Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs

Introducing New Faculty Resources for Pursuing Distinguished External Awards

Tue Sep 19

Dear Faculty Colleagues: Faculty Excellence offers new resources to help you identify and seek external honorific awards that can energize your career. Our new external honorific awards website includes a database for identifying awards, past UCF external award winners, and tips for pursuing prestigious and highly prestigious honors. I am also pleased to introduce another valuable resource to support your professional development. Charlenne…

Prepare Now for Annual Faculty Internal Awards Deadlines Coming This Fall

Tue Sep 12

Dear Faculty Colleagues: It is time to prepare for seeking UCF’s internal faculty awards. Excellence Awards, Research Incentive Awards, Pegasus Professor, and Reach for the Stars awards all have deadlines this fall. Please see the Faculty Internal Awards page for eligibility, criteria, and applicable dates. Note that Excellence Awards and Research Incentive Awards materials will…

An Update for Faculty on Tropical Storm Idalia

Mon Aug 28

As we communicated earlier today, UCF is closely monitoring the path and potential impact of Tropical Storm Idalia. While we do not anticipate disruption to normal campus operations, we will continue to monitor the storm and will provide an update by 2 p.m. Tuesday informed by the latest forecasts. An important consideration will be updated…

Annual Disclosures Due Sept. 13 on Outside Activity, Employment

Tue Aug 15

All UCF faculty who are required to disclose annually about outside activity, employment and potential conflict of interest are receiving an individual e-mail today about completing the online form by Sept. 13. The required disclosure – the Potential Outside Activity, Employment, and Conflict of Interest and Commitment Disclosure AA-21 – is emailed via a link…

Key Resources and Dates for Fall 2023 Course Planning

Thu Aug 10

Dear Colleagues: UCF’s fall classes begin on Monday, Aug. 21. This message includes key academic policies, regulations and resources to aid your course preparation. Key Fall 2023 dates: There are three new student policies to know as you prepare for fall courses. They involve a Modified Withdrawal Policy for new FTIC and transfer students and…

Provost Welcomes Faculty and Staff to Fall with Key Updates

Wed Aug 9

Dear Faculty and Staff: I am pleased to welcome you to a new academic year. This is a joyful time for students, and I hope for you as well. I am grateful for your dedication and support for our students and for one another. First, a couple of events: Budget and Senate Bill 266 I…

Fall Faculty Agreements Available Soon for Completion in Workday

Wed Jul 5

This is a reminder that the distribution and signing of fall faculty agreements will be available starting July 7 and will be completed within Workday. As their agreements are ready for signature, faculty will receive an email to their UCF Outlook account notifying them their agreement can be reviewed and signed. To access and review…

Important News for Faculty on Workday and Summer Supplemental Appointments

Wed Mar 29

Starting with summer 2023 the distribution and signing of supplemental summer agreements for all nine-month faculty will be completed within Workday. Faculty offered a summer assignment will log into Workday to access and sign their supplemental summer agreement, which will be ready for signature during the first week of April. Faculty will be notified when…

UCF Trustee Chair Professorship Nominations Due By March 10

Fri Jan 27

Nominations are open for UCF Trustee Chair Professorships that recognize and celebrate outstanding performance. The appointments are for five years with an annual stipend of $50,000, of which $25,000 can be used as a salary supplement. The appointment is awarded to eligible faculty members with an extraordinary record of accomplishment in the three primary areas:…

I’m Grateful for You … and Optimistic About Our Future

Mon May 16

I am writing to express my gratitude to our faculty and staff for seeing us through two historically difficult and stressful years – and to preview the future, about which I am truly optimistic. Our public health experts indicate we are entering the endemic phase of COVID-19 and, at least for now, brighter times are…

Faculty Planning for Weeknight Home Football Games

Tue May 3

UCF is scheduled to host three weeknight football games at the Bounce House. Please be aware of these dates when planning syllabi for fall courses. The weeknight games include two on Thursdays and one on a Friday. As with previous seasons’ weekday football games, UCF plans to hold classes as scheduled for the entire morning and part of the…

Faculty Resources for Upcoming Knight Vision Changes

Mon May 2

Some of you will be on campus but others will be away when two important changes take place this summer. On July 1, PeopleSoft financials and human resources will be replaced by Workday, and simultaneously college finance and HR business centers will begin operating. The changes will have a greater impact on staff members working in finance…

Happy Holidays 2021

Mon Dec 13

Faculty Guidance for Spring Face-to-face Courses

Fri Dec 10

Dear Faculty Colleagues: I am writing with guidance about spring courses. The planned class schedule is similar to pre-pandemic spring semesters. For many of you, this will include teaching face-to-face classes. For spring, please feel free to plan your face-to-face courses as you determine is best for student learning. For example, use your preferred attendance policy…

UCF Makes Another $1 Million Available in SEED Funding for Research

Wed Nov 10

UCF is now taking applications for its third round of SEED Funding.The program, made possible through a collaboration between the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost, is aimed at facilitating interdisciplinary research from across the university, which is likely to attract external funding while enhancing the visibility of UCF.A total of $1…

21 Faculty Members Inducted into UCF Scroll and Quill Society

Fri Oct 22

The 21 new inductees of UCF’s Scroll and Quill Society represent a broad spectrum of academic expertise, such as fiction writing, artificial intelligence, police-community relations, nursing and terrorist recruiting tactics on social media. The Scroll and Quill Society celebrates faculty members who for at least a decade have made scholarly contributions of impact to advance…

Director Sought for Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Thu Oct 21

Faculty Excellence at UCF seeks a dynamic academic professional to lead the Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL), which is devoted to teaching excellence, faculty success, and development. A nationwide search is underway for the position that provides leadership to the university community in promoting outstanding teaching and learning as UCF strives to become the world’s leading public metropolitan university. Among other duties,…

Join the Knight Vision Open Forum on Wednesday, May 26

Mon May 24

An online open forum on May 26 will update the campus community on UCF’s Knight Vision initiative to reimagine administrative processes to better serve students, faculty, and staff. Starting at 1 p.m., the 60-to-90-minute session will highlight how Knight Vision will benefit UCF by enhancing campus operations through greater effectiveness and efficiency.  In establishing leading practices in higher…

Searches Underway for Three New Deans of Impact for UCF

Thu Mar 11

I am pleased to announce three dean searches are underway: new leaders for the College of Sciences and the College of Optics and Photonics, and the founding dean of UCF Libraries. These leaders will play substantial roles in supporting UCF’s advancement as a major metropolitan research university that serves a highly diverse community, one that…

Letzring Elected to SACSCOC Board of Trustees

Wed Mar 10

UCF’s Timothy Letzring has joined the 77-member board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) as the only representative among Florida’s State University System. Letzring serves as the senior associate provost for Academic Affairs and directs UCF’s Academic Program Quality, Operational Excellence and Assessment Support, and UCF Global.…