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 Reviews

Learn about faculty appointment types, employment classifications, and the structure governing academic positions at the University of Iowa in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

HR Request Forms

Review Request Forms 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.

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 Surveys Training

Thursday, October 8, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

Communal Water, Invisible Labor: Modeling the Social Impact of Pompeii's Street Fountains promotional image

Communal Water, Invisible Labor: Modeling the Social Impact of Pompeii's Street Fountains

Thursday, October 8, 2026 5:00pm
Art Building West

Communal Water, Invisible Labor: Modeling the Social Impact of Pompeii's Street Fountains
Lecture by Matthew Notarian, Associate Professor of Classics, Hiram College

The remarkable preservation of the Roman city of Pompeii provides unprecedented insight into an aqueduct-fed urban water system. Visitors often marvel at the city’s network of public street fountains, but few consider the practical consequences of the tedious but essential labor required to transport water into living spaces...

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Collaborative Performance: Dance x International Writing Program

Saturday, October 10, 2026 7:30pm
Space Place Theater
An Iowa tradition connects writers from around the world and Department of Dance students.
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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.