Faculty and Staff News Archive
Indigenous
Sixth annual Indigenous Awards of Excellence celebrates 2021 and 2022 recipients in-person
June 22, 2022 —
Each year, Indigenous Engagement and Communications, and the Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous) (OVPI) honours students, staff and faculty in the categories of community builder, trailblazer and outstanding achievement at the Indigenous Awards of Excellence
President of Ukraine addresses UM via livestream
June 22, 2022 —
On June 22, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, spoke with students, faculty and staff in a special video event
Sustainability
New multi-use path at Fort Garry ready for a ride or walk
June 20, 2022 —
On your next lunch hour, be sure to visit the new Eastern Transportation Corridor (ETC) multi-use path. The corridor runs along the eastern edge of the Fort Garry campus, adjacent to the Point Lands, including Freedman Crescent, Saunderson Street and Dysart Road
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
All welcome at farewell event for Dr. Brian Postl
June 16, 2022 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community is invited to attend the retirement celebration for Dean Brian Postl on Monday, June 20 at 2 p.m. in the Brodie Centre Atrium.
Students
Meet the 2022 Emerging Leader Award Winners – Undergraduate
June 15, 2022 —
After 16 years it is an honour to recognize this year’s cohort of student leaders for their commitment to furthering UM’s educational mission by contributing to the social, cultural and economic well-being of communities on or off-campus. These students encourage cross-cultural understanding and demonstrate sustained leadership and initiative. Today we feature one of our outstanding Emerging Leaders: Gillian Laninga, fifth-year College of Nursing student.
Sustainability
Ready, set, (EV) charge!
June 9, 2022 —
University of Manitoba (UM) community members who drive electric vehicles now have more charging options on campus.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
UM Zoom and YuJa Video now work together
June 8, 2022 —
Once you set up the UM Zoom to YuJa Video integration, you can store, share and edit your UM Zoom recordings in YuJa Video.
Information Services and Technology
All staff and faculty accounts now enrolled in Duo multi-factor authentication
June 6, 2022 —
All staff and faculty accounts are now enrolled in Duo multi-factor authentication (MFA). If you have not done so already, please complete your enrolment by adding your second-factor device.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
YuJa Video contest awards prizes to YuJa users
June 2, 2022 —
Instructors and staff who used YuJa Video within the first month were entered into a contest to win a prize that includes a UM tote bag and products from YuJa, Dell and D2L. Entrants poured in and now the winners have been announced.
Information Services and Technology
Recording meetings in Teams? Auto-expiration is now available
May 31, 2022 —
Microsoft recently implemented an auto-expiration setting for all Teams recordings to help users manage their files.