Call for Nominations | UNO Faculty Excellence Awards
Faculty honors and awards increase the visibility of faculty accomplishments and enhance the reputation of the university. Please consider supporting nominations of your faculty for the following campus-wide faculty awards:
Excellence in Teaching Award
Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award
New this year are the College Research and Creative Activity (RCA) awards. Additional information about the RCA awards will be sent by ORCA on February 6.
Spring 2024 campus-wide C/Ds meetings will be held on the following dates from 3:00-4:30 pm:
February 1 via zoom
March 26 in-person (MH 162)
Faculty Workload Updates
Faculty workload updates for Spring 2024 are due to Jenn Swartzendruber in Academic Affairs by February 15.
PT Faculty Hiring Timeline for Summer 2024
Information on the timeline for part-time faculty contracts for Summer 2024 will be shared with colleges in early February. Contact Jenn Swartzendruber for additional information.
Named Chairs and Professorships
Application materials for campus-wide named chairs and professorships are due March 1. For additional information on the opportunities available and application process visit the Named Professorships and Chairs webpage.
Important Dates
Feb 1: Promotion and tenure recommendations due to Academic Affairs by colleges.
Feb 1: College notifications of reappointment to Year 1 faculty for next year (i.e., 2024-25) due.
Feb 15: Updates to Spring 2024 faculty workload reports due to Academic Affairs.
Feb 16: Faculty annual review reports due to chairs/directors via Watermark.
Mar 1: Nominations for campus-level faculty awards due.
Mar 1: Applications for campus-wide named chairs/professorships are due.
Mar 1: Recommendation letter and updated CV for campus-wide named chair/professorship renewals due to Christine Hoffman in Academic Affairs.
General Education
Beginning in Spring 2022, UNO embarked on a journey to redesign our general education curriculum. This process, which started as a series of campus surveys, focus groups, and discussions, has matured and gained momentum over the past year.
Each academic program undergoes program review every seven years per UNO’s academic policies and relevant governing requirements (e.g. Board of Regents, Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, and the Higher Learning Commission). Program review provides opportunities for faculty to reflect on the strengths and challenges of their academic program, consider opportunities to improve student learning and success, and develop future strategic directions for the program. The following academic programs are tentatively scheduled to be on the program review cycle next year (2024-2025). Matt Tracy will be contacting the relevant chair/director in the coming weeks with specific details pertinent to their specific programs.
The current exhibition, Becoming a Witness: From Abstraction to Figuration, is on display through June 30, 2024. The show explores Samuel Bak’s struggle to represent his experiences during the Holocaust by examining how he devised a novel approach to painting in the late sixties to commemorate the six million lives lost and question the endless cycles of war and genocide that plague our world.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Join the 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition kick-off webinar:
16th Annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
The 16th Annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair will take place onMarch 22, 2024, and we need your help! Please encourage your students to submit their proposals; registration is open through March 8.
Do you know a student who is committed to serving their community? UNO students can now apply to be the next Newman Civic Fellow. This is open to undergraduate and graduate students who can demonstrate their efforts in finding solutions for challenges facing their communities, engaging in collaborative action with others to create long-term social change, actions, and experiences that address issues of inequity and political polarization, or motivation and potential for effective long term civic engagement. Undergraduate students who apply must have at least one year of their education left before they graduate. Graduate students who apply should be within two years of their graduation. Applications are due by February 16, 2024. Students complete the application process online and will be asked to submit a letter of recommendation with their application. For more information or questions please contact Toni Monette.
The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its education programs or activities, including admissions and employment. The University prohibits any form of retaliation taken against anyone for reporting discrimination, harassment, or retaliation for otherwise engaging in protected activity. Read the full statement.
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