Office of the Provost
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December 3, 2020
Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative selection committee named
U-M’s Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative is moving forward with Provost Susan M. Collins naming the members of the committee who will review hiring proposals and make selections for funding for the first round of submissions.
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November 19, 2020
Questions added to course evaluations amid ongoing pandemic
The Office of the Provost is urging academic units to “be mindful and explicit about the context of the term,” when using fall term course evaluations in teaching personnel considerations.
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November 6, 2020
Winter term plans grounded in campus engagement efforts
U-M leaders met with students, faculty and staff to inform and shape plans for the winter term, learning what went well in the fall and what did not.
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October 27, 2020
Public safety task force nominations open until Nov. 5
The Office of the Provost is soliciting nominations for U-M campus community members to serve on a new task force on public safety. Those interested in joining the task force are asked to apply via an online form by 5 p.m. Nov. 5.
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October 20, 2020
University to launch several new anti-racism initiatives
U-M will launch several new anti-racism initiatives, and enhance a number of existing ones, as part of a national reckoning on race and as deep-rooted structural inequities in American life have been magnified.
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September 29, 2020
U-M leaders to launch weekly COVID-19 video briefing
President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins are launching a weekly COVID-19 briefing at 1 p.m. every Friday to keep members of the U-M community up-to-date on news and information related to the pandemic.
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September 8, 2020
Seven honored with Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards
Seven faculty members who have contributed to the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community received 2020 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards from the Office of the Provost.
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August 10, 2020
Virtual campuswide New Faculty Orientation set for Aug. 26
A campuswide New Faculty Orientation, designed to introduce all new faculty to the University of Michigan, will take place virtually on Aug. 26, from 9-11:30 a.m., via Zoom webinar.
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July 16, 2020
Susan Collins approved as university’s next provost
Susan M. Collins, a public policy and economics professor and former Ford School dean who had been U-M’s interim provost, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs through June 30, 2022.
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May 1, 2020
Committees to prepare for fall semester amid COVID-19
The Office of the Provost has convened several faculty and staff committees that have been charged with developing recommendations for how the university will operate in the fall.
