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Submit nominations for honorary degrees
ӰƵ invites nominations for award of honorary degrees by which the university can recognize persons who exemplify in their work the highest ideals and standards of “excellence in any valued aspect of human endeavor, including the realm of scholarship, public service, and ...
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Think Big Leadership Awards announced
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce winners of the 2021 Think Big Leadership Awards. “I am genuinely amazed at the creative, boundary-pushing and community-focused work happening all over our campus, particularly during a year of so much unrest and uncertainty,” said Provost and Execut...
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Attend listening sessions to weigh in on the search for the next vice provost and university librarian
Members of the search committee for the vice provost and university librarian are scheduling a series of listening sessions to seek input from faculty, staff and students. At these sessions, the committee, along with the consultants from Storbeck Search, want to hear directly from members of the uni...
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A Conversation with Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Macalester College President Suzanne Rivera: “Strengthening the State of our Union”
The Office of the Provost will host the fifth installment of the North Star Seminar Series Friday, May 21, at noon. Featuring Saint Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Melvin Carter and Macalester College President Suzanne Rivera, this discussion will be titled “Strengthening the State of our Union.” In their c...
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Vice provost and university librarian search committee chairs, members announced
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III has announced the search committee chairs and members for the new vice provost and university librarian search. Case School of Engineering Dean Ragu Balakrishnan and Associate Provost for Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Resea...
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STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club meeting
Members of the ӰƵ community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to attend the next meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club. Pathway 4 of the university’s strategic plan, Think Big, seeks to increase recruitment and retenti...
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Read a letter from Provost Ben Vinson to kick off Legacy Week 2021
Welcome to our fifth annual Legacy Week! When Legacy Week was established in 2017, the intent was to observe and showcase the history of ӰƵ. I think it’s safe to say that the past year has been one of the most defining in our university’s momentous history. The past yea...
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Reflect on the Conversations on JUSTICE series for a chance to win a prize
The Conversations on JUSTICE with Inamori Ethics Prize Winners and Colleagues event series was selected as a CWRU North Star experience by the Office of the Provost. The Inamori Center invites CWRU students (undergraduate, graduate and professional students) who attended one of these two events (or ...
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North Star Seminar Series—“Framing a Better Civic Dialogue in an Age of Racial Reckoning: Universities, the Public, and You”
On Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m., the Office of the Provost will host the fourth installment in the North Star Seminar Series. The event will feature Jonathan Holloway, a U.S. historian and 21st president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Holloway's talk is titled “Framing a...
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Hear from Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III to wrap up Employee Appreciation Month
In early March Interim President Cowen announced that the community’s contributions this academic year had been so significant that the traditional Employee Appreciation Week was too brief a time to celebrate faculty and staff. Instead, he extended it for the entire month. Though the month of Marc...