Cal Poly Humboldt
PAE-13: Staff Professional Development in Sustainability

Recognizing that individuals deserve relevant, comprehensive and effective training opportunities, the Human Resources Department at Humboldt State University is dedicated to providing meaningful programs that address the evolving needs of our employees.

The Human Resources Department is pleased to organize a schedule of trainings each semester that focus on technology development, workplaces processes, leadership essentials, safety at work and home, navigating HSU [Humboldt State University], employee assistance and wellness, Fierce Conversations, and a communication toolkit. Several trainings are offered in each of the seven areas and additional trainings are added throughout the semester by both Human Resources and various other departments on campus. Staff, faculty and students across the university are invited to participate in campus trainings. Opportunities are advertised through multiple means including the distribution of a training schedule booklet, a Training and Professional Development website, flyers, campus-wide emails and word-of-mouth.

Sustainability is incorporated into a variety of professional development activities across campus including division meetings, user groups, campus clubs and more. Specific campus trainings also focus on raising awareness regarding sustainability including a Fall 2012 series focused on Environmental Stewardship. This series includes multiple trainings on topics including Household Hazardous Waste and Pollution Prevention, Storm Water Pollution Prevention and General Environmental Compliance. Another Fall 2012 series, Safety and Health at Work and Home, incorporates sustainability in its coverage of Hazards Present in the Work and Home Environment, Hazardous Materials and Managing Risk, Physical Hazards in the Work and Home Environment and Injury and Illness Prevention Planning. Additionally, the campus offers trainings in Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management, and Bloodborne Pathogens. Our campus Employee Orientations also offer a good venue for providing information on sustainability with various departments providing information on environmental health and safety, recycling, waste reduction and more.

Other training and professional development opportunities are also available to our employees. In an effort to promote collegiality, we offer a Tune in at Noon series that brings fun and dynamic topics such as Zumba, origami, travel and more to participants. Our employees are also welcome to utilize both the Human Resources Library as well as the campus library for books, manuals and videos available on a variety of topics. Qualified employees are also encouraged to take advantage of our Fee Waiver Program which allows the individual to take university classes at little or no charge.

While this information does not encompass every offering available on campus, it does provide insight into some of our Professional Development activities.

The Training and Professional Development website (training.humboldt.edu) offers a rotating list of opportunities available for staff, faculty and students. As trainings pass, they are removed from the list in order to make way for the multitude of other offerings available.