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Administration and governance archives

Claude for Education now available

Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Jonna Higgins-Freese, senior director of IT
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, GESS, faculty, staff, and postdocs

Spring 2027 New Teaching Assistant Orientation

Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Erika Christiansen, graduate affairs manager
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, and GESS

CLAS Marketing and Communications update for October 2026

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications

Making updates to winter 2026 and spring 2027 syllabus information in MyUI

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, and DUSs

Spring only Graduate Assistant Letters

Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Erika Christiansen, graduate affairs manager
ALT and GESS

Faculty hiring plans due Oct. 30

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs and ALT

Faculty standards of competence and performance

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

GEPC meeting notes

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Erika Christiansen, CLAS graduate affairs manager
DEOs

Employee Security Access Requests

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Kelly Kauffman, operations manager
DEOs and ALT

Marketing and Communications update for September 2026

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Submit CLAS MarCom news via your department’s website

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Brynne Schweigel-Skeers, associate director of web strategy
Faculty and staff

CLAS promotion process training now available

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Rachel Spengler, faculty affairs specialist
DEOs and ALT

Faculty Standards of Competence and Performance

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

Fixed period of admission rule – webinar and new FAQs

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Erika Christiansen, CLAS graduate affairs manager
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, and GESS

Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) due 9/30

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

Faculty Peer Mentoring Communities - registration open for 2026-27

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Lori Adams, provost faculty fellow
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

Faculty Hiring Plans due Oct. 30

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs and ALT

Faculty Requests to Change Appointment – Due Oct. 1

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, faculty

GEPC Meeting Notes - August 26, 2026

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Erika Christiansen, clas graduate affairs manager
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, and GESS

Marketing and Communications update for August 2026

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff