Previous Postings
- September 4, 2007
- September 14, 2007
- October 15, 2007
- April 2, 2008
- All-Faculty Meeting on Friday, April 4, 2008
- Financial Aid for Cross-Disciplinary PhD Students
- Election of SIS Council at-large faculty representatives
- Student Services progress report
- JCDL and Hypertext are approaching
- Lorna Kearns joining SIS part-time to help faculty develop online courses
- End-of-year funds directed to equipment, furniture, and facilities
- Conflict of Interest forms due April 15
- Political campaign guidelines (excerpted from policy 02-03-09)
- Active faculty searches
- Notes from the Council of Deans meeting on March 27, 2008
- SIS Website redesign
- Academic Integrity Officer
- Faculty-authored textbooks used in Pitt courses
- Director of Constituent Relations candidates being interviewed
- External funding for research and scholarships
- ULS fetes Duane Webster on June 6
- April 3, 2008
- September 25, 2008
- All faculty meeting on September 26, 2008
- Provost to meet with SIS faculty on October 2, 2008
- Building Renovations
- United Way Campaign
- Enrollment Update
- Faculty Recruitment
- Board of Visitors
- iSchools in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
- Research Interest Groups (RIGs)
- Newsletter printed
- From the Provost:
- February 5, 2009
- Upcoming events
- Classroom and Laboratory renovations
- Wired and wireless
- Budget
- Plan
- Boyce Chair and Mellon Cyberscholar
- Proposed change to SIS Bylaws
- SIS Council and Program Chair elections
- New Faculty Recruitment
- Planning grant awarded from Mellon Diversity Initiative
- Dean’s upcoming commitments
- The University budget
- Computer Security
- April 13, 2009
- All-Faculty Meeting April 15, 2009 - Agenda
- Rotating leadership positions
- New faculty hiring
- Budget update
- Summer & Fall applications
- Reminder - Conflict of Interest filing is due April 15
- Reminder - PC Security Scans
- Revised I-9 requirements for new employees
- Clarification of equipment policy under review by Council
- Revised course buyout policy under review by Council
- September 9, 2009
- Budget update
- Enrollment update
- New faculty onboard
- New staff onboard
- SIS Council Update
- WebEx Conferencing System
- University Committee Appointments
- Email addresses encouraged to reflect Pitt affiliation
- Facilities upgrades
- E. J. Josey Memorial – November 19, 2009
- OMET now online
- Board of Visitors meets October 19 & 20
- Industrial Advisory Committee interested in diversity issues
- Faculty recruitment requests to go to Provost
- Staff restructuring and office moves imminent
- Network Conversion to CSSD Support
- February 11, 2010
- April 28, 2010
- May 4, 2011
- Agenda for May 6, 2011 All-faculty Meeting
- Instructions for Preparing 2011 Faculty Review Materials
- Developing a Pitt iSchool Vision
- Consideration of Change to SIS By-Laws
- Candidate Topics for SIS Council - AY 2011-12
- Ranking, Research, and Reaccreditation
- Pitt Establishes Presence in Beijing
- Budget Issues:
- Proposed Budget Cuts for Pennsylvania Higher Education
- Proposed Cuts to the University of Pittsburgh
- Proposed Cuts to the University of Pittsburgh as a Portion of the Budget
- Reducing Cuts
- Issue
- Administration Action
- Quality of a Pitt Education and Tuition
- Current Communications to Faculty, Staff, and Students
- Communication Efforts
- September 21, 2011