Update from the Division of Undergraduate Education

RECRUITMENTS

• Crown College Provost for 2013-16
  Academic senate members are invited to apply (or be nominated) by December 3.
  50% time position with stipend, summer salary, and residence.
  http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/T13-16.pdf
• Porter College Provost for 2013-16
  Academic senate members are invited to apply (or be nominated) by December 3.
  50% time position with stipend, summer salary, and residence.
  http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/T13-17.pdf
• Faculty Director of Education Abroad Programs for 2013-14
  Academic senate members are invited to apply (or be nominated) by December 3.
  Position includes funding for course release and research.
  https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/EAPjd
• Chancellor’s Graduate Intern (CGI) Program
  Proposals for GSR matching funding to improve our campus due December 3. https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/cgi2012
  
  

APPOINTMENTS and RETIREMENTS

• Director of Summer Session Dr. Monica Parikh
  https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/ssdir_parikh
• Director of Research & Evaluation, EPC, Dr. Heidi Skolnik
  https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/eval_skolnik
• Financial Aid & Scholarships
  Director Ann Draper, Business Manager Flo Queen-Stover, and Scholarship Coordinator Cheryl Perazzo retired in June after years of dedicated service.
  AVC/EM Michelle Whittingham is interim director. 
• Additional UE appointments
  https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/ue-newhires

• All-Campus Undergraduate Research Website
  Please link and improve; send feedback to Rebecca Anderson.
  Sponsored by Divisions of UE, PBSci, and Research, and the BSOE.
  http://ugr.ucsc.edu/ 
• Undergraduate Honors Program
  First year of UCSC First-year Honors at Cowell, Crown, and Kresge Colleges.
  http://honors.ucsc.edu/
• New Students
  More than 52 percent of incoming frosh are ‘first generation’ college students. http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/09/first-day.html.
• Enrolling in a Course a Third Time (SR 9.1.8) https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/tripletake9.1.8
• Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
  New Federal requirement for standing (2.0 GPA) and progress (36 units per year).
  http://financialaid.ucsc.edu/types-eligibility/eligibility/sap.html
• Disability Resource Center Faculty Resources http://drc.ucsc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_resources.shtml

UPDATES

• Summer Session Course Proposals Due Friday, November 16, 2012
  https://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/summer-2013-call
• Online Course/Catalog Submission and Approval
  Under development by ASO, ITS, and UE in collaboration with divisions.
  http://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/onlinecourse
• Online Course Evaluation System Update
  http://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/oce-oct2012
• International Education Week, November 13-16
  Provide additional events to the International Education Office http://ieo.ucsc.edu/events/intl-education-week/
• eCommons for Project Management, Thursday November 8
  http://events-manager.ucsc.edu/content/intro-ecommons-collaborative-project-tools-0
• Transfer Partnership Program (TPP)
  Is now part of the Office of Admissions.
  http://ue.soe.ucsc.edu/tpp
• The Educational Partnership Center (EPC)
  Will move to Oakes College in December to facilitate campus collaboration.