Penn State Police: Who We Are…What We Do

Information on how to contact University Police and Public Safety and services and resources provided by University Park police. 

Getting to Know the LRN : How to Access and Navigate OnDemand Trainings and Free Books

Learn how you can quickly navigate through the over 17,000+ FREE, online courses available to faculty and staff. These courses allow you to learn at your convenience by using the Learning Resource Network (LRN) to browse, launch and learn. Plus learn how to take advantage of the over 95,000 free, online book titles that are available to you as a Penn State employee.  

Time Management

This program discusses practical, common sense techniques to use time wisely at work.  It provides paradigms to help set priorities, manage meetings, organize workspaces, and develop personal daily and weekly plans.  Employees learn to identify time wasters at work and to recognize time-use barriers.

Health Advocate Program 101: Learn how to explore and utIlize its vast employee resources

In this session, learn how to navigate the Health Advocate website and find out about the free, personal assistance available to you and your family about personal, family, financial, and work issues to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Intended Audience: Benefits Eligible Penn State faculty and staff wishing to learn more about the Health Advocate Program benefit. 

The Art of Delegation

The course provides instruction on why delegation is important, what delegation is, and insight into a multi-step process for delegation.

PLEASE NOTE: There is PRE-PROGRAM WORK that needs to be completed as part of this course. You will receive the pre-work assignments in the 10-day before the course reminder email you will receive from the Learning Resource Network:

 - Read Case Studies (one page) --- will receive in 10 day before reminder email
-  Complete checklist (one page) --- will receive in 10 day before reminder email

Creating a Healthy Work Environment Begins with You

In this seminar, you will learn how to become the ultimate team player through managing adversity and contributing to creating a positive work environment.  When faced with adversity, you have the power and the choice to “feed the good wolf” inside you and do the right thing.  Bob will present seven “Good Wolf Behaviors” that empower work teams to build and maintain a healthy work environment.  You will also learn about three Emotional Intelligence strategies that will empower you to manage work-place adversity and contribute to a positive climate and team morale.

Balancing Work/Family/Life

Balancing your work and home life can seem impossible in our busy world. Feelings of guilt and turmoil are stirred by the demands of work and home, and the lack of personal time and time for family and friends. Through open discussion, this workshop outlines how to work toward attainable personal and professional goals, while reducing stress levels. It also offers effective workday tips for reducing discomfort and guilt, and successfully “keeping it all together.”

TIAA -- Money at Work 2: Sharpening investment skills (Follow-up to Money at Work 1)

Knowledge is the best investment. Feel more secure in your savings strategy by verifying you’re on the right track. And if you’re off track, know what adjustments you need to make. Are you saving enough? Have you taken taxes into account? Do you have a financial plan—and have you thought about what retirement looks like? TIAA’s workshop leaders will teach you how to plan your investments and to help you hold on to as much of your nest egg as possible.

*Follow-up to Money at Work 1 -- offered this past Fall (not a prerequisite but suggested)

Leading by Developing People

Are you responsible for developing others?

Developing people is an important key to effective leadership.  In this facilitated discussion, we will review the concepts introduced in the Leading by Developing People Skillsoft video training that you will complete before the session and discuss opportunities and challenges for you to put them into practice.

Diversity Workout: How Stereotypes Affect Social Influence Strategies and Race and Ethnicity, Not Race or Ethnicity

This session will cover 2 different but related diversity topics:

Session 1: How Stereotypes Affect Social Influence Strategies – 45 minutes
Social Influence Strategies refers to techniques used to change someone’s ideas and actions to meet your demands. Individuals in formal or informal power positions, and others with influence, are well positioned to utilize social influence strategies. Stereotypes can subconsciously play a large role in the social influence strategies used. This session takes a granular approach and explores how stereotypes contribute to stereotype-based roles and activities often visible within U.S. colleges and universities.

***10 minute break***

Session 2: Race and Ethnicity, Not Race or Ethnicity– 45 minutes
The average person frequently uses the terms “race” and “ethnicity” interchangeably as synonyms to categorize humans. While race is ascribed to individuals on the basis of physical traits, ethnicity encompasses everything from language, to nationality, culture and religion. Ethnicity can enable people to take on several identities. This session considers how perceptions of race and ethnicity misidentifies members in our University community and how it affects their lived experiences and identity formation.

How Sexual and Gender-based Behavior Creates a Hostile Work Environment

This session provides basic guidelines for understanding and preventing sexual and gender-based harassment in the workplace. Information regarding the legal basis for sexual harassment as well as Penn State’s policies and procedures regarding sexual and gender-based harassment and other related behaviors that are offensive but might not be a policy violation. Case studies are referenced throughout the session for participants to discuss and assess what qualifies as severe or pervasive inappropriate behavior, particularly at Penn State. 

Overview of Penn State Policies

This is a proactive program highlighting the positive aspects of Penn State policies, guidelines, and practices. Discover the ways in which Penn State policies impact your work life. Taught by professionals from Human Resources, this seminar is your opportunity to review or clarify the following topics. 

Take Your Skills to the Next Level with the Ability to Have Crucial Communication

Have you ever found yourself needing to address a problem at work with a co-worker or boss, or been in conversations with friends around politics or other controversial topics and just find you do not feel comfortable speaking up?  You worry about things devolving into arguments and getting heated, possibly severing relationships?  Don’t despair, you are not alone, the vast majority of people today feel this way and avoid having these critical conversations.  Lucky for you there are specific skills you can learn that will help you feel more confident and ready to dive into these types of conversations.  Based around the book Crucial Conversation: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, this training will explore the art of dialogue and how you can better prepare yourself and engage in tense conversations.

Resiliency: Secrets of Successful Employees

Studies have found that when the same events happen to different people, it’s the individual’s response that makes a difference in terms of staying healthy, and using the experience in a positive way in order to grow and thrive—also known as resiliency. What’s the secret? This seminar explores this dynamic and what we can learn from those who are successful at surviving whatever life throws their way and developing their resiliency. The good news is, resiliency can be learned, and many examples exist where it has made all the difference. Participants will leave with tips and techniques for maximizing their own resiliency and positively influencing those around them.

Domestic Violence Awareness

When it comes to domestic violence, there are often ways that we can help friends, colleagues, and loved ones around us who may be experiencing a harmful relationship. Join Centre Safe to learn about our free, confidential services, and to walk through a domestic violence case study, to learn about what domestic violence is, how to recognize it, and what you can do to help. Participants will leave the session empowered and better equipped with knowledge and practical tools to join us in our mission of empowering survivors and eliminating violence. 

Subtle Slights and the Impact of Bias on Cultural Identity and Mental Wellbeing

How do we handle the unspoken, often unrecognized “little things” that foster sentiments and attitudes of inequity and incivility? Microaggressions speak to the attitudes, dispositions, and comments that many times lead to the devaluing of members of a community. This session will focus on recognizing, validating, and ultimately managing the display and impact of microaggressions.

TIAA: Paying Yourself: Income Options in Retirement

It’s time to consider a little payback. You’ve made a lot of sacrifices in order to put away enough money to retire. When it’s finally time, do you know how to get the money back? There are lots of considerations, rules and tax implications that make these decisions very important and more complex. Relax. We can help.

Employee Engagement Strategies to Build an Effective Team

When you’re engaged at work, you’re dedicated, emotionally connected, and willing to give your best, discretionary effort. The problem is, most of today’s workforce is not engaged. In this workshop, discover today’s workplace trends, basic principles of engagement, and drivers of engagement. Start building an engagement-friendly workplace where everybody wins—customers, employees, and the organization. Emphasis is on improving workplace engagement. 

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Conflict Management Tips

This interactive session is designed for you to focus on ways to manage conflict more effectively.

Enhancing Your Confidence & Clarity in Giving Presentations

In this course participants will have opportunities to learn and practice presentation skills in a safe environment. This will include creating and practicing an elevator speech. The course is intended to help participants enhance their abilities to deliver presentations, speak with confidence and engage their audience.

Managing Mental Health & Employee Well-Being

Mental health may be one of the last remaining taboos in the workplace. Yet many workers experience depression, anxiety or stress on the job. This shows up in absenteeism, medical claims, safety, and lower productivity. The purpose of this workshop is to increase confidence of managers when supporting an employee who may be experiencing an emotional health issue or other disruptive event. Participants will learn objective warning signs of deteriorating behavior, understand what emotional (mental) health is and is not, and how to partner with resources, including EAP, to effectively assess and address employer and employee concerns. Additional rate may apply.

Getting to Know the LRN: How to Access and Navigate OnDemand Trainings and Free Books

Learn how you can quickly navigate through the over 17,000+ FREE, online courses available to faculty and staff. These courses allow you to learn at your convenience by using the Learning Resource Network (LRN) to browse, launch and learn. Plus learn how to take advantage of the over 95,000 free, online book titles that are available to you as a Penn State employee.  

Run Hide Fight - Surviving an Action Attacker

Guidance on how to respond to an Active Attacker situation for Faculty, Students and Staff can be obtained through the Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program, presented by the University Police. The Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program provides information on the steps you can take to mitigate the actions of an Active Attacker.