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Important Reminders for Fall Course Delivery

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Dear colleagues,

With a lot of hard work we are now through the first day of class. Much went right today but there were two issues that arose on several occasions that need to be addressed.

First, there were cases where students weren’t informed of how to access their online class. Please ensure you have posted your materials to HuskyCT and have by now shared with your students how to access course materials, especially for online and hybrid formats. If you have yet to do either, please do so as soon as possible. All instructors should have a clear HuskyCT syllabus with information on meeting times and places (in-person or virtual) as applicable. We also recommend sending an email to your students with this information to remind them of the expectations, as well as to make contact with them early on in their first week of this very different semester.

Second, there were cases where courses were delivered in ways that differed from the modality listed in PeopleSoft. As we have stressed throughout the summer, it is required that you teach your course in the exact modality listed. While we expect that these instances of teaching in a modality other than what was listed are limited, I need to underscore how critical it is for students that you teach in the modality listed in PeopleSoft. Now more than ever, our students need and expect transparency and predictability.

As a reminder, these are the expectations for the modalities:

  • If you are teaching a course online (WW), all components of the course (including assessments) must be delivered remotely. You may not require any in-person attendance for these courses. Courses listed as online (WW) come with the expectation that they will be taught asynchronously (i.e. with no pre-assigned meeting times).
  • Courses listed as Distance Learning (DL) come with the expectation of remote scheduled meeting times and remote assessments. You may not require any in-person attendance for these courses. If you choose to deliver some component of this course asynchronously and forgo a scheduled class meeting, it is incumbent upon you to let your students know in your syllabus, through HuskyCT announcements, email, or multiple channels.
  • Courses listed as Hybrid/Blended or Split/platooning come with the expectation of some mandatory in-person instruction and/or assessments. Particularly in cases where you have split groups of students for instruction, it is imperative that you communicate early and clearly with students your expectations for when they should be in attendance.
  • If you are teaching in person, the course should be delivered on campus in the classroom assigned. Our classrooms have been arranged to promote social distancing for a variety of enrollment sizes. You may make accommodations for students to continue their studies remotely as needed in the event of quarantine or other situations; however, this accommodation should not become the default/normal delivery for the course.

I know this has been a challenging task. I appreciate all that you have done and will continue to do to provide an educational experience grounded in rigor and consistency for our students. If you need further assistance, you should reach out to your department head, dean, CETL, or the Provost’s Office depending on the nature of your needs and we will be happy to work with you.

Sincerely,
Carl

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Provost’s Message: A Culture of Support

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Communications » Provost’s Messages and Presentations

Dear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students:

In any academic year, the week before classes begin is an intense time of preparation for nearly everyone across our institution. This year presents an additional layer of complexity, as each of you has had to reconfigure curriculum and syllabi, office operations, physical spaces, and events, in various combinations of virtual and in-person formats. For many of you, these efforts run parallel to intensified caregiving responsibilities and other personal stressors brought on by COVID-19, with disparate impact experienced by some of the most vulnerable in our community.

President Katsouleas and I emphasized last week in our message the necessity of community in this moment. While we focused on public health in that message, it’s important to remember the other half of the UConn Promise, which calls on us to ensure that each member of our community feels included, supported, and valued by doing all we can to support the goal of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive UConn.

As we start this new semester, each of us will experience professional and personal challenges. I encourage us all to continue to approach our colleagues and our students with compassion, flexibility, and understanding. The care you have each put into building a semester that prioritizes physical safety and emotional well-being, and academic rigor and progress is truly remarkable. I thank each of you for all you have done, and will do throughout this fall, to help UConn move forward, together.

Sincerely,
Carl

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Updates for the Academic Community

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
We announced this week the three finalists for our Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies search. All UConn faculty and staff are invited to submit questions for the candidates, as well as view their public presentations. More information on the finalists  and presentation access can be found on the Provost’s Office website: provost.uconn.edu/administrators-and-leadership/academic-leader-searches.

Faculty and Staff Handbook
The Faculty and Staff Handbook website has a new look. Visit the updated website at handbook.uconn.edu. The handbook is a centralized resource for faculty and staff to locate the information and resources they need at UConn.

Community Office Hours with the Provost’s Office
The Provost’s Office’s weekly Community Office Hours are open to all faculty, staff, and students. More information on upcoming sessions can be found on the Provost’s Office website, provost.uconn.edu.

Returning to Campus training
Please be sure to complete the Returning to Campus and/or Returning to Research training provided by Environmental Health & Safety. This training is required for any employee (faculty/staff/graduate student employees) who will work on campus this fall.

Links for the trainings can be found here:

Library reopening plan
The Library recently announced its reopening plan to begin on August 31. The plan includes details on availability of common spaces, access to collections, and other Library services. You can find more detail on the UConn Library website. 

COVID-19 support resources
InCHIP’s Social and Behavioral Sciences COVID-19 Workgroup has created and distributed a COVID-19 Support Resources infographic as a quick reference guide for instructors teaching amid COVID-19. The infographic and information on workgroup members can be found here: https://provost.uconn.edu/covid-19-faculty-infographic/.

Travel updates

In-person office hours
We encourage schools, colleges, departments, and all other offices to post information about your in-person and virtual services to your websites. This will help students and staff know which offices are open to in-person visitors, as well as those offices that continue to operate entirely remotely. Please consider including information such as in-person office hours and procedures (e.g. drop-in or appointment), points of contact, and any other detail that will help your constituents know how and when they can reach your office. Signage is also available to post in your offices and buildings to guide in-person visitors on protocols: brand.uconn.edu/wordmarks-assets/downloads-2/#covid-reopen.

Mansfield town news
The Town of Mansfield recently shared information about modified operations and other local protocols in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the community. More information, including a list of which business are open, can be found by clicking here.

 

Publication date: 08/25/2020

Public Presentation: Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

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Dear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Students:

On behalf of the Search Committee, I am pleased to announce that three outstanding candidates for the position of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies have advanced as finalists. Candidates will meet with University stakeholders and conduct a Public Forum this week (August 25, 26, 28), where each candidate will present briefly on their vision for undergraduate studies and their qualifications to lead these initiatives under the Office of the Provost.

We invite all members of the University community to attend the public forums and to submit questions for these candidates via the modes outlined below.

To submit questions for the public forum:

I encourage you all to submit your subsequent feedback via the feedback forms found on our website to help inform our decision on who is the most qualified candidate to spearhead this new division.

Public forum access information, candidate CVs, feedback surveys, and recordings of each public forum can be found in the “Candidate Materials and Public Forum Info” section available on the Provost’s website here. Recordings will be available within 24 hours of the presentation. Please note that users will need to log in with a NetID and password to access this page.

 

Candidate 1: Laura Burton

August 25, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=edb192a897fcd7728ea146e4e3fc795ee

 

Candidate 2: Dan Burkey

August 26, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9381ee1fa8a85df43b26e3143c967e98

 

Candidate 3: Michael Bradford

August 28, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e55c1ec1cb01db49fcf28ffa40ea4ca1d

Thank you for taking the time to participate in this important process. We welcome your feedback and involvement.

 

Sincerely,

Carl

 

Carl W. Lejuez

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Message from President and Provost on Community Responsibility

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Dear UConn Community,

The state of Connecticut is in a fortunate position to have a low transmission rate of COVID-19 overall, though we know some communities are disproportionately affected compared to others. Our UConn community has a big part to play in keeping the transmission rate low. On a broad level, the University has redesigned physical spaces; put comprehensive baseline testing, quarantine and tracing strategies in place; and will continually monitor and test for presence of COVID-19 through random testing and wastewater surveillance.

On an individual level, we must each commit to following recommended public health protocols to keep ourselves and our community safe by adhering to the UConn Promise. And we want to be clear: When we refer to community, we mean more than just our UConn campuses. Each of our campuses is part of the larger communities of the towns and cities where we live, including but not limited to Farmington, Groton (Avery Point), Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury, and Storrs/Mansfield. Whether you are going to a campus building or you’re going to the grocery store after our quarantine period, the same rules apply.

The UConn Promise is simple, straightforward, and powerful. These steps will help keep each of us safe, as well as our neighbors and the communities that serve as the backbone of UConn.

Specifically, each of us will:

  • wear a mask or face covering in public places – outdoors or indoors;
  • avoid close contact, aside from roommates and family, by maintaining at least six feet of physical distancing from others;
  • regularly wash my hands — for at least 20 seconds — and use hand sanitizer;
  • follow state, local and University rules regarding gathering sizes, pedestrian traffic patterns, and other new regulations designed to promote safety and good health – including limiting social gatherings to very small groups on campus or off campus;
  • monitor daily for COVID-19 symptoms and inform health services or my health care provider regarding any changes in my health status;
  • commit to medical isolation, quarantine, or other medical direction when advised to do so by a health care provider;
  • read all University COVID-19 communications and take action as necessary; and
  • maintain all immunizations including an annual flu vaccine, as advised by my healthcare professional.

In line with the specific components of the UConn Promise above, we expect everyone in our community – faculty, staff, and students – to take all necessary steps to be safe at all times. Across our working, learning, and living spaces on our campuses and in our local communities, we are prepared to do all we are able to ensure every member of our University is respecting the health and safety of others. Addressing non-compliance on campus should always begin with a request for compliance. Each of us can ask our fellow community members to put on a mask when we see they aren’t wearing one. The two of us had the pleasure of welcoming students and parents as greeters during move-in weekend. There were only a few occasions in which we had to remind individuals to put on or raise their masks, and we were gratified to see how overwhelmingly supportive and appreciative our students (and their families) were of our safety protocols.

While cooperation is overwhelmingly positive, we also know there are cases of noncompliance. It is important for us to share that we take these very seriously, and we will and have taken action to keep UConn and our surrounding communities safe. This action can start with a conversation, but we have measures in place for necessary disciplinary action.

Many of you are aware of a party in a residence hall that violated our health and safety rules; as a result, the students involved have been removed from campus housing. Separately, over the weekend, seven students were written up for minor infractions.

We understand that many of you will come into contact with students as well as other faculty and staff who will be noncompliant with the UConn Promise. Where you are comfortable doing so, you should begin with asking the noncompliant individual(s) to do the right thing. Where that doesn’t produce a compliant response, behavior referrals for students can be submitted to Community Standards, or referrals for faculty or staff can be sent to that individual’s supervisor or the Provost’s Office. The University has also instituted a COVID-19 Information Center for non-emergency inquiries, and can be reached by calling 860-486-COVI or by emailing covidquestions@uconn.edu.

Additionally, we are partnering with local officials to support safety efforts off campus. We are working with the Governor’s Office to support the Town of Mansfield’s request to enact a local ordinance that will ban gatherings of 25 or more people. Our response in the event of larger gatherings would usually begin with a conversation, but could range from a citation for violating a city ordinance to subsequent student conduct investigation.

In addition to being clear about our expectations and contingency plans to promote safety, we also must be transparent about our status throughout the semester. This includes a public dashboard with updates on the rate of positive versus negative tests on our campuses that anyone can access. We already have seen a remarkably low rate of positive test results during the move-in process. Moreover, each positive case was met with a clear and detailed plan to ensure the safety of others and limit any further spread.

Finally, we want to hear how we are doing and suggestions for improvements. We know the work of keeping our campuses operating safely and effectively is ongoing, and we will continue to gather and be responsive to feedback from our internal and local communities. Many of the strategies above are aligned with feedback from outreach into our communities, including a thought exchange conducted by our Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) in Storrs/Mansfield. We want to encourage everyone to email your thoughts to provost@uconn.edu and to attend the virtual Provost’s Office Community Office Hours, provost.uconn.edu, as well as the upcoming live office hours from President Katsouleas, president.uconn.edu.

COVID-19 has brought significant challenges to our lives and UConn has an important role to play as we move forward. We are in this together, Huskies – let’s rise to meet this challenge and protect our community.

Sincerely,
Tom and Carl

Tom Katsouleas
President

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Provost’s Message: A View into the In-Person Experience

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Dear UConn Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students:

In just a few more weeks, we start a fall semester that looks different from any other year. Much of our instruction will take place through virtual and remote means; however, about 30% of fall semester classes will be conducted in person.

For our instructors, students, and staff who will be on our campuses when we reopen, I want to assure you that individuals and teams across the University have been working tirelessly to create as safe an environment as possible. This has involved several offices, including Facilities Operations, Student Affairs, UConn Health, Student Health and Wellness, University Communications, Human Resources, Dining Services, Residential Life, Public Safety, University Planning, Design and Construction, and dean and department offices.

Our re-entry into the fall starts with a commitment to the safety of ourselves and our colleagues. The University has created the UConn Promise, which promotes behaviors among our community members to maintain a safe and respectful environment. The UConn Promise includes committing to public health measures such as wearing masks, as well as encouraging Huskies to look out for one another, especially as COVID-19 has been coupled with heightened discrimination for some of our faculty, staff, and students. We started by asking our undergraduate students to make this promise. We now ask all faculty, staff, and graduate students to review the promise and make a commitment to follow these guidelines to promote the well-being of our community.

Hand sanitizer dispenser at the Chemistry Building

Covid 19 sign at the Chemistry Building

The other key safety factor concerns the physical spaces we will share on our campuses. I want to give you a view into what several aspects of the UConn in-person experience will look like in Storrs and all the regional campuses.

Before even stepping inside any building, you will see a sign enforcing mask usage, hygiene and social distancing protocols, and symptom checking. Once in any building, you will find multiple hand sanitizer dispensers in hallways, with prominent signage to alert Facilities staff when refills are needed. Additional signage will be posted throughout buildings with guidance on social distancing, hygiene, and other public health protocols.

Classroom layout for social distancing

In each classroom, the seating layout has been analyzed and rearranged for social distancing. Layouts for classrooms, teaching labs, and other facilities are available to view and download at this Sharepoint site from University Space Planning and Management. In some cases, the new layouts have reduced classroom capacity by up to 80%. In each room, green stickers will be affixed at seats to show where students can sit. It is important that students and instructors follow these guides to maintain safe distancing in the classroom.

High-touch surfaces such as door handles, railings, and bathroom surfaces will be cleaned regularly throughout the day. Classrooms will be cleaned twice daily, and cleaning supplies will be available in each room for faculty and students to clean shared equipment and seating upon entry and exit to classrooms. High-traffic entry and exit points will be marked as “enter only” and “exit only” to minimize close physical contact. Plexiglass shields have been installed in high-traffic areas, such as dining halls and service counters—both as part of the plan put together by Facilities Operations as well as by request from staff working in those spaces.

Example of a Plexiglass shield at McMahon Dining Hall

Custodian sanitizing door handles

We have created an FAQ as a resource to find these details and others relevant to academic scenarios at https://provost.uconn.edu/covid-19-fall-planning/covid-19-faqs-for-instruction/. Most of these are based on questions we have received from faculty, staff, and students, so please continue to share those with us. We will add to this list regularly.

Our preparations for the fall semester are focused on creating distance and, at the same time, grounded in community. I am encouraged by the care everyone has shown under exceptional circumstances to create an environment for our students, faculty, and staff that puts well-being first. This is in addition to the work I’ve seen so many of you doing to ensure an exceptional academic experience for students, as you prepare for different modes of instruction, advise students for the fall, and retool programs and processes for remote operations or limited in-person settings. Your efforts are appreciated at every level.

Thank you,
Carl

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Updates for the Academic Community

CETL Resources for Fall Teaching Preparation

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This message is sent to all UConn faculty and graduate students on behalf of Peter Diplock, Associate Vice Provost of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this communication finds you well and looking forward to the start of a new academic year!

I am reaching out to provide a CETL perspective on the state of teaching preparedness and to provide additional resources for your consideration. The list below provides a selection of curated highlights for your consideration.

I also thought it might be useful for you to have a sense of the collective university-wide effort to prepare for an unprecedented fall semester, and the unparalleled level of commitment demonstrated by our faculty and graduate TA instructors to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective in the multi-modal teaching and learning COVID-19 environment.

In the last six weeks we have seen more than 700 faculty and graduate TA instructors complete the week-long Preparing for Distance Education course.  In the last four months we have seen 7,000 registrations from more than 2,200 individuals across all CETL teaching and educational technology workshops.  There have also been many faculty and graduate TA instructors-led, department level, and school/college wide initiatives to address unique discipline specific or context specific (i.e. lab, performance, field-based, and clinical courses) challenges.  And, there is still time for additional training in the next few weeks as we plan to continue to offer our most popular workshops and 30 minute one on one consultations for more focused needs.

Sincerely,

Peter

Peter Diplock, PhD
Associate Vice Provost
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

860-486-2915 (Direct)

Resources for Fall Semester Teaching Preparation

  • HuskyCT
    • Every lecture and discussion course this fall semester has a HuskyCT course site already created.  If you need HuskyCT assistance for your course please contact edtech@uconn.edu or attend one of the many workshops being offered in August.
  • Syllabi resources
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors should review fall 2020 draft language for syllabi in this shared Google doc from CETL available for all instructors to use as a template
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors should post and display their syllabus in their HuskyCT course site
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors are also encouraged to provide a link to their syllabus in StudentAdmin by filling out this form: https://ecampus.uconn.edu/syllabuslink/
  • Student communication/engagement
    • Creating engaging instruction, meaningful work, a sense of classroom community, and structure are critical whether the class be in person, hybrid, or remote.  Learn about student desires for courses in this recent article, What Incoming First-Year Students Want Online Learning to Be or schedule an appointment with CETL staff to develop strategies for your course.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors teaching online and distance learning are encouraged to find ways to engage and connect with students, and promote active student-to-student interactions early in the semester to promote student feelings of engagement and connectedness. Starting the semester remotely and teaching online for the entire semester will require innovative approaches that sustain student motivation.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors should specify and clarify office hour protocols and their availability to meet with students.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors are encouraged to email their students, open their HuskyCT site early, or take other measures to assist their students in understanding what their course structure will be prior to the start of the semester. The structure of each course will be unique this fall and providing students with information earlier will assist them in preparing effectively.
    • All faculty and graduate TA instructors should develop a strategy to engage students who will not be able to attend class because of illness.  This includes utilizing Kaltura lecture capture to record and then upload lectures. If you need training on Kaltura, please register for a workshop at https://fins.uconn.edu/upcoming_workshops.php
  • Accessibility:
    • Although ideally all video content should be captioned, video content on a password-protected site, such as HuskyCT, is not required to be captioned unless the faculty or graduate TA instructor is notified by the Center for Students with Disabilities.
    • Captioning is available for any video through Kaltura but it is critical for faculty and graduate TA instructors to review and correct the captioning to ensure accuracy.
    • ITS also offers a fee for service captioning option
  • Assessment
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors are encouraged to develop a thoughtful assessment strategy aligned with their learning objectives and teaching modality.  This includes remote assessment methods throughout the semester, and all final assessments which will be remote after the Thanksgiving recess.  Workshops are offered that explore alternative assessment strategies and methods.
  • Technology
    • ITS has made recommendations on minimum technology requirements. If faculty and graduate TA instructors need laptops, headsets, or microphones, ITS recommends reaching out to your department IT staff and they will coordinate with ITS.
    • Be prepared for equipment and technical issues and tell students what the back-up plan is if lecture capture, recording, synchronous class time, etc. do not work out as planned.
  • COVID-19 considerations
    • Acknowledge to yourself and to your students that these are difficult times. Be sensitive to student circumstances and learning environments. Work to reduce your own and your students’ stress and improve mental health.
    • All faculty and graduate TA instructors should prepare for the possibility that the university may return to entirely remote learning at some point in the semester if public health conditions deteriorate significantly. Faculty and graduate TA instructors should have a back-up plan for completing the semester, which ensures continued structure, student engagement, and community in case this should occur.
    • All courses will be taught remotely following the Thanksgiving recess.  Faculty and graduate TA instructors should be planning for how to continue to teach during this remote period and sharing that plan with students as soon as possible.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors should develop contingency plans to put in place should they get ill or test positive for COVID-19 during the semester (e.g. use the buddy system to identify a colleague who is aware of the syllabus and course plan and could step in and help support if needed).
  • Distance Learning (DL) tips and reminders
    • If you are teaching synchronously, make sure to record all lectures. This can be done whether using Webex or Collaborate.
    • Be sensitive to possible time differences. You may have international students enrolled in your classes. For example, students in China have a 12-hour time difference.
    • If you plan to administer exams please do so during the time allotted for your course in StudentAdmin/Peoplesoft.  Moving exams outside your scheduled class time can create time conflicts for students.
    • Consider coming to campus to utilize technology in the classrooms to teach from. Please follow the University mandates for testing and be sure to reserve a classroom for your desired time.
    • CETL continues to offer their Preparing for Distance Education course if you need guidance on course planning. To register: https://fins.uconn.edu/upcoming_certificates.php
  • Online (www) tips and reminders
    • Courses listed as www/online at UConn come with the expectation that the course has been designed to be taught entirely or mostly asynchronous (with judicious use of synchronous meetings, such as scheduled meetings to support students or student to student virtual meetings). If your course is to be delivered synchronously or mostly synchronously, reach out to the Registrar’s Office to have it relisted as Distance Learning.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors using pre-recorded lecture videos are encouraged to modularize or chunk video length to shorter segments. Research suggests ~6- to 10-minute chunks are optimum. 
  • In-person, hybrid/blended, or split with some on-campus presence
    • To reduce SARS-Cov-2 transmission and to improve contract tracing, all faculty and graduate TA instructors teaching in-person modalities are encouraged to assign seating to ensure that students occupy seating according to each classroom’s new lower density COVID configuration. Diagrams will be posted in each classroom and faculty and graduate TA instructors will receive a pdf copy via email prior to the start of the semester.  Encouraging students to remain in their assigned seats throughout the semester will also promote learning students names more quickly.
    • Faculty and graduate TA instructors teaching hybrid/blended and split courses are reminded to provide all enrolled students with additional clarity about precisely when they need to be in-class versus online.
    • Prior to the beginning of the semester, faculty and graduate TA instructors teaching in person will be provided with a Personal Teaching Equipment kit that will include microphone covers, dry erase markers/eraser, and a clear mask that can be worn so students can see non-verbal expressions.
    • Classrooms at Storrs and the regional campuses are outfitted with self-service Kaltura desktop lecture capture. Please be aware that only content projected to the screen and voice captured through the microphone will be recorded. Content written on the white board or other spaces will not be recorded.
    • While some faculty and graduate TA instructors may choose to do so, they are under no obligation to simultaneously teach students in-person and remotely synchronously at the same time for the entire semester.  For those who plan to teach in person and synchronously simultaneously, faculty and graduate TA instructors should ensure they are in a classroom equipped to do so. Classrooms with live-streaming allows the faculty and graduate TA instructors to stream the content but not receive student responses; classrooms with video conferencing allow faculty and graduate TA instructors to stream but also engage the students in the conversation.  For an updated list of available technology in each classroom: https://classrooms.uconn.edu/classroom/.

Guidance on Summer Courses Post-Isaias

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Dear Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors:

As the impact of damage from Tropical Storm Isaias has become more clear, we are sharing guidance on how to proceed with your summer courses for those of you who are teaching during this current session.

Gov. Lamont has declared a state of emergency as power outages are widespread across the state. We understand that many of our instructors and currently enrolled summer students may not have power and/or internet access because of storm damage. Please proceed with your courses with flexibility. If you do not have power/internet or have heard from several of your students that they are without power/internet, you are encouraged to adjust course deadlines and assignments as needed. Please be in contact with your students to share any adjustments and to encourage them to reach out if they need extensions or other accommodations over the next week.

Thank you,
Carl

 

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs