Chairs and Directors Newsletter | February 2025

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Chairs and Directors 

Opportunities for Chairs and Directors

Promoting Enrollment Days can help you get timely information to guide and adjust course scheduling. Fall Enrollment Days begin February 24 and are designed to get more students enrolled sooner. Results from these efforts last semester included substantial increases in early student advising and enrollment traffic. Enrollment Days signs and table tents will soon be displayed across campus and an announcement will appear in all Canvas courses. These messages will prompt students to:

1) Prepare to enroll (check the schedule, review their degree audit)

2) Meet with an advisor (make appointments via MavCONNECT, if applicable)

3) Clear registration holds (check MavLINK accounts)

4) Review how to enroll, search for classes, and add classes to their carts

Featured Resource

Fulbright Awards bring prestige to the recipient, their institution, and their department/school. Learn more about supporting faculty and navigating UNO’s practices and policies related to Fulbright Awards.

• UNO’s Faculty Fulbright Program website includes a FAQ document covering institutional processes and policies and recent changes regarding the potential for financial support.
• The Fulbright website lists upcoming webinars designed specifically for this award cycle. The 2026-27 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition opens in February.
• A UNO panel discussion on March 6 (3:00) will include a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, a representative from Faculty Affairs, and past UNO recipients. Register here.
• A Fulbright scholar information webinar watch party will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with a representative from Fulbright on April 2, (2:00) – Register here.
• Camp Completion (May 19-23) is an opportunity for people to work on their application with a specific Fulbright application peer review planned into the week.

Opportunities for Faculty

Please forward to your faculty.

Community Engagement Lunch and Learn Spring Series: Join Zoom sessions to get insights from faculty colleagues and Office of Engagement staff as they share information and build community around engaged teaching. For more information or to join the mailing list, contact Rosey Higgs.

February 26, 12:00 – 1:00

Partnerships with P-12 classes. Join here.

Presenter: Melany Spiehs, Teacher Education

March 26, 12:00 – 1:00

Connecting Service to Curriculum & Impact on Student Engagement, Join here.

Presenter: Farrah Grant, Geography/Geology

April 30, 12:00 – 1:00

Service Learning & The Arts. Join here.

Presenter: Adrian R. Duran, School of the Arts

ORCA Workshops and Training: Visit the ORCA website for information and registration.

February 14, 12:00 – 1:00

External Grants Workshop. Register here.

An overview of best practices in grant writing to maximize competitiveness in seeking external funding and the support offered through ORCA.

February 28, 10:00 – 11:30

NU 2 Foundation Grant Session. Register here.

A session aimed at helping faculty and staff increase their foundation funding.

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