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, 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
Read MoreTo: Deans From: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs RE: FY22 Provost Fund Guidance The “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
Read MoreDear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students: Over the past few weeks, UConn administrators in consultation with the University Senate have made and communicated several decisions about the spring semester. We shared a summary of many of those details in a message sent on Oct. 9, and reviewed the details and answered additional questions during
Read MoreThe following message is sent on behalf of Carl Lejuez, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Scott Jordan, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer; and Chris Delello, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Please note that this guidance applies to UConn Storrs and the regional campuses only. Due
Read MoreOn Oct. 16, President Katsouleas, Provost Lejuez and other University leaders discussed UConn’s reopening plans for the fall semester. The purpose of this session was to update the UConn community on the university’s academic progress in the fall semester, as well as decisions and plans for the spring. PDF of presentation slides from Provost Lejuez
Read MoreTo the UConn Community: Since 1937, the United States has observed Columbus Day as a federal holiday on the second Monday of October. With greater willingness to understand and acknowledge the colonial impact on the inhabitants of the Americas prior to Columbus, there has been a growing effort to recognize this day as Indigenous Peoples
Read MoreDear UConn Community: We have reached the point where our community must make decisions about many aspects of the spring semester. Because we cannot know right now what the COVID-19 conditions will be in the spring, our best approach is to model our decisions for the next semester on what we have done for the
Read MoreDear UConn Community, I am writing to share two important decisions that were approved by the University Senate yesterday that affect academics for the spring semester as part of UConn’s COVID-19 preparation and response measures. Spring Calendar The University Senate approved modifications to the spring academic calendar that will keep the start date as previously
Read MoreDear UConn Staff: The Office of the Provost and the Department of Human Resources are pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming Admin Forum. The Provost’s Office started the Admin Forum to keep staff informed and to recognize, encourage, and support staff through a high level of collaboration and feedback. In partnership with Human
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