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Educational updates archives

Assessment of the CLAS Core: Rhetoric

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

CLAS syllabus template updated for fall 2025

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Distance and Online Education Resources for Online Course Design

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs and faculty

Proposals for General Education CLAS Core Courses Due September 3, 2025

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Summer 2025 registration changes (adds, drops, withdrawals)

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, faculty, staff, and undergraduate students

Accessibility tool: Anthology Ally

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, and graduate students

Improve accessibility of ICON courses - pilot a new ICON template

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, and graduate students

Minimum grade point in course work in the major

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs and DUSs

New for Fall 2025: final exam duration options

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DGSs, and DUSs

Winter session 2025 offerings information

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DUSs, faculty, and staff

Nominate an advisor for the Pat Folsom Excellence in Academic Advising Award

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DUSs, faculty, and staff

Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony and invitation for chapter involvement

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
Faculty and staff

Early registration timeline, undergraduate drop and withdrawal deadlines

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, faculty, staff, and undergraduate students

Undergraduate program annual assessment reports

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, and DUSs

Introducing Anthology Ally: an ICON course accessibility tool

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DGSs, and DUSs

Faculty workshop: Writing Effective Teaching Narratives

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Cornelia Lang, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education; Christopher Cheatum, Associate Dean for the Natural, Mathematical, and Social Sciences; Roland Racevskis, Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities
Faculty

Midterm reminders for CLAS instructors

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Cornelia Lang, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
DEOs, ALT, DUSs, faculty, and staff

Navigating AI in your CLAS courses (Spring 2025): AI literacy, resources, and support

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
CLAS UP, the Office of Teaching and Learning Technology, and the Center for Teaching
DEOs, DUSs, faculty, and graduate students

Announcing CLAS 101 Workshop

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Dean's Office Administration
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Writing consultations for students, faculty, and staff

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
The Writing Center
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, GESS, graduate students, and undergraduate students