Professional Development Corner

contributed by Patty Marbury

We are rapidly approaching the end of 2024! If you haven’t yet used your centrally funded education benefit, make some plans to do so! The last day to submit education benefit requests in Workday for this year is December 10, 2024. Remember to discuss all professional development opportunities with your manager prior to applying for any funds.

Upcoming Opportunities

NACUBO

• Washington Update: 2024 Post-Election Analysis, November 19, 2:00 pm*
• Live Online Events
• Self-PacedCourses

*Individual NACUBO membership is free through UVA’s institutional membership. To join, go to nacubo.org and click on “Login or Join”. From the Login box, click on “Don’t have an account” and fill out the form. In the “Primary Affiliate” field enter “University of Virginia” and select the appropriate affiliate.

EACUBO

2025 Workshop and Women’s Leadership Forum – March 9-11, 2025 in Boston, MA (Save the date; registration not yet open.)

SACUBO

• 2025 Women’s Leadership Forum - February 26-28, 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA
• 2025 Annual Meeting – April 13-15, 2025 in Miami, FL
• 2025 Fall Workshop – October 29-31, 2025 in New Orleans, LA (Save the date;registration not yet open.)

More Opportunities: 

• Association for Financial Professionals (AFP): Upcoming Webinars
• UVA’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion current offerings.
• UVA Human Resources has courses and programs coming up which may be of interest.
• Self-Paced Learning - Human Resources also has links to microlearning courses and to LinkedIn Learning. (Participating in these courses does not require submitting a Professional Development Request Form.)
• For Leaders: Here’s an article from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): The Top 20 Leadership Challenges

Education Benefit

You have $2,000 of centrally-funded education benefit for professional development or $5,250 to use for tuition toward a degree-seeking program. If you have not used your benefit this year there is still time! The last day for Academic and Health System faculty, staff, and team members to submit education benefit requests in Workday for CY 2024 is December 10. See https://hr.virginia.edu/career-development/education-benefits-1 for more information. (To be eligible for this benefit, you must have had six months of service in a benefits-eligible position at UVA by the start date of the class, with the intent to remain on the active payroll during the entire term of the class.)