General News

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 […]

In this Edition: **New Position, Virtual Town Halls, Mandatory Title IX and IT Security Training, Personal Identification Policy, Earn Money for the Department: Sign up for Lifelong Senior Learning Lectures, Workload Timeline, Travel Workflow ** Dear colleagues,  I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was great to see some of you at the Dean’s First Friday Happy Hour at […]

In this Edition: **Department Meeting 9/6, Dean’s Visit to Department Meeting, Workload Policy, Travel Processes, Flu and Covid Information, Presentation on Medical Interpreting, Presentation on Holocaust and Japan, International Festival** Dates and Events this Week Monday, September 2 Thursday, September 5 Friday, September 6 Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024 September 10 September, 13 […]

Dates and Events this Week Monday, August 19 Thursday, August 22 Friday, August 23 Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024 August 26 September 2 September 10 September, 13 September 19 October 11 October 14-15 Student Recess, No Classes  October 17 November 11 November 27-28 December 4 December 5 December 13 December 16  Important Information for Faculty […]

“It is our pleasure to inform you that Chancellor Gaber has approved of the Department ofLanguages and Culture Studies’ name change to the Department of Languages, Cultures andTranslation.” -John Smail, Interim Dean, College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences

Dates and Events this Week May 11  RSVP for the Commencement Ceremony you plan to attend Looking Ahead Dates and Events May 13-17 May 15 Chair Report from Department Meeting  Meeting Schedule 2024-25 First Week of the Semester: Tuesday August 13, 2024, 10:00 am-1:00 pm Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 1:00-4:00 pm Regular Department Meetings:  Fall 2024 Friday, September 6, 2024, […]

In this Edition: **Chair out of office Wednesday to Friday, Additional Chair Office Hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 and 2:00-4:00 (Virtual), Election Week: GC** Dear colleagues,  Good Morning on this last full week of classes. I hope you had a great weekend and are getting ready for the end of the semester.  Please note that I will […]