nomination. Nominations may be submitted by a supervisor, co-worker or other member of the campus community. Application forms can be found here. Nominations are due to the selection committee by Feb. 8.

For further information, contact Amy Myszka at amyszka@buffalo.edu or 645-5357.

“Behind the Scenes at UB,” a free tour of units and programs on the North, South and Downtown campuses sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate, will continue on Feb. 12 with a tour of the Downtown Medical Campus.

North Campus employees can board the bus to downtown at 11:30 a.m. at Lee Loop; the bus will head to the South Campus to pick up passengers at 11:45 a.m. at the Main Circle.

The tour will be led by Patrick J. Whalen, chief operating officer for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Stops will include the Innovation Center, UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center, Kaleida’s long-term nursing facility, the new parking garage at High Street and Michigan Avenue, UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, the UB Downtown Gateway and the Jacobs Institute.

The bus will pick up passengers at 1 p.m. at the Jacobs Institute to return to the South and North campuses.

No food or lunch break will be provided, so participants are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch to eat on the bus.

To register for the tour, email pssenate@buffalo.edu by Feb. 6.

The Professional Staff Senate will hold its first general membership meeting of the spring semester at 3 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

President Satish K. Tripathi will be the featured speaker.

The meetings are open to all members of the UB professional staff.

For more information, contact the PSS office at 645-2003.