Education Continuity Communications
UCI Research Shutdown
Dear Colleagues, In my March 17, 2020 message to UCI’s research community, I informed you of the need to ramp down and curtail UCI’s research activities. Now, with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-33-20 (EO), all individuals living in the State of California are required to stay home or at their place of residence until further…
Read MoreResearch ramp-down and curtailment
Dear Colleagues: The COVID-19 crisis and the rapidly-changing circumstances associated with it are presenting unprecedented challenges to our research enterprise. UCI’s research community has risen to these challenges, and I greatly appreciate all that you have done so far in response to this crisis. Driven by the rapidly escalating situation in the State of California,…
Read MoreResearch Continuity Website in Response to COVID-19 Situation Now Available
Dear colleagues, To assist UCI’s research community with keeping informed about evolving circumstances, emerging guidance and information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on UCI’s research enterprise, the Office of Research (OR) has launched a Research Continuity website. This resource is intended to be a location where researchers and their support staff can go to get…
Read MorePreparing for Remote Instruction: DTEI Virtual Office Hours from Div. of Teaching Excellence and Innovation
Preparing for Remote Instruction: DTEI Virtual Office Hours The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation is offering a number of virtual services for faculty needing support with remote teaching. Virtual Open Labs with Instructional Designers and Director of Learning Experience Design and Online Education, Megan Linos Learn how to utilize your Canvas course space and…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Implementation of Educational Continuity from Vice Provost Dennin and Academic Senate
Coronavirus Update – Implementation of Educational Continuity We write to follow-up on the Chancellor’s recent message. The intent of remote instruction and testing is to fulfill our responsibility to our students while prioritizing the health and safety of our entire campus community. Instructors are encouraged to exercise flexibility and creativity to adjust course delivery, practices…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Academic and Operational Update for Graduate and Postdoctoral Students from Vice Provost Gillian Hayes
COVID-19: Academic and Operational Update for Graduate and Postdoctoral Students To All Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Faculty, As you saw in the Chancellor’s message yesterday, UCI is supporting “social distancing,” which is a public health concept to reduce the probability of contact between individuals who are or may be carrying a highly contagious disease. Social…
Read MoreSARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Research Continuity from Vice Chancellor Pramod Khargonekar
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Research Continuity Dear UCI Colleagues: As the recent message from Chancellor Gillman noted, extensive planning and decision making is underway at UCI to deal with the arrival and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the U.S. which causes the COVID-19 disease. I write to you to with information and planning for the…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Academic and Operational Activity for Spring from Chancellor Howard Gillman
COVID-19: Academic and Operational Activity for Spring Dear UCI Community, With finals week just around the corner and the uncertainty of the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hovering, I write to share definitive actions that the campus is taking effective immediately, and until further notice. These decisions are made in support of the concept…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Educational Continuity from Provost Lavernia, Academic Senate Chair Steintrager and Vice Provost Dennin
COVID-19 and Educational Continuity Dear UCI Faculty, We write with renewed urgency on the potential challenges we face in delivering the curriculum in light of the rapidly changing coronavirus situation. We all have the shared responsibility to help ensure the continuity of our academic programs, as well as the well-being of our students, faculty and…
Read MoreFollow up on Maintaining Educational Continuity in the Context of the Coronavirus from Vice Provost Dennin
Follow up on Maintaining Educational Continuity in the Context of the Coronavirus In preparation for potential situations in which members of our campus community become ill or under quarantine, the campus is planning for maintaining educational continuity. The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) has a number of resources to support faculty and units,…
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