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Public Presentation: VP for Faculty/Staff Affairs & Development On behalf of the Search Committee, I am delighted to announce that three outstanding candidates for the position of Vice Provost for Faculty/Staff Affairs and Development will advance to the public portion of our search process. Candidates will meet with University stakeholders and conduct a Public Forum the week of July 20^th. We invite the entire University community to attend the public forums where each candidate will present briefly on their vision for faculty/staff affairs and development and their qualifications to lead these initiatives under the Office of the Provost. The sessions have been structured to provide plenty of time for interactive dialogue, and public participation is essential to a successful experience for both the candidates and the University community. We invite all members of the University community to submit questions for these candidates via the modes outlined below and to attend the Public Forum presentations. To submit questions for the Public Forum: Utilize the “Public Forum Q&A Submission” form, found on our website hereto submit questions for each candidate. Email your questions to provost@uconn.edu with the subject line: VP FSAD Public Forum. Posit any questions via the comments section in the live presentation.   We will solicit your subsequent feedback to help inform the Provost’s eventual decision on who is the most qualified candidate to spearhead this new division. Information about Public Forum access can be found in the “Candidate Materials and Public Forum Info” section available on the Provost’s website here. You will also find candidate CVs, Feedback Surveys, and recordings of each Public Forum. Please note that users will need to log in with a NetID and password to access this page.   Candidate 1: Lucy Gilson July 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6d6033e0ddd4263ee1d22d8722b1196c   Candidate 2: Manisha Desai July 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e53a6f9fcba85988c3b042d07bca61d78   Candidate 3: Michael Bradford July 24, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Public Forum WebEx Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea6e2594eb2313a0b2f4b99bef9f8029a   Thank you for taking the time to participate in this important process. We welcome your feedback and involvement.   Sincerely, Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President    for Academic Affairs

Keeping It Simple - Organizing Course Materials in HuskyCT Monday, July 27, 12:30-1:30 Online Presenter: Margaret Ascenzo, CETL This session will cover options for presenting and arranging materials in your HuskyCT course in ways that minimize confusion for students. We will discuss various organizational strategies, such as ways to develop a straightforward main course menu, building in content areas, the difference between sorting materials into folders and learning modules, as well as controlling the visibility of content to students. We will also cover options for adding multimedia elements to your course, such as audio and video, among the variety of other options available in the system. Register at - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1500

Starting July 13th, we started sending out “Mental Health Monday” messages with information from the African American graduate student therapists at the UConn Psychological Services Clinic in partnership with the African American Cultural Center. Upcoming topics will include: strategies to help de-stress, mindfulness and meditation, signs of depression and anxiety, preparing for school-related stress, when and how to seek professional psychological help, and much more. Please stay tuned for the next announcement and send an email to aacc@uconn.edu to be added to our ListServ if you are not already.  *If you have mental health concerns, please contact the Psychological Services Clinic at 860-486-4848.  

Join the Ballard Institute for our eighth Summer 2020 Online Puppet Forum Series event on Facebook. These forums, hosted by Ballard Institute director and puppet historian John Bell, will consist of discussions with notable scholars and practitioners around the world about the past, present, and future of puppetry and puppetry studies.  In a pre-recorded forum released on July 23 at 4 p.m. ET entitled “Puppetry, Anthropology, and Animation” Teri Silvio will speak with John Bell about the intersections of Chinese hand-puppet traditions, Japanese manga and anime, cosplay, religion, fan culture, and Pili Multimedia Company’s globally popular Thunderbolt Fantasy series. Teri Silvio is an associate research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. She has conducted ethnographic research on puppetry, animation, design, fandoms, theater, and gender and sexuality in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia. Her most recent book is Puppets, Gods, and Brands: Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan. Forums will be available afterwards on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.