The University of Nebraska at Omaha is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Neal Grandgenett as Interim Dean for College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) starting July 1, 2023.
National Search Underway for Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Nebraska at Omaha is launching a national search for the next Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a position that plays a vital role in shaping the academic landscape of the university.
A digital copy of the 2023-25 Collective Bargaining Agreement is now available on the Academic Affairs website. Print versions will be distributed to all faculty as well as C/Ds, deans, and assistant/associate deans at the start of the fall semester. Please note that the timing of the distribution may be slightly delayed due to the Eppley Administration Building renovations.
New Faculty Summer Onboarding
Summer onboarding includes three components:
A six-week asynchronous Canvas class that includes modules that welcomes and orients our colleagues to UNO or Omaha as well as guidance and feedback to help them fully prepare and launch a fall course in Canvas.
Six, 90-minute synchronous Zoom sessions that focus on networking, teaching, and research.
An in-person welcome event schedule for August 14.
The Center for Faculty Excellence is working closely with ORCA to provide research and creative activity content. Other collaborators include the Office of Digital Learning, Service Learning, Graduate Studies, Student Life and Wellbeing, the Library, and the colleges. In total, over 50 faculty and staff members will contribute to the onboarding of UNO’s full-time faculty members. The Center for Faculty Excellence is also in the process of creating this year’s new faculty directory which should be available in early August.
Important Dates
July 21: Fall 2023 PT faculty signed contracts, E-PAF/PAFs for new/rehires, and the PT spreadsheet due to Academic Affairs via SharePoint.
Sept 7: Save the Date! Faculty Recognition Ceremony
Sept 28: Save the Date! Faculty Honors Convocation
Assessment & Accreditation
Program SLO Assessment 2023-2024
There are over 60 academic programs on the program SLO assessment cycle next year (2023-2024). Programs highlighted in yellow at the following undergraduate and graduate links are on the 23-24 cycle. Please contact Matt Tracy, if you have questions about next year’s cycle or requirements for program SLO assessment. More information can be found on the Academic Assessment Committee’s website.
Join us for the final program of the Animated Evenings at Bak on Thursday, July 13 from 7 to 8 P.M. The film series, Traces: Portraits of Resistance, Survival and Resolve, ends with My Father's War.
My Father'sWar explores the hereditary trauma of the Holocaust and offers an intergenerational conversation across decades. Samuel Bak's paintings showcase a world tenuously rebuilt and the struggle to understand the shoah. Our Discussion will compare how both the film and Bak's paintings grapple with memory, trauma, and reconstruction.
The OSP module in the MavGrants platform was the last module left to transition to the NuRamp platform, which occurred on June 12, 2023. NuRamp is the electronic research administration portal for the University of Nebraska.
Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA)
Amanda Buker was named Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs effective February 27, 2023. Amanda is a Certified Research Administrator and was previously a Grants Coordinator in ORCA.
Cody Bridgeford and Gretchen Regier started on April 3, 2023 as Grants Coordinators I.
Chad Parment starts on June 26, 2023 as a Contracts Specialist.
Office of Engagement (OE) Highlights and Updates
This year, we are celebrating 25 years of amazing service learning at UNO. The celebration kicked off with the UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) annual Service Learning Showcase – and a special edition newsletter. The newsletter features a timeline of service learning at UNO, stories about these partnerships, and demonstrates impact. This semester the OE also worked with multiple faculty throughout campus to identify activities of community engagement – adding to the partnerships we showcase in the Community Engagement Partnership Initiative (CEPI). Thank you to the faculty who helped support this effort this spring and in previous years. More announcements to come this Fall of 2022. If you have questions about CEPI, please contact us at partnerships@unomaha.edu.
Upcoming Meetings & Events
July 12: Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center - Meet a Bak
September 12: UNO Research and Creative Activity Celebration (2pm to 4pm)
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University of Nebraska at Omaha, Academic Affairs, 6001 University Dr., Eppley Administration Building 202, Omaha, NE 68182, 402.554.2262, academic.affairs@unomaha.edu
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