Senate Summer Town Halls for Academics

Dear Colleagues:

In preparation for the upcoming academic year, the Academic Senate is hosting two town halls by webinar to provide you with updated information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the campus.

As was previously announced, the first webinar, hosted by Senate Chair Maripat Corr and moderated by Senate Planning and Budget Committee Chair Karen Oegema, will be devoted to campus financial strategy and budget issues, and is being held today, August 11, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This session will include remarks from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and a presentation by VC-CFO Pierre Ouillet and EVC Elizabeth H. Simmons. They will be joined by the following panelists who will answer questions from faculty:
*JAMES ANTONY, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate Division
*STEVEN CONTABLE, Ph.D., Vice Chair of the Academic Senate
*ROBERT CONTINETTI, Ph.D. Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Register for today’s webinar.

The second webinar, co-hosted by Senate Chair Maripat Corr and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons and moderated by Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Robert Continetti, will be devoted to non-budget issues and plans for Fall quarter 2020, in local, state, and national contexts. It will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Confirmed panelists for this program to date include:
*CHERYL ANDERSON, Ph.D., Dean of the Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
*JAMES ANTONY, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate Division
*SANDRA BROWN, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research
*CARLOS JENSEN, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Educational Innovation
*GARY MATTHEWS, Vice Chancellor of Resource Management and Planning
*JOHN MOORE, Ph.D., Dean of Undergraduate Education
*ROBERT SCHOOLEY, M.D., Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

Register for next week’s webinar.

To help us prepare for the August 18th town hall, please send your questions and any issues that you would like addressed to academicsenateoffice@ucsd.edu by COB Thursday, August 13th, so that the speakers and panelists are prepared to address the topics of concern to faculty.

Stay healthy,

Maripat Corr
Chair
Academic Senate, San Diego Division

Elizabeth H. Simmons
Executive Vice Chancellor