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August 25, 2025
The Community Dialogue Network (CDN) is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 workshop series. Open to all students, staff, and faculty, the CDN prepares members of our university community to facilitate dialogue across differences.

The six-part workshop series will be held on select Friday mornings throughout the fall semester. Don't miss this chance to grow your skills and connect across the university community!

August 12, 2025
The Web of Inquiry fall proposal deadline is Friday, Sept. 5.
  • Instructors may propose courses with up to two area attributes, First Year Seminars, or Second Language Proficiency courses.
  • Courses in Written Communication, Literary and Textual Inquiry, and Quantitative Data Analysis (especially for arts and humanities majors) are particularly welcome.
  • Don't forget to add Integrated Focus Area attributes to courses in your major.
  • Consider proposing a General Education Seminar (GES187), which may combine any two Integrated Focus Areas.
  • Field of Study proposals (for courses with corresponding Areas of Inquiry) are also due on this date.
  • Instructors must complete all development for proposed Web of Inquiry areas prior to the course start date.
Proposals can be submitted in Coursedog using your department/program credentials. Submitted syllabi must list the new learning outcomes for each proposed area. See the Faculty Resources pages on the website for more information.


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  • September 2, 2025
    Kay Robertson

    Kay Robertson was tasked with distributing service awards for some of us who could not be at the awards meeting and was holding them for pick up. Knowing that I teach remotely and don't get to campus as often as I would like, she kindly offered to send it to me at home. I am grateful to receive it thanks to her thoughtfulness!
    Cheryl Huff, SPCS Liberal Arts

    August 29, 2025
    Billie Afflick

    Huge thanks to Billie Afflick at the Dining Center for making our students feel so welcome. SPCS hosted over 50 new students and their families the weekend before classes started, and we planned to treat them to brunch. Shortly before our group arrived from their campus tour, we asked about reserving tables. Billie suggested the Westhampton Room and sprang into action to reserve it. It was a relief to know that our group had a place to sit and continue their conversations as they bonded over the excitement of the semester to come. In the midst of what was already a bustling weekend, Billie went out of her way to propose a solution for our crowd — who then enjoyed brunch as the perfect kick-off to their UR experience!
    Phil Melita, SPCS

  • August 22, 2025
    Jay Einck

    Thank you to Jay Einck in Information Services. Jay had tons of patience and great suggestions on ways to assist us with a project that we are currently working on in Risk Management. Thank you for the excellent customer service and IT support, Jay! 
    —Robin Walinski, Risk Management

     

    July 15, 2025
    Sejida Turanovic

    Shout out to Sejida Turanovic for her excellent care of the 3rd floor of the International Center this summer. She has been deep cleaning offices, working around our 30+ summer research students, watering plants for faculty who are out of the office, and sharing some of her marvelous home-grown produce!
    —Sandra Joireman, Political Science

  • July 2, 2025
    Registrar Heroes

    Huge thanks to Erica Jackson, Dwayne Smith, Bryan Moyer, Lindsey Monacell, and Val Caminiti for their invaluable support during a time of transition in grad programs staff. We were in our busiest recruitment and enrollment stage and needed help from A–Z. Despite dealing with their own tasks and full plates, they graciously helped every step of the way — both teaching me what to do and jumping in and doing it for me as I was traveling or otherwise unavailable. I took them to d-hall for lunch, and I mean d-hall is GREAT, but I feel like I owe them 1,000 lunches for all their help! I could not have gotten through the month of May without them! Thank you!
    —Amy McCracken, Robins Graduate Programs

    June 13, 2025
    Dwayne Smith

    When our campus lost power in multiple buildings during the final week of classes, Dwayne [Registrar’s Office] made well over 100 classroom changes, finding alternate functional spaces so that classes could resume as quickly as possible. He really put in a lot of time and effort to accomplish this within a tight time frame. We always value his dedication and experience, but his hard work and skills really took the spotlight during this emergency. THANK YOU, DWAYNE!!
    —Submitted by Jean Creamer, Registrar's Office

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