Illini Union Staff Training & Development

Welcome to the Training & Development calendar for Illini Union staff.

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Monday, September 29, 2025

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

    • 9:00 - 9:50 am
    • Armory – Room 370 (505 E. Armory Avenue, Champaign)

    The trainers from F&S will be holding their popular fire extinguisher training for the entire campus. If you'd like to attend this training, please register in advance as space is limited. The training will include hands-on practice with fire extinguishers and a fire simulator.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Monday, October 6, 2025

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

    • 2:00 - 3:30 pm

    Listening to Build Trust is designed to help foster healthy work relationships by improving listening skills. Survive, Thrive & Lead are peer-led highly interactive skills-building workshops tailored towards participants who supervise teams at Illinois. Content was developed in collaboration with NCPRE, Office of the Provost, and Illinois Human Resources.

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Friday, October 10, 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

    • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    • I Hotel Conference Center, Lincoln Room

    Learn about campus administration and the government regulations that guide our processes; the key roles involved in the search process; developing the job description and planning for good faith recruitment efforts; an overview of the vacancy submission, requisition, and posting process; reference check guidelines; and best practices.

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm

    Dr. Bryan Sexton will demonstrate the mechanisms at work that cause burnout and look at how evidence-based interventions counteract those mechanisms to result in wellbeing improvements. Explore fresh ideas and generate innovative strategies to address the growing need for effective and available mental health services.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Thursday, October 16, 2025

    • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    This New Employee Orientation (NEO) will be held in Microsoft Teams. This optional training is highly recommended for recent new hires. At this online training session, we will discuss the structure of the university and Student Affairs, the leadership of Illini Union, important workplace rules, payroll and benefits, training and development and staying safe.

Monday, October 20, 2025

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Friday, October 24, 2025

Thursday, October 30, 2025

    • 1:30 - 4:30 pm

    An interactive program for employees looking to strengthen their communication, teamwork, and leadership skills to become more effective in the workplace. This session focuses on teamwork, including ways to make meetings more effective, developing strong agendas and ensuring that three key leadership roles are filled.

Friday, October 31, 2025