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Educational updates archives

Minimum grade point in course work in the major

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs and DUSs

Getting an early start on fall 2026 syllabus updates

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

Proposals for General Education CLAS core courses due Jan. 28

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Reminder of CLAS guidelines for handling academic misconduct

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Early registration timeline, undergraduate drop and withdrawal deadlines

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, faculty, staff, and undergraduate students

Register for ICON day: designing for real access in real classrooms

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, and graduate students

Second annual CLAS Teaching Excellence Showcase in November: you're invited!

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

National First-Generation College Celebration Week

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, GESS, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students

Midterm reminders for CLAS instructors

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

Opportunities to learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools across University functions

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education and Jonna Higgins-Freese, senior director of CLAS IT
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, and staff

Assessment of the Interpretation of Literature CLAS Core area

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean of undergraduate programs
DEOs, ALT, DUS, and faculty

CLAS 101 workshop - Oct. 24

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Dean's Office administration
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Last chance to submit a proposal for Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

Call for proposals: Stories of Success and Transformation in Teaching general education courses

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Fall semester updates: supporting undergraduate students in CLAS

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DUSs, and faculty

Reminder: course information to include in MyUI

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, DUSs, faculty, and staff

Bring your phone to class for two-step login of university systems

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

Celebrating Diane Hauser's retirement from CLAS Academic Advising

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, GESS, graduate students, and undergraduate students

Resources on academic freedom

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
CLAS Dean's Office leadership
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty

University of Iowa policy on classroom recordings by students

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, and faculty