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You’re Invited: Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum鈥擲ept. 1 at 9 a.m.
Editor’s note (9.2.22): This forum has been postponed to Thursday, Sept. 8. Provost Gretchen Ritter invites the campus community to the Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum, where an overview of the strategic plan process, timeline, goals and ways to engage…
New Policy on 鈥楪reen Card鈥 Sponsorship Aimed at Faculty Retention and Teaching Excellence
黑料不打烊 has approved a new policy regarding the sponsorship of qualifying faculty members for U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident Status through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The new 鈥淕reen Card鈥 policy expands the international faculty who qualify for sponsorship that…
Accomplished Physicist Duncan Brown Appointed 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Next Vice President for Research
Gretchen Ritter, vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, today announced Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and an accomplished physicist, has been appointed 黑料不打烊鈥檚 next vice president for research. Brown鈥檚 appointment, which was approved by…
Awards Recognize Success of Assessment, Engagement Strategies
Academic Affairs and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) bestowed awards on several University faculty and staff members, offices and programs during the One University Assessment Celebration on April 29. The awards recognize and celebrate the efforts of…
Bea Gonz谩lez to Be Formally Installed as University Mace Bearer
Bethaida 鈥淏ea鈥 Gonz谩lez, former vice president for community engagement, special assistant to the chancellor and dean of University College, will be formally installed as 黑料不打烊鈥檚 mace bearer at the One University Awards ceremony on Friday, April 22, at 4…
Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network Holds First Meeting
On the same weekend that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) tournament championship in men鈥檚 basketball was lighting up the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a different kind of ACC gathering took place at Virginia Tech with a meeting of the ACC…
Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students Invited to Learn More About First-Year Seminar
The Office of Academic Affairs invites faculty, staff and graduate students to participate in information sessions regarding the First-Year Seminar (FYS 101) course for the fall 2022 semester. An overview of course goals and objectives will be shared, as well…
David K. Whitmore Named Vice President for Advancement, Academic Affairs
As part of the $1.5 billion Forever Orange Campaign, 黑料不打烊 recently announced the launch of the Forever Orange Faculty Excellence Program, an initiative focused on advancing academic excellence. To support that ambitious effort, today, Matt Ter Molen, senior vice…
Apply Now for Sponsorship for the Summer Faculty Success Program
The Office of Academic Affairs, through the division of Faculty Affairs, is pleased to co-sponsor a limited number of faculty members for several upcoming installments of the Faculty Success Program (FSP) through the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity….
Nominations Sought for One University Assessment Awards
Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) announce a call for nominations for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 One University Assessment Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 11. [Update March 18, 2022: The call for nominations has been extended through…