All CIRES researchers, faculty, and staff are required to complete the CU Boulder Information Security Awareness Course. CU’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has commenced sending out notifications of this requirement to employees who have not completed the course within the required interval. This is a mandatory course that all active CU employees, including those… Read More


The Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct training is required every three years for CIRES staff located on CU campus, and every year for NOAA-embedded employees. It is required to pass the quiz at the end with an 80% of higher score to satisfy this requirement. CIRES HR will be doing periodic audits of completion starting in November… Read More


Recording of the second session of the Supervisor Training Series being offered by CIRES HR can be found here, slide deck is below. In this session, Kelly Leandro, CU HR, Principal Employee Relations Consultant, talked about Performance Management.   Kelly will focused on supervision fundamentals such as building rapport, coaching techniques, effective ways to offer… Read More


The 2022 Supervisor Training Series was launched on February 28. The recording of the first session is available. Link is at the top of the recordings listing on this page. This training is relevant for all CIRES supervisors regardless of how long you have been a supervisor. Many things have evolved over the years on… Read More


Completion of the NOAA COVID-19 Safety Orientation (regardless of whether you are returning to physically occupy the NOAA building) is mandatory. The Deadline is September 30. Those with access to the Commerce Learning Center (CLC) can access the course directly from this link; for those without CLC access, you can access the course here.  We… Read More


The University of Colorado will be adopting a revised Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Violence, and Stalking Policy on August 14, 2020 due to new federal guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Education. As part of the launch of the updated policy, mandatory training is required. This means, all CU employees are required to complete… Read More