Provost's Office Monthly Newsletter
The Provost's Office sends a monthly newsletter to faculty and staff at the university to provide academic updates, news, events and important dates. Newsletters are typcally distributed via email on the last Thursday of each month.
Provost's Office Messages
The Provost's Office sends messages via email to the academic community on a periodic basis to provide important updates as needed. Those messages are archived below.
Dear Colleagues, This message is to remind you of the University’s policy regarding religious accommodations for faculty, staff, and students, in particular how this policy applies in academic activities. I am also sharing guidance on reasonable accommodations for participation in certain extra-curricular activities. Religious Observance Faculty and instructors are expected to reasonably accommodate individual religious
Read MoreThis message is being sent to all deans, associate deans, and department heads.
Dear Colleagues,
Monday marks the first day of our new academic year and a significant milestone in our progression through the pandemic, as we resume mostly in-person classes. I know this event brings with it both anticipation and anxiety. As associate deans and department heads, you are in critical positions and I want to make sure you’re aware of our plans and resources designed to ensure as safe a return to our campuses as possible.
Read MoreThe “Provost Fund”[1] is a program that identifies a pool of university resources to be used for faculty salary increases for the purposes of retention, compression and inversion equity, and special achievement. The University may consider requests for salary adjustments for these categories according to the processes outlined below, which are broken down into two distinct phases.
Read MoreDear colleagues, We are writing today with some reminders related to University travel that are of particular importance as we face continued disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. Failure to follow appropriate policies and procedures related to University travel may result in unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses for individuals. We hope that the following guidance can ensure all
Read MoreDear Colleagues, As we approach the start of the fall semester, I am sharing details on several items related to the classroom and other academic activities. Some of you have been on our campuses regularly over the past year and a half, while many others are beginning to make your first return back to your
Read MoreThis message was sent to deans, associate deans, department heads, academic leaders, faculty, and academic staff. Dear Colleagues, As follow-up to this week’s message and town hall on our shift back to in-person operations this fall, I’m sharing clarification on two items related to academics. Flexible work and telecommuting arrangements by staff are at the
Read MoreDear Colleagues, I am writing to remind you of the importance of submitting faculty consulting requests as we begin a new fiscal year. As you are hopefully aware, any faculty undertaking consulting activity (defined as any work for compensation related to your area of expertise or any work – even if unpaid – for faculty
Read MoreDear Colleagues, Several weeks ago I shared that we would introduce a process to review in-person teaching exemption requests for faculty, teaching assistants, and other instructors with significant health risk associated with COVID-19 personally or within their household. On reviewing the potential options with President Agwunobi and other leaders, and given that all students are
Read MoreDear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of the interim director for our Stamford Campus. David Souder, a professor and administrator in the School of Business, will take on this role, beginning July 1. David is an experienced leader at UConn who has held a variety of administrative positions. He has served as
Read MoreDear Neag School Community, I write to share an update on next steps for the leadership of the Neag School of Education. As you know, I learned that Jason Irizarry had been offered a deanship at another university. At that time I asked CLAS Dean Juli Wade, chair of the dean search for the Neag
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