General News

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: M 11:30-1:00 pm f2f and virtual, T 3-5 virtual, W 12:45-2:45 pm f2f and virtual, Department Meeting Thursday 10:30-12:00 pm, Retirement Celebration 12:00-2:00 pm Alumni Center** Dear colleagues,  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. We have almost made it to the end of the semester and […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10-12 Virtual, Thanksgiving Break ** Dear colleagues,  I hope you had a good weekend and are looking forward to the upcoming long weekend. I am wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate and hope you enjoy great food, family and friends.  Thank you to all of you […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10:00-12:00 pm f2f and virtual, W 12:45-2:45 pm virtual, R 2:30-3:30 pm f2f and virtual, International Education Week: Nihon Club Film Screening, Dalton Brown Bag, Film Screening “Welcome Venice,” Traditional Chinese Painting Workshop, JBusiness Forum, Listening Sessions about Annual Evaluation Guidelines – shared on Wednesday after EOB ** […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10-12 f2f and virtual, T 3-5 f2f and virtual, F 11-1 virtual, Personally Speaking, SEACS Proposal Deadline, Migration Talk, International Education Week LANG Events!** Dear colleagues,  I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. I would like to let you know that the CAPC is working diligently on creating […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours this Week: T 10-12 in person and virtual, W  12:45-2:45 virtual, Thursday 2-4 in person and virtual, Workload submitted, Carol’s Retirement Party** Dear colleagues,  I hope you had a good weekend. I am so happy to report that I sent our approved Department Workload Policy LANG Workload Policy 11/1/2024 to the Dean’s office […]

In this Edition: **Chair Availability this Week: out of the office 10/28-10/30, by appointment only** Dear colleagues,  Please remember that the CAPC has voted on the proposed Workload Policy. It will come to you as a seconded motion and be on the Consent Calendar of the Department Meeting this week on Friday on November 1.  I would […]

In this Edition: **Chair Availability this Week: R 10:00am-1:00pm (Zoom) and R 3:30-5:00 pm (Zoom), Workload Policy, SEACS CFP** Dear colleagues,  I hope you are doing well. I will be out of the office 10/21-10/23 and my response to emails might be a bit slower than typically. I will add additional office hours on Thursday […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours this week: W 12:45-2:00 pm (Zoom), R 1:30-3:30pm (Zoom), Workload Policy, SEACS CFP, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Highlighting two of our students and a faculty member** Dear colleagues,  Welcome to this short week. I hope you had a wonderful Fall Break and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Thank you all […]

The Forty-Niner Intensive Transition program which was geared to students of a Hispanic or Latinx background was a huge success this year. Dozens of students gathered together for a unique, week-long experience to situate them in their new home. This program counted for two college credit hours and they worked with two peer mentors. The […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours this week: W 12:45-2:45 (Zoom), R 12:00-2:00 (f2f & Zoom), F 12:00-2:00 (f2f & Zoom), Workload Policy, Draft Ad, Department Meeting with Dean Visit, Open Enrollment for New Health Insurance Aetna, Zwingenberg Presentation Thursday, SEACS CFP** Dear colleagues,  Wishing you a good morning on this Monday after the storm. I […]