AS OF NOON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th:

CLAS NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY HAS BEEN *******CANCELLED******** DUE TO SCHEDULING/SPACE PROBLEM.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR E-MAIL FROM DEAN CURTO.

******PROVOST ORIENTATION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, INCLUDING DINNER, IS NOT AFFECTED, AND WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED.********************

Contact Susan Moore with questions.

To:     All New 2008-09 Faculty

From: Raúl Curto, Executive Associate Dean

A new position is always a challenge and always full of hard work, whether you come to it directly from graduate study or whether your curriculum vitae is pages long. It's important to quickly assume the roles of teacher, departmental colleague, and researcher or artist.

CLAS supports your efforts right from the beginning through the two required days of academic orientation, devoted entirely to topics such as resources, tips on teaching, grant acquisition, and general information, and with the participation of special faculty and administrators whose advice and expertise will help make the first year a little easier. Your attendance at all sessions is critical to your early success.

Your letter of offer outlined three days of orientation:

Tuesday, August 19th

• Most of you will receive a notice from the University Benefits Office assigning you to August 19th; a few of you will be assigned to another date.

           You can sign up for benefits at the Benefits orientation, or you can submit your choices at a later date. Any coverage you choose will be effective September 1st.

Wednesday, August 20th

• CLAS' first day of activities with schedules for tenured/tenure-track/clinical track faculty and for Lecturers and Visitors.

Thursday, August 21st

• The Liberal Arts & Sciences' Teaching Seminars on Thursday, August 21st, with one schedule for all new faculty.

More helpful information :

• a list of websites covering a variety of topics about the University, including Payroll, and Iowa City community sites;
• a memo from Helena Dettmer, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
• web pages for Dean Linda Maxson, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Helena Dettmer, and Associate Dean for Research and Development Joe Kearney

My assistant Mary Lou Doyle is coordinator of New Faculty Orientation, and you may address any questions to her by e-mail or by phone (319-335-3015). And of course you are welcome to contact me at any time (raul-curto@uiowa.edu).

We are very pleased that you have chosen The University of Iowa and look forward to seeing you on August 20th.