ELT: November 10, 2025 – Office of the Provost

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November 10, 2025

News

Collaborative Teaching Opportunities and Curricular Innovation Grants

The Provost’s Office once again has funding available for collaborative teaching opportunities and curricular innovation grants. Proposals for both are due January 30, 2026. Please note that we are continuing to request proposals at an earlier date than in previous years. We’ve learned that it is helpful for departments and programs to know earlier in the academic year if collaborative teaching or curricular grant requests are approved so they can better complete class scheduling.

Collaborative teaching provides important faculty development opportunities and enriches the curriculum, especially in interdisciplinary fields.

Proposals for new projects in 2026-2027 should be submitted by January 30, 2026. Please complete the Propose/Revise a Course form (available on the Registrar’s website) and the Collaborative Teaching Proposal form.

The Faculty Curriculum Planning Committee (FCPC) will review the proposals and select those to be supported. Priority will be given to proposals that entail pedagogical benefits not otherwise available, e.g., especially in interdisciplinary work, and that offer significant faculty development potential.

Please note that Provost Michelle Mattson would be happy to consult with you at any time about collaborative teaching opportunities.

We once again have available funds for curricular grant opportunities through several initiatives and programs. Proposals for curricular innovation grants are due January 30, 2026 (although please note that several internal grants have rolling deadlines). The full list of internal grant opportunities is available on the Provost’s Office website.

Advising

Workday Reports to Help Students Explore the Curriculum

One of the Workday reports designed to help advisers encourage their advisees to explore the curriculum is the “Newly Added Courses” report. You can access this report via your “My Advisees” dashboard under the tab “Additional Reports,” or by typing “Newly Added Courses” in the universal search bar in Workday.

Another report you should highlight to your advisees, especially sophomores and first-year students, is the “Have you thought about these courses?” report, which lists courses that still have available seats at this stage of the registration process. Similarly, the report “Courses without prerequisites” can help students identify classes that are well-suited for those in the early stages of their college careers.

Please remind your advisees that they can run these reports and explore all the wonderful courses offered during winter term.

Liberal Arts Adviser Notes

If you are going on leave in the winter term, your sophomore advisees will be reassigned to a new adviser shortly following the end of the current term. These students will continue with their new advisers until the moment they declare their majors in the spring term. Since you will no longer have access to their files, consider setting aside some time at the end of this term to compose brief notes on these sophomores using Workday. These notes will be helpful to the new advisers. You can find instructions on how to enter student notes here. If you need any assistance with this, please contact me (yperez@, x4311). Please keep in mind that these notes become a part of the official student’s record and a student may request access.

Academic Integrity

As we approach the end of the term, some of your advisees might be feeling the crunch of our ten-week term. Please remind your advisees, especially first-year students, what constitutes academic misconduct. Excessive procrastination and poor time management are often the primary culprits that lead to academic integrity cases. The Academic Support Center maintains a time management coach who can help your advisees with time management skills. You can find more useful information in our Advising Handbook for your advisees, especially in the Academic Integrity/Academic Misconduct section.

Advising Key Dates and Deadlines:

Saturday, November 22: Exams Begin (end on November 24)

Advising Quick Links

Grants and Fellowships

Workshops

2025 LTC Winter Break Conference

The annual LTC Winter Break Conference brings together faculty and staff to share best practices and innovation in learning and teaching. Please visit the Winter Break Conference website to check out the schedule and register online.