Submitted by: Reuel Shepherd, rshepherd@uca.edu on 02/24/2026
As companies cut costs to stay within their budgets, essential needs such as employee training are being sacrificed, resulting in less competent leaders and minimal team development and cohesion with lower-quality work output. Outreach & Community Engagement is seeking to fill these training gaps for organizations through a new initiative – Workplace ASSIST (Awareness, Soft Skills and Innovative Specialty Trainings). Our ultimate goal is to provide a customizable menu of training options focusing on the interpersonal and collaborative skills often missing from today’s workplace.
UCA Outreach & Community Engagement is in the early stages of developing a new set of professional skills training offerings for industry partners and community members, and we are seeking faculty and staff interest in sharing your expertise as an instructor. Professional skills training would be offered in a workshop format and instructors would be paid a stipend per workshop from Outreach & Community Engagement based on fees collected.
Please complete the Faculty Interest Form to express your interest, and a member of the Community Learning and Workforce Services Team will reach out to you for more details as we move forward. Any questions can be directed to Mr. Reuel Shepherd at rshepherd@uca.edu.