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.
To 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
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the return to the UConn learning experience have presented our university with unprecedented challenges. We write today to celebrate our ability to maintain our core values, give you more information about the presence of COVID on our campuses, and indicate our path forward.
Read MoreCommunications » Memos and Announcements Dear UConn Faculty, One of the highest honors that we bestow on our faculty is the title of Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. We are now seeking nominations for this honor to recognize UConn faculty who excel in research, teaching, and service. We have revised our nomination process this year
Read MoreAs 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
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