Provost's Office Messages
The Provost's Office sends general messages via email to the academic community on a regular basis to provide updates and highlight areas of success at the University of Connecticut. These messages, as well as other broad campus presentations, are archived here for future reference.
Dear Colleagues, I am writing with a reminder of our upcoming Visioning Day events that are the first step in our strategic planning process. We hosted our first of these events last Friday with faculty, staff, and students from across our university. Participants generated a wide range of thoughtful ideas and observations about ways for
Read MoreDear Colleagues, This morning, Student Affairs announced to Storrs students that five additional residence halls would be placed under quarantine, and the remaining residential students would be placed under a modified quarantine. Students whose dorms were identified for quarantine will be unable to attend in-person classes, as has been the case with other quarantines. Students
Read MoreDear Colleagues, We are bringing to your attention a decision to quarantine five residence halls at Storrs because of an increase in positive COVID-19 test results among our students. Their quarantine will begin tomorrow, so as you have done throughout this semester, we ask that you be flexible in accommodating students who are unable to
Read MoreDear UConn Community, Each year, the Office of the Provost hosts our Distinguished Speaker Series to highlight the scholarly expertise of a few of our most accomplished faculty. We are pleased to announce this year’s line-up. The speakers in this series have been recently honored either as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors or endowed professors.
Read MoreDear UConn Community, For the past several months, many of us have had to focus our energy and attention on adapting to the challenges posed by COVID-19. Today, as we anticipate the results of the presidential election, many of us again find our attention focused to just the day ahead. While 2020 has in many
Read MoreDear UConn Community, Our University is committed to an environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Recent reports of a series of anti-Semitic incidents on our Storrs campus undermine that goal. We denounce in the strongest terms acts of violence, hate, and intimidation aimed at members of our Jewish community. These recent reports were all
Read MoreSent on behalf of Carl Lejuez, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Scott A. Jordan, Executive Vice President for Administration and CFO — To the University Community: With the winter storm season approaching, we’d like to refresh your knowledge about UConn operations statewide during inclement weather. For those of you who are
Read MoreDear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Students: Election Day is approaching next week, Tuesday, Nov. 3. As this date approaches, we want to reaffirm our values as a public institution. Universities provide immense public service when they marshal their academic and research capabilities to illuminate and evaluate society’s pivotal moments. Presidential elections are exactly such times.
Read MoreDear Colleagues, The halfway mark represents a significant milestone in any semester, but it feels especially momentous this fall, as we have all adjusted to a significantly more virtual world. I want to commend each of you on everything you have done to maintain stability and continuity this semester, as well as in the preceding
Read MoreDear Colleagues: Several years ago, the University Senate passed a by-law change regarding final assessments in all undergraduate classes. The change enabled all faculty and instructors in our undergraduate courses to choose to use various assessment of student work, stating that final exams are no longer mandated. Many of our instructors have used other forms of
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