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Administration and governance archives

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

CLAS promotion process training now available

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Rachel Spengler, faculty affairs specialist
DEOs and ALT

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

Share your department’s news with CLAS MarCom

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs and ALT

The CLAS Apparel Store is open through Aug. 31!

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Dean's office administration

Faculty review updates

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

Inactive course review

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education and Erika Christiansen, graduate affairs manager
DEOs and ALT

October 1 deadline for curricular change intake forms

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs and DUSs

Recording of webinar about new DHS rule eliminating Duration of Status (D/S)

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Erika Christiansen, graduate affairs manager
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, and GESS

Updating MyUI course descriptions

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, faculty, and staff

CLAS apparel store open through Aug. 24

Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Dean's office administration
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

CLAS MarCom welcomes new communications coordinator

Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Claire McGranahan, director of collegiate communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Coming soon: updated Faculty Affairs web pages

Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Marketing and communications update for July 2026

Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff