Office of the Provost

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August 06, 2019
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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August 01, 2019
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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February 15, 2019
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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January 25, 2019
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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January 10, 2019
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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January 07, 2019
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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December 14, 2018
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.”
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October 15, 2018
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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September 12, 2018
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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September 04, 2018
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...