January 8, 2018
Dear Colleagues,
Happy New Year! The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs has now opened registration for its winter 2018 workshop series.
Note that workshops for unit heads and academic leaders are scheduled the first and last Wednesday of each month from 8:30 – 10:00 AM.
Workshops provide an opportunity for OPAA to connect with you about changes in policy and procedure. As such, we encourage seasoned unit heads to attend these workshops as well as new heads. You bring valuable insights and your participation is important to us.
Jan 10: Aligning Practice to Policy: Teaching Excellence at AAU Institutions
*Special campus-wide presentation by AAU’s Dr. Emily Miller
Jan 17: Teaching in Turbulent Times
Audience: Faculty – Please encourage your faculty to attend.
Jan 26: Successfully Navigating the Tenure Track: from midterm review to tenure and beyond
Audience: Faculty anywhere along the tenure track – Please encourage your faculty to attend.
Jan 31: Changes to the Post-tenure and Midterm Review Process
Audience: Unit heads and unit managers
Feb 7: Embedding Equity and Inclusion into the Academic work of your Unit
Audience: Unit heads, assistant, associate, and divisional deans, and other academic leaders
Feb 22: Associate Deans Meeting
Audience: Assistant, associate, and divisional deans with portfolios related to academic, curricular, and faculty matters
Feb 28: Supporting and Managing Faculty and Staff
Audience: Unit heads, assistant, associate, and divisional deans
Mar 7: Know Your Contracts: Understanding the UO’s Collective Bargaining Agreements
Audience: Unit heads, unit directors of graduate studies, assistant, associate, and divisional deans
Cheers,
Sierra Dawson
Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs