Dual enrollment participation has seen a significant increase over the past several years. Twenty-eight percent of public high school students engaged in dual enrollment during the 2019-2020 school year. This is a nearly 20 percentage point increase from four years prior. Community colleges, particularly Metropolitan and Southeast Community Colleges, along with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, are key institutions facilitating dual enrollment opportunities. Students who earn dual enrollment credits demonstrate higher college completion rates and persistence. Additionally, dual enrollment credit earners outperform their peers in terms of high school and college GPA, indicating the positive impact of dual enrollment programs on academic success and postsecondary outcomes.
Learn more about dual enrollment trends in the 2024 Dual Enrollment Special Report recently released by the Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Education Reporting System (NSWERS).
Do you have faculty who will soon be retiring? Emeritus recommendations for faculty retiring at the end of the academic year are due April 1. For additional information on eligibility for emeritus and the recommendation process, see the Emeritus folder in the College Resources SharePoint site. Questions? Contact Candice Batton.
College-specific Named Chairs and Professorships
Recommendations for new appointments and renewals of college-specific named chairs and professorships are due April 1. Colleges are asked to submit their recommendations along with candidate CVs to Christine Hoffman by April 1.
Faculty Workload Planning
Faculty workload planning spreadsheets for academic year 2024-25 are due from the colleges to Academic Affairs by April 1. Questions? Contact Jenn Swartzendruber.
Summer 2024 Part-time Faculty
Summer 2024 is just around the corner. Signed contracts for part-time faculty teaching in the summer including E-PAF/PAFs for new/rehires, and the PT spreadsheet are due to Academic Affairs via SharePoint by the end of the third week of April (i.e., 4/19).
Important Dates
Mar 1: Deans’ recommendations for Year 3, Year 4, and Year 5 faculty reappointments due in Watermark
Mar 15: Deans’ reports on Year 1 and Year 2 faculty reappointments for Year 3 and Year 4, respectively, due to Academic Affairs
Mar 15: Chairs/directors assessments of faculty activities and goals/objectives (i.e., Attachments III and IV of annual review process) due to faculty and dean
Mar 22: Academic Administrator Training: Recruitment and Enrollment
Apr 1: Faculty workload planning sheets for AY2024-25 due to Academic Affairs
Apr 1: New appointment and renewal recommendations for college-specific named chair and professorships due to Academic Affairs
Apr 1: Notification of eligibility for satisfactory performance increase due to bargaining unit members
Academic Center Reviews
Each academic center undergoes review every seven years in accordance with UNO’s academic policies and relevant governing requirements (e.g. Board or Regents, Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, and the Higher Learning Commission). Center review provides opportunities for faculty/staff to reflect on the strengths and challenges of their center and develop future strategic directions. The following academic centers are tentatively scheduled to be on the review cycle next year (2024-2025). More information and guidance about center reviews can be found on the Center Review Template.
Aviation Institute
Center for Innovation in Arts Education
Center for Public Affairs Research
Center for Research in Human Movement and Variability
Nebraska Book Arts Center
William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
March is Disability Awareness Month
The Center for Faculty Excellence and Accessibility Services Center will offer a two-part series on supporting students who are neurodiverse. People who attend both sessions are eligible for a $100 stipend thanks to a DEAI grant.
March 4, 12:00 - 1:00 (Zoom) - A panel of UNO colleagues with expertise in supporting students who are neurodiverse will share information and lead a discussion. Register here.
April 1, 2:00 - 3:30 (MBSC 306) - A follow-up, hands-on workshop to build specific communication and classroom strategies to support students who are neurodiverse. The session will also address challenges and opportunities that impact staff who work with students. Register here.
Adapting Existing Assignments to Incorporate AI
March 6, 2:00 - 4:30 (MBSC 201) - This workshop will offer helpful information, multiple examples, and hands-on work time for faculty to begin to incorporate AI into an existing assignment. Participants will have a chance to learn from faculty colleagues from the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Business Administration who will share the processes they used to adapt assignments and the opportunities and challenges they experienced in doing so. Participants will earn a $75 stipend. Register here.
Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center
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.
Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center Upcoming Events
16th Annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
The 16th Annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair will take place on March 22, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC).
Students can learn about different funding opportunities available to support traveling abroad, including the Fulbright Program, Gilman Scholarship Program, Critical language Scholarship Program, and more.
Each year, UNO hosts Signature Service Days that combine service to community organizations in the metro area with cultural and educational opportunities to learn more about our community and ourselves.
UNO celebrates 25 years of service learning courses. Our Showcase this year focuses on engagement in service learning courses. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty to learn about teaching with a service learning component. We invite UNO faculty to register and present how your course engages both students and the community, and this opportunity to share what you have learned, data collected, best practices, challenges, and more. The event will involve poster presentations and a faculty panel.
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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