{"id":30273,"date":"2026-02-25T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30273"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:06:03","slug":"extending-staff-professional-development-fund-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/extending-staff-professional-development-fund-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending Staff Professional Development Fund Opportunity"},"template":"","news_categories":[12],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-30273","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-faculty-and-staff-news"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>The AHS Staff Council has extended the deadline to request <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F17Ug1k7sdBCwO069zvA__IQFXv4a9oQu9ABa3hfIkoFY%2Fedit&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cagupt55%40groute.uic.edu%7Cc96d40fdb19c464f795e08de7492e16a%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639076371702571281%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=a%2F4444RNkLO%2BOZtAZip0Q8do49to7bhM0m%2BZG%2FlxhQM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdocs.google.com%252Fforms%252Fd%252F17Ug1k7sdBCwO069zvA__IQFXv4a9oQu9ABa3hfIkoFY%252Fedit%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cagupt55%2540groute.uic.edu%257Cc96d40fdb19c464f795e08de7492e16a%257Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%257C0%257C0%257C639076371702571281%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3Da%252F4444RNkLO%252BOZtAZip0Q8do49to7bhM0m%252BZG%252FlxhQM%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772131009017000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CvjkKAoiJZ3MldWWEt-Aa\">professional development funds<\/a> to <strong>March 11, 2026<\/strong>. All AHS staff with a<strong> 50% FTE appointment or greater<\/strong> are eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Staff are also encouraged to submit nominations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1n8ZvKeuGwd9SamLA0tcqERNhmUWgii2WrWrfF4K--BY%2Fedit&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cagupt55%40groute.uic.edu%7Cc96d40fdb19c464f795e08de7492e16a%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639076371702591892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Eb1Zh1944l8%2F8MkzYi8QT30rjuWqnKyLsQ%2F1IlnKZSo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdocs.google.com%252Fforms%252Fd%252F1n8ZvKeuGwd9SamLA0tcqERNhmUWgii2WrWrfF4K--BY%252Fedit%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cagupt55%2540groute.uic.edu%257Cc96d40fdb19c464f795e08de7492e16a%257Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%257C0%257C0%257C639076371702591892%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DEb1Zh1944l8%252F8MkzYi8QT30rjuWqnKyLsQ%252F1IlnKZSo%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772131009017000&amp;usg=AOvVaw15bEVx9bIZfb_BRyy-ylC3\">AHS Award of Merit.<\/a>\u00a0The deadline for this award is <strong>May 20, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details about the PD funds and the Award of Merit can be found in the attached presentation shared with staff.<\/p>\n<h3>Staff Council Representatives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Arielle Filskov \u2013 DHD &amp; Staff Council Chair<\/li>\n<li>Noreen Chap \u2013 KN<\/li>\n<li>Kristel Flynn \u2013 OT<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Valencia \u2013 OFD<\/li>\n<li>Frank Mendez \u2013 PT<\/li>\n<li>Alysa Nelson \u2013 BHIS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions, staff may reach out to their unit\u2019s representative.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"Arielle Jelena Filskov","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30275,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30273\/revisions\/30275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=30273"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=30273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}