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, I am writing to share leadership updates regarding the Neag School of Education and the Office of the Provost. Over the past six months, a committee was charged with conducting a five-year review of Gladis Kersaint’s service as dean. I am grateful to the committee for its extremely thoughtful service to the School
Read MoreDear Colleagues, Earlier this week we shared news on the federal guidelines that require authenticating student identity in distance education classes. We recognize the strain that many faculty are facing in relation to workload during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenge that many of the strategies to meet these requirements bring. In close collaboration with
Read MoreDear colleagues, I hope that the break between semesters provided you the opportunity to rest and recharge. We have challenges ahead of us as we continue to face significant public health impacts of the pandemic and as we process the insurrection that occurred at our nation’s Capitol last week with the potential for future violence
Read MoreDear Colleagues, While the fall semester is still eight months away, we must begin our initial planning for instruction now. There are many decisions and developments that will occur between now and August. Thus, our planning should provide a flexible starting point that will allow us to adapt as conditions change with safety as the
Read MoreDear Colleagues, In the fall semester, Dean Langley and I convened a committee to assess the future of journal subscriptions at UConn. As journal costs continue to rise, library budgets at institutions of higher education often remain flat or shrink. This has put pressure on libraries to make increasingly difficult choices to limit and /or
Read MoreDear Colleagues, On Monday, January 18, the University will observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to reflect on the meaning of Dr. King’s work and sacrifice. In recent years, the University has requested student services and academic departmental offices remain open on the holiday to meet the needs of new and returning students as
Read MoreDear Colleagues, After a very long year, we have finally made it to 2021. The last several months were particularly taxing with so many in our community giving their all to support our academic mission. The spring semester will still have its challenges, but there are many ways in which your hard work in the
Read MoreDear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Students: As we approach the end of finals and the end of this semester, I want to share my immense gratitude for your individual and collaborative efforts these last several months. Teaching, learning, and researching in a pandemic has come with an unprecedented scale and volume of challenges. We are
Read MoreWinter Weather FAQs from Human Resources and the Office of the Provost for Storrs & Regional Personnel Please review the Emergency Closing Policy carefully for details about how decisions are made related to winter weather, expectations of employees, and other information. 1. I’m working from home due to COVID-19, and I received a notification that
Read MoreDear Colleagues, I am writing to share an update regarding the extension of the Pass/Fail deadline for undergraduate students for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters. The deadline to designate a course as Pass/Fail for the fall 2020 semester is now 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2020. The deadline to designate a course as
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