There is a flood of information out there regarding treatments and advice to successfully manage your arthritis pain, but how do you determine which treatments will be effective? Join Airrosti for a free webinar where you'll learn about common types of arthritis and how you can help manage arthritis pain.Visit the Living Well program schedule (https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=856524&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000107&date=06/24/25) to register for this session. Participants will receive an email with a link to the session before it begins. Review our Terms & Conditions for participating in our offerings: https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/ (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/)

Whether you are aware of them or not, emotions are intertwined in everything you think, do, and say each day on the job, in your career and throughout your life. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is how you handle yourself and others on the job. Organizations that embrace EQ development within their workforce experience:Better team collaboration and improved productivity Keen resilience and effective leadership More engagement and increased work satisfaction Improved organizational culture TalentSmart's Mastering EQ® Level 1 will take participants far beyond knowing what EQ is and how they score on their first EQ assessment. Learning ObjectivesDiscover what EQ is, why it matters in all aspects of life, and how to develop it to be more effective. Increase awareness of emotions and the fundamental role they play at work and in life. Explore the four EQ skills in action: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management. Discuss real world examples and experience, what works and what doesn't work, and what to do moving forward. Understand their current level of EQ (strengths and weaknesses) and where to focus their development. Complete an EQ Development Plan to include one EQ goal and specific EQ practice strategies that will help achieve that. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11800) by June 11th. 

Location: In-Person, Brazos County Extension Office, Bluebonnet Room Address: 4153 County Park Court, Bryan, TX 77802 Parking is free. Use the front entrance. Cook, eat, and bond! Join us for culinary group cooking classes featuring quick and nutritious meals taught by Flora Williams from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. You won't want to miss out on the fun and the treats! Cook, eat, and bond! Join us for culinary group cooking classes featuring quick and nutritious meals taught by Flora Williams from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. You won't want to miss out on the fun and the treats! Cooking Well Exploring Cultures is a hands-on cooking class consisting of lessons on the food practices of the Interior Mexican region. The class introduces new recipes and cooking techniques and aims to improve the health knowledge and confidence level of participants in cooking diverse foods.Main Dish: Chiles en Nogada (Stuffed pepper)Side Dish: Ensalada de Nopales (Spicy Cactus Salad)Dessert: Dulce de Camote con Naranja (Orange and Sweet Potato Bites) All needed equipment will be provided by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.Visit the Living Well program schedule (https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=856524&stype=-8&sTG=38&sVT=2295&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000028&date=06/25/25) to register for this session. Review our Terms & Conditions for participating in our offerings: https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/ (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/)

In today's VUCA world - characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity - leaders have a unique opportunity to cultivate new mindsets and future-ready behaviors. This session on Navigating Change with Resilience will explore how people leaders can respond flexibly to change, embrace uncertainty as a catalyst for growth, and turn ambiguity into creative problem-solving. Through real-life scenarios and interactive discussion, we'll uncover practical strategies for building resilience and leading with clarity in the face of complexity. Join this special 1.5 hour conversation to strengthen your ability to lead with confidence and adaptability in an ever-evolving environment.  Register HERE (https://tamu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcu6qqjMjHdAC9wwIanG_xImEOZ2RnqVB?_x_zm_rtaid=bN6nZ_ulQny4tWNUEQ_j6w.1704473504135.6eae0a17d4416932d4ce4cb89f07b6f8&_x_zm_rhtaid=498#/registration). Visit the Managers' Minutes website (https://employees.tamu.edu/talent-management/Managers-Minutes/index.html).

Join System Benefits Administration, along with an array of TAMUS vendors to learn about your benefits! Presentations will be given throughout the event from TAMUS insurance vendors. Visit the Open Enrollment (https://tx.ag/openenroll) webpage to learn more.

University holidays are established by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. The Qatar campus, School of Dentistry and School of Law, along with other campuses, agencies and universities within the Texas A&M System, have different holiday schedules listed on the Texas A&M System Holidays webpage (https://www.tamus.edu/hr/holiday/). View student campus holidays here (https://registrar.tamu.edu/academic-calendar).

When facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it's possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, Crucial Learning has studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here's what they know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources of influence to solve everyday leadership challenges. Crucial Influence® teaches leadership skills that are essential to leaders at every level. Drawing on five decades of social science research and work with successful leaders around the world, the Crucial Influence Model reveals why people do what they do and how all leaders—from aspiring leaders to top executives—can influence others for lasting results. Crucial Influence is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development. Learning ObjectivesIdentify influence challenges keeping you from results. Clarify vital behaviors that lead to desired outcomes. Motivate and enable others with six sources of influence. Transform organizational culture and secure results. Lead with Influence. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11663) by June 30th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114687) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.

Take a summer pause to cool down and catch up on key updates for people leaders. This session will cover timely topics including hiring processes for August, job description best practices, administering Wellness Release Time, and what to expect during Benefits Open Enrollment. Join us for practical insights and helpful reminders to keep your team supported and prepared.  Register HERE (https://tamu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcu6qqjMjHdAC9wwIanG_xImEOZ2RnqVB?_x_zm_rtaid=bN6nZ_ulQny4tWNUEQ_j6w.1704473504135.6eae0a17d4416932d4ce4cb89f07b6f8&_x_zm_rhtaid=498#/registration). Visit the Managers' Minutes website (https://employees.tamu.edu/talent-management/Managers-Minutes/index.html).

Performance management is about addressing behavior routinely and consistently. It's about candidly coaching through challenges and fostering a culture of accountability for lapses in behavior. It's about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving the bottom line. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We're all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly. Crucial Conversations for Accountability is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching.Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11889) by June 26th.Note: You must complete the course Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue before registering for this add-on course.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114796) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.

Join Mr. Kegan Clark, Honors Academy Program Coordinator, for a session that provides a practical introduction to generative AI and its implications for higher education. Participants will explore commonly used AI tools, effective prompting strategies, and real-world applications for enhancing decision-making and operational effectiveness. The discussion will also address ethical considerations, including data privacy, bias, and responsible AI use. Designed for staff across diverse roles, this session provides insight into how AI can support individual, operational unit, and institutional goals.Mr. Kegan Clark is a Ph.D. student in Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University and Program Coordinator for the Honors Academy first-year experience. He teaches UGST 181: Honors Family Meeting, focusing on personal, professional, and intellectual development, and UGST 311, which explores authenticity in the age of generative AI. Since 2023, Mr. Clark has integrated generative AI into his teaching, not only enhancing UGST 181's syllabus, lesson plans, and assignments, but also incorporating it into assignments for students. This is his second semester facilitating a faculty and staff learning community on AI literacy through the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and has presented on AI in education at the National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference in 2024. His campus presentations include sessions for theCTE's Hear from Peers (https://calendar.tamu.edu/cte/event/313053-hear-from-peers-navigating-ai-in-the-classroom)series,Human Resources' Managers Minutes Deep Divesand the Division of Student Affair's Student Learning Orientations.This will be a one-hour presentation before the USC Meeting. The series can be attended in person at the General Services Complex in Room 101A or via Zoom.

Staff are encouraged to attend the next University Staff Council (USC) meeting on Tuesday, July 15, at 9:45 a.m. (immediately following the Common Grounds Series) in person at the General Services Complex in Room 101 or via Zoom. The vision of the USC is to help staff feel supported, included and valued at Texas A&M University, where we live the Aggie Core Values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity and selfless service. Come to the meeting and let your voice be heard or learn more about what the USC is doing for you. You may access full meeting minutes from previous meetings on the USC website.

Has building your family been difficult? Would you like to connect with those on a similar journey? We are an informal peer-led group for those of us struggling with building our family – IUI, IVF, surrogacy, infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, unexplained Infertility, male factor infertility, secondary infertility, recurrent miscarriage, pregnancy after infertility or loss. All journeys are welcome! Please feel free to bring your partner or loved one; all are welcome to share as much or as little as you feel comfortable.Visit the Living Well program schedule (https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=856524&stype=-8&sTG=37&sVT=2285&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000065&date=07/16/25) to register for this session. Participants will receive an email with a link to the session before it begins. Review our Terms & Conditions for participating in our offerings: https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/ (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/)

Join Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness' Benefit & Retirement Services team, along with an array of TAMUS vendors to learn about your benefits! Freebies and swag are available through vendor tables. Detailed information from each vendor is provided as well.

Join System Benefits Administration, along with an array of TAMUS vendors to learn about your benefits! Presentations will be given throughout the event from TAMUS insurance vendors. Visit the Open Enrollment (https://tx.ag/openenroll) webpage to learn more.

Join Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness' Benefit & Retirement Services team, along with an array of TAMUS vendors to learn about your benefits! Freebies and swag are available through vendor tables. Detailed information from each vendor is provided as well. Visit Open Enrollment to learn more.

Based on the bestseller by Charles Duhigg and the latest science in habit formation, The Power of Habit teaches how habits work and how to develop effective habits using skill instead of willpower. The course teaches a skillset for mastering any habit. You might call this skillset the habit of all habits. The one to rule them all.Learning ObjectivesIdentify the habits holding you back. Uncover the hidden factors that influence your habits. Acquire new skills and learn new behaviors quickly and efficiently. Turn self-mastery into a lifelong habit. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11890) by July 9th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114692) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.

Working Genius identifies the six fundamental activities that are required for any type of work and provides a simple framework for how work gets done. Too many people feel frustrated, underutilized or misunderstood at work. Far too many teams experience failure, feel stuck or are confused because they don't know how to tap into the people around them. Working Genius is changing the way people are thinking about their work and teams, and is leading to more dignified, fulfilled and successful work. This course is designed to:Introduce the Working Genius Model Provide a language and framework for how we all fit together in the process of getting work done Explore how to use the model to raise team's productivity by tapping into the genius of those around them Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11357) by July 15th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114683) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.

Whether you are aware of them or not, emotions are intertwined in everything you think, do, and say each day on the job, in your career and throughout your life. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is how you handle yourself and others on the job. Organizations that embrace EQ development within their workforce experience:Better team collaboration and improved productivity Keen resilience and effective leadership More engagement and increased work satisfaction Improved organizational culture TalentSmart's Mastering EQ® Level 1 will take participants far beyond knowing what EQ is and how they score on their first EQ assessment. Learning ObjectivesDiscover what EQ is, why it matters in all aspects of life, and how to develop it to be more effective. Increase awareness of emotions and the fundamental role they play at work and in life. Explore the four EQ skills in action: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management. Discuss real world examples and experience, what works and what doesn't work, and what to do moving forward. Understand their current level of EQ (strengths and weaknesses) and where to focus their development. Complete an EQ Development Plan to include one EQ goal and specific EQ practice strategies that will help achieve that. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11985) by July 30th.

Has building your family been difficult? Would you like to connect with those on a similar journey? We are an informal peer-led group for those of us struggling with building our family – IUI, IVF, surrogacy, infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, unexplained Infertility, male factor infertility, secondary infertility, recurrent miscarriage, pregnancy after infertility or loss. All journeys are welcome! Please feel free to bring your partner or loved one; all are welcome to share as much or as little as you feel comfortable.Visit the Living Well program schedule (https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=856524&stype=-8&sTG=37&sVT=2285&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000065&date=08/20/25) to register for this session. Participants will receive an email with a link to the session before it begins. Review our Terms & Conditions for participating in our offerings: https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/ (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/terms-conditions/)

Any manager who's struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they've just been processed rather than prioritized knows there's nothing easy about it. Performance management is about addressing behavior routinely and consistently. It's about candidly coaching through challenges and fostering a culture of accountability for lapses in behavior. It's about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving the bottom line. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We're all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly. Crucial Conversations for Accountability is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching.Learning ObjectivesMaster performance discussions. Manage projects without taking over. Reach alignment when stakes are high and opinions vary. Strengthen trust and reliability. Apply multiple sources of influence. Get results and improve relationships. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11986) by September 3rd.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114686) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.