The calendar is scheduled to be distributed during the week of January 31. In addition to the days, weeks, and months of the year, the calendar includes brief descriptions of the unit's range of services. Thumbs Up Award Program 1999-2000 Human Resources is once again sponsoring the popular Thumbs Up Award Program for staff. It is the only recognition program in which all staff and administrators are eligible to participate, and everyone who is nominated receives a certificate of appreciation and a small gift. Awards can be given to an individual staff member, a team, or a faculty member in an administrative role for providing special service to the campus community.
Every nominee is a winner.
The nomination process this year will be similar to last year. The 2000 Thumbs Up Award announcement and detailed guidelines will be mailed to all staff, via campus mail, during February. Construction Update Construction will start on the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, a new addition to the eastern end of Natural Sciences 2, in early February and last through fall 2001. Expect traffic delays on Steinhart Way, the service road to the Science Library, Earth and Marine Sciences, and Natural Sciences 2. Construction of the Core West Parking Structure at the intersection of Heller and McLaughlin Drives has already begun and is expected to last until December 2000.