Outstanding Professional Award (OPA) Nominees

• May 18th, 2023
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The Outstanding Professional Award (OPA) is awarded in the Spring semester to 2 professional staff members for going above and beyond their regular duties and for exemplifying positivity, for bringing out the best in others, for offering innovative ideas, and for creating conditions for success. Here are the 2023 nominees:

• Lanna Johnson-Boyd
• Melanie Danner
• John Gilmer
• Ashley Grammer
• Brittany Gregg
• Adrienne Hall
• Carrie West Harris
• Nathan Holtz
• Jackie Hayes
• Elizabeth Lary
• Telisa McWaters
• Lindsey Woodruff

Please check out the Awards & Scholarships page for more information.

PSA’s Agility Training

• April 20th, 2023
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Agility training happening this coming Monday. Please note you must click the news title above to access the registration link. 

Come join us for a Professional Staff Assembly special training session on Agility. You will receive a boxed lunch to enjoy during the training and certificate of completion. Seats are limited to 25 attendees so please register soon. 

The University Agility program is a continuous improvement program that improve service and reduce costs. The program has eight courses that improve participants’ mindsets to enhance job performance, which will help promote significantly work-life balance.

Professional Staff Assembly’s COVID Town Hall

• October 26th, 2021
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Thank you for sending in questions and attending the Professional Staff Assembly’s COVID Town Hall meeting this afternoon. We will be sorting through questions that came through chat during the meeting and presenting them to administration to get the answers back to you as soon as possible. The slides and recording are available for anyone that was unable to attend. The webinar did hit capacity, and we are very sorry if you were unable to attend due to this limitation. We appreciate your feedback, and we plan to keep you updated once other questions are answered.

2021.10.25 PSA COVID-19 Town Hall Meeting Recording
2021.10.25 PSA COVID-19 Town Hall Slides

Please refer to the Vaccine Federal Order FAQs for general answers to many question

MLK Day of Service

• January 15th, 2021
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Professional Staff Assembly on BamaPulse

• October 12th, 2020
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We request that each member of PSA create an account and select membership in the PSA Page of BamaPulse so that we can track and provide more data on the amazing volunteer and outreach work being conducted by our members. BamaPulse is a user-friendly website that streamlines volunteer and community engagement opportunities and allows you to record your volunteer hours and impacts.

Creating an account is simple! Use these steps for easy access:

1. Visit https://bama.givepulse.com/group/119048-The-University-of-Alabama.
2. In the top right, Click the “Sign Up” Link. 
3. In the pop-up box, click “Sign up via UA”
4. Use your MyBama credentials to log in.
5. Create and personalize your account.
6. Find the PSA Group using this link: https://givepul.se/twd25n
7. On the page, click “Become Member” and complete the verification process.
8. Return to the home page and search for available volunteer and outreach opportunities in our community!

For questions, please reach out to PSA’s Chair for Service and Outreach, Chelsea Ratcliff at ceratcliff@ua.edu or UA’s Bama Pulse Coordinator, Ashley Clark at bamapulse@ua.edu.