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.
As we prepared for this fall semester, instructional needs and changes inevitably dominated our discussions. Faculty, graduate assistants and post-docs put in countless hours to prepare their course materials and plans for engaging with students. Alongside them, but often out of the spotlight, were the herculean efforts of countless staff that enabled our fall planning and implementation.
Read MoreDear colleagues, We are writing to let you know that the upgraded faculty consulting system has gone live today. You will find that there is now a link available to submit requests in the new system at our website, consulting.uconn.edu. This form and the experience of submitting the form is similar to the previous version. However,
Read MoreDear UConn Community, I am pleased to share an update on our vice provost hiring plans. The search process offered us the chance to see firsthand the exceptional talent at UConn as well the engagement of our community in the search process, with hundreds viewing the public presentations and submitting feedback on the candidates. I
Read MoreDear Faculty, Staff and Graduate Student Colleagues, Earlier this week, we shared detail on the mix of modalities for the spring, as well as definitions for each modality. Several of you shared feedback and questions, which we have reviewed and sought to address over the last few days. We are now providing an update on
Read MoreDear UConn Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students, Universities across the U.S. are at an important crossroads in their relationship with academic journals. At the same time when library resources are facing budget cuts, the costs of journals are skyrocketing, often resulting in dramatic cuts to staffing and crucial support services for faculty, staff, and students
Read MoreDear colleagues, Although we have just begun the fall semester, it is already time to start planning for spring semester courses. At UConn, we plan to continue to deliver courses in a mix of virtual and in-person formats for the spring 2021 semester as long as gating conditions allow us to do so. This is
Read MoreDear UConn Students, Faculty & Staff, As we enter this new and different semester, we are committed to doing everything we can to help students succeed. With both residential and commuter students shifting between in-person and online courses, we know that there may be times students need to participate in their online courses while they
Read MoreDear colleagues, With a lot of hard work we are now through the first day of class. Much went right today but there were two issues that arose on several occasions that need to be addressed. First, there were cases where students weren’t informed of how to access their online class. Please ensure you have
Read MoreIn any academic year, the week before classes begin is an intense time of preparation for nearly everyone across our institution. This year presents an additional layer of complexity, as each of you has had to reconfigure curriculum and syllabi, office operations, physical spaces, and events, in various combinations of virtual and in-person formats. For many of you, these efforts run parallel to intensified caregiving responsibilities and other personal stressors brought on by COVID-19, with disparate impact experienced by some of the most vulnerable in our community.
Read MoreDear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Students: On behalf of the Search Committee, I am pleased to announce that three outstanding candidates for the position of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies have advanced as finalists. Candidates will meet with University stakeholders and conduct a Public Forum this week (August 25, 26, 28), where each candidate will
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