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Review updated teaching assistant training policies
The Office of the Provost and the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) have worked with university officials to update policies for undergraduate, graduate and professional student teaching assistant (TA) training. Students employed as teaching assistants are important...
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Think Big Campus Meet-Up
During the summer, the Think Big team and the Office of the Provost have been developing and communicating metrics, mapping out pathway implementation plans and hosting campus meet-ups to discuss the Think Big strategic plan. Faculty, staff and students are invited to a Think Big Campus Meet-Up Thu...
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Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III pens article on a renaissance in Cleveland
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III described how the ӰƵ community can support a renaissance in Cleveland driven by technology. In an op-ed titled “Cleveland: Imagining a modern renaissance” for Crain Cleveland’s Business, Vinson explained how each of th...
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Book by Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III honored
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III’s book Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico was recently recognized by the Latin American Studies Association. The association named the book the recipient of the 2019 Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History. ...
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Seed Sprint Meet-ups
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to meet-ups for the Seed Sprint component of the university’s new strategic planning effort, Think Big. Attendees will have the chance to engage with one another and discuss their ideas for Seed Sprints—short, interdisciplinary pi...
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Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III elected to executive committee of the Conference of Latin American History
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III was recently elected to the executive committee of the Conference of Latin American History. Vinson will serve a three-year term, with one year each as vice president, president and past president. The Conference of Latin American History is the ...
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Provost Ben Vinson III speaks about his book on history podcast
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III discussed his book, Before Mestizaje: Lobos, Moriscos, Coyotes and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico, for a podcast titled “Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: Conversations on the History of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.” Featured o...
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Strategic Planning Town Halls   
Provost Ben Vinson III invites members of the campus community to attend one of this month’s town halls kicking off the planning process for the university’s 2019-2024 strategic plan. The town hall events, which are open to all faculty, staff and students, will take place: Wednesday, Oct. 17, at...
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A Single University: CUE issues final recommendations for undergraduate experience
A new report calls for ӰƵ to provide undergraduates a more coherent and coordinated experience during their time on campus—both within and outside the classroom. After more than a year and a half of work and feedback among faculty, students and staff, the Provost’s Commission on t...
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Provost Ben Vinson to welcome students on Friday with free ice cream
ӰƵ’s new provost and executive vice president, Ben Vinson III, is ready to greet students with a warm welcome—in the form of cold ice cream. Vinson and other staff members will pass out free Mitchell’s Pack N Go ice cream scoops on the binary walkway Friday, Sept. 7, be...