CLAS Business Updates

Weekly updates on business and administrative topics in CLAS

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Directory

Use this listing to find offices and phone numbers for administrative staff and collegiate leaders in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Faculty Appointments and Review

Learn about the process for appointing and reviewing faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.

HR Administration Resources

Review the administration resources to learn how to submit transaction requests, access workflow and more. You can also learn more about shared governance practices and volunteer opportunities for faculty, staff, and students.

CLAS Faculty and Staff Newsletter

The monthly CLAS Faculty and Staff Newsletter highlights the many accomplishments of our faculty and staff in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Events for faculty and staff in CLAS

Are you holding an event you'd like to share with faculty and staff in CLAS? Please add your event to the UI Events calendar selecting both the "College of Liberal Arts and Sciences" unit tag and the "faculty/staff" audience tag.


 

Upcoming events

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:

• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research.

After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Join the Info Session to learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Des Moines.
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Thank a staff member

Recognize a CLAS staff member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to be of assistance to a faculty or staff member or student. They'll receive a thank you note sent on behalf of the nominator, the Dean, and the Staff Recognition Committee.