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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.

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.

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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

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Vcologies 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026 (all day)
English-Philosophy Building

Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center.

Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.

Vcologies 2026 

Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)

9-10:30 a.m.: Session One: Energy 

Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea” 

Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale” 

Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short...

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Key Change: A Prelude to a Fugue. Concert #1

Sunday, September 27, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

Program information will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music

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Scott's Frost - Elizabeth Jordan BFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Monday, September 28, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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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.

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