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External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) 2020-2021
Thursday, June 25th, 2020 We are about to start FY 2020-21. Pursuant to the Board of Governors’ Policy on External Professional Activities, we are reminding all EHRA Faculty and EHRA Non-Faculty employees that External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) requests for any activities that are currently known to occur in the time period of July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, should be submitted into the online Activities, Interests, and Relationships (AIR) management system. External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) means any activity that: 1. is not included within one’s University employment responsibilities; 2. is performed for any entity,
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Board of Trustees Approves Temporary Change to Tenure Policy
Friday, May 22nd, 2020 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been disruptions to normal University operations, including limitations on faculty members’ ability to carry out research and scholarship activities. In response, the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost has encouraged tenure track faculty members experiencing delays in scholarship, research or creative activities which affect their promotion and tenure to utilize the existing tenure clock extension request process. Click here to view the continued announcement and temporary policy change. Trustee Policies and Regulations Governing Academic Tenure Extension of Tenure Clock (Probationary Term of Appointment)
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Message from the Provost Regarding Faculty Reviews
Monday, April 6th, 2020 Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your flexibility and creativity to keep the work of the University moving forward during these unprecedented times. Faculty may be concerned about the disruption to normal operations and how that impacts tenure and promotion reviews and post-tenure review activities. For untenured faculty, tenure clocks will not be automatically extended. However, we will continue to use the University policy already in place for requesting extensions. Faculty desiring an extension due to COVID-19 disruptions should fill out the form found on our website and forward to their department Chair or Dean for review and approval.
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25 earn 2020 University Teaching Awards
These awards recognize the dedication and determination of Carolina’s faculty and inspire our students to learn and grow. Twenty-five faculty members and teaching assistants have been named winners of Carolina’s 2020 University Teaching Awards. The recipients will be recognized during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Wake Forest University on March 3. The University Committee on Teaching Awards, which oversees the selection process, encouraged students to nominate deserving faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards. The committee sought nominations with specific examples that display the nominees’ care for students, mentorship or effective use of classroom methods. “Our award
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