[Plsfaculty] SPLS: Agenda for faculty meeting

[Arnold, Betsy - (fungi)]

Dear colleagues,

Please join me for our second faculty meeting of the fall semester, to be held Friday, Oct. 3, 11am-12:30pm, in Saguaro Hall 219 and online at https://arizona.zoom.us/s/4619575532.

Our agenda is below. I look forward to connecting with everyone who can attend.

Warm regards,

Betsy


Agenda • Oct. 3, 2025
Faculty meeting


  1.
Unit updates
     *
Welcome and general updates
     *
Records of faculty meetings/State of the School: past (slides in Box) and going forward
     *
Brief summary of action items from past meeting
        *
Student-faculty mixer, APR vote 1, APR vote 2, safety in Marley, first faculty lunch(es)
     *
Kazakhstan program
     *
Dean search
     *
Appreciation for faculty engagement in professional development seminars
     *
Marley issues, and tracking them
     *
MAC leadership
     *
Desert Ag conference
     *
Sabbatical leave applications
     *
University-level awards / CALES awards
     *
Matters arising, general discussion
  2.
Business office: updates, accountant(s) search, and new reports system (Business Office excused after this)
  3.
Kudos - bring your good news to share
  4.
Graduate program updates
  5.
Teaching: check-in, AI, and discussion of action items
  6.
Seminar: poll results from the School and discussion of action items
  7.
Q&A

Reminder of fall faculty meetings, each at 11am-12:30pm, in Saguaro 219 and online at https://arizona.zoom.us/s/4619575532, unless otherwise noted:

First seminar of the academic year (State of the School, open to all, 4pm in Marley 230)
Friday, September 5th
Friday, October 3rd
Friday, November 7th
Friday, December 5th


[The University of Arizona block 'A' logo.]
A. Elizabeth Arnold, PhD

Interim Director and Professor, School of Plant Sciences

Curator, Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium

Chair and Director of Graduate Studies,

Ecosystem Genomics GIDP

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

fungi at arizona.edu

www.arnoldlab.net<http://www.arnoldlab.net> | www.gilbertsonherbarium.net<http://www.gilbertsonherbarium.net>


To schedule a meeting, please use https://calendly.com/fungi-arizona


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