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Administration and governance archives

Handling negative comments on social media

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs and ALT

Update on Alumni Day 2026

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs and ALT

January 2026 - SPEC testing for 1st time test takers

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Erika Christiansen, CLAS graduate affairs manager
GESS

Marketing and Communications update for November 2025

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

CLAS MarCom welcomes new Communications Specialist

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Claire McGranahan, director of collegiate communications
DEOs, ALT, DGSs, DUSs, faculty, staff, GESS, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students

Faculty Assembly meeting agenda - Nov. 5

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Aixin Tan, Facutly Assembly secretary
Faculty

CLAS staff listening sessions

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Jamie Klein-Packard, research associate
Staff

Faculty deployment charts - now due Dec. 5

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs and ALT

Graduate Educational Policy Committee (GEPC) meeting minutes - Oct. 1, 15, and 29

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Erika Christiansen, CLAS graduate affairs manager
DEOs and DGSs

Marketing and Communications update for October 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Faculty review updates

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs, ALT, and faculty

Undergraduate Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee (UEPCC) minutes: Sept. 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2025

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Undergraduate Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee
DEOs, DUSs, and faculty

Departmental graduation events

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Dean's office administration
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Faculty Assembly meeting agenda - Oct. 15

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Aixin Tan, Facutly Assembly secretary
Faculty

AY 26-27 visitor and adjunct funding requests due Dec. 5

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Tiffany Schier, faculty affairs director
DEOs and ALT

Marketing and Communications update for September 2025

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Ben Hill, senior director for marketing and communications
DEOs, ALT, faculty, and staff

Teaching assistant SPEC test scheduling

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Erika Christiansen, CLAS graduate affairs manager
DGSs and GESS

New digital signage platform is now available

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Brynne Schweigel-Skeers, associate director of web strategy
Faculty and staff

Faculty assembly meeting agenda - Sept. 17

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Aixin Tan, facutly assembly secretary
Faculty

Inactive course review

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education
DEOs and ALT