Melanie Bloom Named Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Nebraska at Omaha is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Melanie Bloom as the permanent Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, pending final approval by the President and Board of Regents.
The catalog for the 2024-25 academic year is now open for revision. All updates, changes, and additions are done in the system at the college and/or unit levels, and representatives are responsible for ensuring that all content has been submitted, reviewed, and approved before forwarding for final processing. Please let us help with any catalog revision questions at:unocourseleaf@unomaha.edu.
Catalog Timeline
March 1: Sign-off Representatives (all pages completed in workflow)
March 1 - July 1: Final processing/restructuring of "Front End" - Final Process Catalog
July 1: 2024-2025 catalog goes LIVE (no further changes to the catalog can be made after this date)
All student awards information is due to Denise Devney, by February 1, 2024. For more detailed information on the awards please visit the Awards Informationpage. This year's ceremony will be held on April 26, 2024, 2:00-4:00 pm with a reception immediately following in Strauss.
Please note that college deans will establish the deadlines for departments/schools to provide their Undergraduate Major Nominees to the Dean's Office.
Thank you for your nominations that allow our students to be recognized for their exemplary accomplishments.
Annual Review
With the new year, the time for faculty annual reviews has arrived. All full-time faculty are required to participate in the annual review process through the Watermark Faculty Success (WFS) platform by entering their professional activities and then submitting their reports digitally. Questions? Please contact Candice Batton or Dan O’Dell for technical questions about WFS.
Key dates in the annual review process:
January 10: Updates to WFS workflow due from colleges to Dan O’Dell in SIDA
January 16: Annual review process kick-off with email to full-time faculty from SVC
February 16: Faculty reports on 2023 activities and 2024 goals and objectives (i.e., Attachments I and II) due to chairs and directors
March 15: Chairs and directors evaluation of faculty (i.e., Attachments III and IV) due to deans
April 1: Recommendations for salary increases based on satisfactory performance due to faculty
Faculty Workload Updates
Faculty workload updates for Spring 2024 are due to Academic Affairs by February 15. College spreadsheets will be distributed for updates by Jenn Swartzendruber in mid-January.
Important Dates
Jan 15: College reports on Year 1 faculty reappointments for 2024-25 due to Jenn Swartzendruber in Academic Affairs; colleges notify faculty by 2/1.
Feb 1: Tenure and promotion recommendations due to Academic Affairs via Watermark
Dual Enrollment
Staff from dual enrollment will be visiting each of our partner high schools from the beginning of January through the middle of February to talk with students about dual enrollment opportunities and explain the application and enrollment process. UNO partners with over 40 schools in the Omaha metro area and across Nebraska to deliver dual enrollment courses. Please contact unodualenroll@unomaha.edu if you have questions.
Interested faculty/staff can join anytime during the available windows using this Zoom link. Participants will be directed to a virtual waiting room if other faculty/staff are already receiving assistance. Please contact programassessment@unomaha.edu if you need assistance outside of these times.
Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center
Theodoro Adorno’s quotation, ‘To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,’ has been frequently cited in post-Second World War culture in support of a prohibition against figurative artistic responses to the Holocaust. Adorno offered in this statement a criticism of Western European pre-war culture as one capable of mass extermination. This exhibition explores how Samuel Bak’s works from the 1950s and 1960s (created during his time in Paris and Rome) wrestle with the intellectual quandary posed by Adorno and the anti-figurative challenge set forth by his peers. Becoming a Witness also explores his post-60s painting style – a blend of realism with metaphysics and surrealism in a vibrant palette that discomforts yet entices the viewer. Bak established his new approach to painting, one that blends the traditions of the Northern Renaissance with the uncanniness of Surrealism and the tense atmosphere of Metaphysical painting. Bright colors and hyperrealist details draw the viewer in, who is then confronted to Bak’s memories of the Holocaust, themes of war and peace, and the struggle of the survivor in the aftermath of destruction.
January 10: Assistant and Associate Deans and Vice Chancellors Meeting
January 12: EPAC Meeting
January 15:Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center - Curator Talk
January 26: Academic Assessment Committee Meeting
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