[Plsfaculty] SPLS: Faculty meeting agenda for tomorrow, Sept. 5

[Arnold, Betsy - (fungi)]

Dear colleagues,

Please join me for our first faculty meeting of the fall semester, to be held tomorrow, Sept. 5, 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.

Warm regards,

Betsy


Agenda • Sept. 5, 2025
Faculty meeting


  1.
Welcome back and unit updates
     *
Dean search
     *
Accountant search
     *
Business office updates
     *
Fall and spring sabbatical leave announcements
     *
Policy for sitting in on courses
     *
Student-faculty mixer, proposed for Sept. 18, 4-6pm — brief discussion
     *
Faculty lunches with interim director - sign-up available
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14rvv8ygY1xYb1OxqWdjstMNG5w566WEIFwMh-bVg7D0/edit?usp=sharing
     *
Seminar and call for volunteers
        *
Sept. 9: DGS meeting with all graduate students
        *
Sept. 16: SPLS discussion: what do we want our seminar to be?
        *
Sept. 23: CV workshop for postdocs and graduate students (volunteers needed)
        *
Sept. 30: Discussion of the peer review process, ethics, and skills (volunteers needed)
  2.
Kudos and good news (bring yours to share) (Business Office team will be excused after this)
  3.
Financial updates
  4.
Graduate program updates
  5.
Committee appointments and new directions
     *
Committee roster
     *
Committee chair surveys
     *
Discussion: number of faculty on annual performance / peer review (APR) committee
     *
Discussion: election vs. appointment for membership on unit's faculty review committees
  6.
Safety in Marley and other academic buildings: initial discussion
  7.
Q&A

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