Academic Affairs has announced Ramazan Kilinç, Ph.D., and Amy Morris, Ph.D., as the Leadership Faculty Fellows. As Fellows, Kilinç and Morris will work closely with the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Curriculum and Programs and the Senior Director for General Education, Academic Assessment, and Dual Enrollment.
A draft Teaching Policies page is now available on Canvas, offering access to teaching policies, including accommodation statements and the campus student attendance policy. It is currently available on all Canvas courses for review. The page aims to support both full-time and part-time faculty and students in easily finding essential teaching information. Please send any feedback on page content to Sarah Edwards. Feedback is welcomed until October 2nd.
Faculty Affairs
Academic Administrator Training
Academic Affairs is pleased to launch Academic Administrator Training, a series that will be offered over the fall and spring semesters that are intended to provide information on campus organizational structure (i.e., campus leadership, organization, resources), institutional policies and processes, and tools and resources available to support academic leadership. The sessions will be interactive, use case-based scenarios to facilitate learning and problem solving, and focus on both increasing policy and process knowledge as well as skill development. The series is intended for department chairs, school directors, assistant/associate deans, and others in academic leadership roles. Questions? Contact Candice Batton.
Faculty Development Fellowships
Information on the 2024-25 FDF application process will be shared with the colleges in early August. Recommendations will be due to Academic Affairs by October 13, 2023.
Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
The 2023-24 RPT process kicks off soon for many departments. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, RPT guidelines must be reviewed, and if necessary, revised every two years in the fall semester of a new contract. Guidelines in place on August 31st remain in effect for the coming academic year. The colleges are asked to ensure that units affirm or revise RPT guidelines by August 31st through a vote of the faculty. Current guidelines for each unit should be sent electronically to Jennifer Swartzendruber in Academic Affairs by September 15th.
Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) has Moved!
The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) has moved to its new location on the third floor of Criss Library. CFE will share newly renovated space in and adjacent to the Faculty Lounge with the Office of Digital Learning. Phone numbers will remain unchanged. An official open house will be scheduled in the fall, but don’t wait to come to see the new space; Kimber and Connie will give you a tour.
Important Dates
August 14: New Faculty Welcome at the Thompson Alumni Center; deans and college academic leaders are invited to help welcome new full-time faculty at a picnic
Sept 7: Save the Date! Faculty Recognition Reception
Sept 15: Current copies of unit RPT guidelines due to Academic Affairs and memo summarizing affirmation process in the college.
Sept 28: Save the Date! Faculty Honors Convocation
Across Academic Affairs
Faculty Search Training
To serve on search committees, faculty are required to have completed search training within the last two years. The search committee training schedule for 2023-24 is below. Faculty can register for one of the sessions below through Localist. Please encourage faculty to participate in training to ensure that they are current when searches are approved. Questions? Contact Connie Schaffer in CFE.
Visit us on August 12 when our next exhibition, Flight and Hope, opens. Travel, both involuntary and voluntary, has defined artist Samuel Bak’s life and is one of the most significant themes in his work. This exhibition explores how his postwar experiences of fleeing Soviet rule, of living in a displaced person camp, and of rebuilding a life in Israel after migration influences his artwork.
International Programs Kudos
Lindsay Sanders has handled numerous additional tasks in the last few weeks leading up to our application deadline for international applicants. Lindsay has also taken time to help current ILUNO students in need. Lindsay’s assistance is appreciated and has not gone unnoticed.
ILUNO Hosts Shizuko Summer Tour
UNO will host 18 university students for a short-term language fluency and culture group from our partner, Shizuoka University in Japan. The annual summer tour with Shizuoka University which has taken place since 1979 restarts after a short stop since COVID 2020 with a completely new itinerary. Shizuoka University and UNO are nearing 44 years of collaborations.
Zander Gibney of Omaha, Nebraska, has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Gibney is one of 62 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
UNO’s International Program’s Center for Afghanistan Studies is preparing to host 34 Pakistani English teachers for a six-week teacher training and cultural program. The participants, from five provinces of Pakistan, are set to arrive in Omaha on August 19, 2023.
Serving as the educational representative for the state of Nebraska on a trade mission to Vietnam, Chancellor Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA, partnered with Gov. Jim Pillen to build international relationships, bolstering opportunities for recruitment, study abroad, and collaboration between institutions.
UNO will welcome 37 young leaders from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro on August 12 for the BOLD Civic Engagement Fellowship Program. This five-week international exchange will consist of educational and cultural programming in Omaha and the Midwest, and later the East coast in New York City and Washington DC.
Opportunity for Seniors: Clarke DS Fellowship
The Clarke DS Fellowship program is an opportunity for seniors interested in a career in security as a special agent in the foreign service. Such an opportunity, for a graduate Master’s level program to be fully funded, does carry post-graduation work commitments and there are physical expectations for this opportunity too. Please share with potential applicants. For additional information and application support, please reach out to Lucy Morrison. Application deadline is October 1.
Faculty are invited to work with ORCA to plan new interdisciplinary collaboration events to support research/creative activity development. Interested faculty or units may contact Kristin Girten for more information.
Partner with SBMLC this Fall
Schedule a time to use the classroom and/or gallery space to host one of the following:
A section of a fall course with related topic of refugees, forced migration, trauma, human rights, Holocaust education, genocide, art, and related topics.
A faculty/staff department/unit meeting and/or planning session.
Schedule a private tour for your faculty, staff and/or students. These are customized to blend with the curriculum/conversation.
Visit the Museum on your own, with family and friends!
September 12: Research and Creative Activity Celebration - 4pm MBSC Ballroom
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