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Center for Community Engagement: The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) serves as ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s resource center for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in engaging in the community through a variety of programs and activities. Visit the website at: /cce/about/about-the-cce.html

Community Engaged Courses: Discover how to design meaningful course and learning objectives for community-engaged learning. Gain valuable guidance on identifying and partnering with local non-profit organizations to enhance the impact of your course. Visit: /cce/faculty/comunity-engagement-courses-faculty.html

Community Engaged Fellows: Community Engaged Fellows work closely with faculty and staff to advance ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s mission and strategic goals. CCE Faculty Fellows are recognized for their strong record of community-engaged research and scholarship and have a deep understanding of the Provost’s Task Force Report on Community Engagement. Connect with a fellow at: /cce/about/faculty_fellows.html

Community Engaged Scholarship: Community engaged scholarship (CES) integrates the development, exchange, and application of knowledge between the university and the community to address real-world challenges. It involves collaboration, shared authority, and mutual benefit. Learn more: /cce/faculty/community-engaged-scholarship-page.html

Community Engagement Grants: Faculty, staff, students, and community members are encouraged to visit the link below to learn more about securing grants related to community engagement: Here

Registration and Records: Students can learn more about registering in Goldmine, retrieving a transcript, course withdrawals, and graduation candidacy by visiting: /registrar/

Policies: Visit the link below to reach a roster of Institutional, College and Departmental Academic Policies: /provost/policies/policies-procedures.html

Career Center: The Career Center aims to expose ¹û½´ÊÓƵ students to options that best fit their individual career needs and aspirations. The Career Center provides part-time and full-time job listings, internship, and experiential learning opportunities, career/job fairs, career development workshops and presentations, résumé reviews, job search assistance, interview coaching, on-campus and virtual interviews, and employer contacts. Visit the website at: /student-affairs/careers/

Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education (CARE): The CARE team is committed to respond, emotionally support, and empower ¹û½´ÊÓƵ students who become victims of crime by working side by side to assist in their recovery process. Learn more at: /student-affairs/care/about/

¹û½´ÊÓƵ Student Health and Wellness Center: The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Student Health and Wellness Center (SHWC) provides high-quality healthcare and preventive services, including nutrition education and mental health care for all enrolled students to optimize their health and help them achieve academic success. Visit: /chs/shc/

¹û½´ÊÓƵ Counseling and Psychological Services: CAPs provides career counseling, psycho-educational workshops, individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and professional training experiences that are responsive to the individual, cultural, and demographic diversity of our students. Visit: /student-affairs/counsel/about/mission-vision.html

Title IX for Pregnant and Parenting Students: Visit the website below to learn more about accommodations to students who are pregnant or have pregnancy-related conditions: /titleix/pregnancy-and-parenting.html

Technology Support (HelpDesk): Contact the HelpDesk for all questions about ¹û½´ÊÓƵ technology services or to troubleshoot technology. Visit: /technologysupport/supportservices.html

Financial and Social Support Services (FSSS): FSSS educates and empowers students through increasing financial literacy and cultivating the skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. Learn more at: /advising/students_we_serve/fhar.html

Food and Supply Assistance: Resources to campus and community food pantries are available at: /student-affairs/miner-support/

Student Success HelpDesk: The Student Success Helpdesk was established to help ¹û½´ÊÓƵ undergraduate students overcome obstacles to timely graduation. The Student Success Helpdesk promotes university wide collaboration by working to identify trends and obstacles affecting students across ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s academic colleges. Learn more at: /advising/student_resources/student-success-helpdesk.html

Foster Homeless Adopted Resources (FHAR): Connect with FHAR to access holistic support and resources designed to help foster, homeless, and adopted students thrive at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. Learn more at: /advising/students_we_serve/fhar.html/

Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS): CASS provides students with disabilities, accommodations and support services to help them pursue their academic, graduation, and career goals. Learn more at: /student-affairs/cass/

Disseminating Community Engaged Scholarship: The Center for Community Engagement can provide guidance on taking community-engaged work from concept to documented scholarship. Visit: /cce/faculty/faculty-engagement.html

Academic Advising Center: The Academic Advising Center (AAC) is responsible for providing advising services to incoming students for their first 45 hours of enrollment. The advising model focuses on three areas: advocacy, engagement and empowerment. To positively impact retention rates, degree completion, and time to degree, the AAC provides students with a Financial and Social Services Program, and a Student Success Help Desk. Visit: /advising/

Financial Aid and Scholarships: The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships supports ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's mission of increasing access to an excellent education by addressing affordability barriers and providing students with financial resources to help them persist. Visit: /financial-aid//

Academic Program Definition: Visit the link below to understand how the term “academic program” is defined at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ: /provost/_files/docs/policies/academic-program-definition.pdf

Extensions to the Tenure Clock in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The memo issued in response to tenure clock extensions due to circumstances related to the COVID pandemic is available at: /provost/_files/docs/faculty-evaluation/tenureextensioncovidsecondamended.pdf

Faculty Remote Work Policy for Full-Time Faculty: The following document informs decisions related to remote work for full-time ¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty members: /provost/_files/docs/instruction/facultyremoteworkpolicy.pdf

New Hire Startup Award Guidelines: ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Guidelines for startup awards for new faculty hires are available at: /provost/_files/docs/new-faculty/facstartuppolprocs.pdf

Regents' Rules and Regulations: The Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System are available at:

Response and Resolution of Student Complaints: Visit the flowchart at the link below to guide you through the appropriate point of contact when addressing student grievances. /provost/_Files/docs/policies/student-complaint_20230321.pdf

Small Class Policy: The Small Class Policy provides small class definitions and processes for classes that fall outside of the minimum enrollment. /provost/_files/docs/instruction/small-class-policy.pdf

Standard Terms Pattern Policy: The document below outlines the standard term patterns recognized at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. /provost/_files/docs/curriculum/standard-term-patterns-policy.pdf

University Distance Learning and Teaching Policies: Learn more about the responsibilities, processes, and resources for developing and offering hybrid and online courses and programs at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ by visiting the following link: /extendeduniversity/cid/faculty-resources/policies.html

Use of Textbook Authorization: Use the form linked below to request authorization for use of textbooks (printed and digital), notebooks, manuals, and other classroom materials authored by ¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty to be purchased by students. /provost/_Files/docs/instruction/facultyauthoredtextbookadoptionform.doc

Awards and Honorifics: Research Advancement supports faculty in pursuing recognition through awards, honorifics, and internal funding. More details available at: /research/proposal-development/honorifics-awards/

Controlled Unclassified Information: Please visit the following website for more information about handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI): /research/research-protections/cui/pages/cui-training.html

Export Control: The Office of Research Compliance & Regulatory Assurances assists the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ community with compliance with federal and UT requirements related to export controls. Visit the following page to contact Export Control: Here

Faculty Incentive Program for Fellowship Recipients: Learn more about fellowships accompanied by stipends at: /provost/_files/docs/research-engagement-travel-agreement/utepfellowshippolicy.pdf

Find Funding: Pivot is an online database where you can find funding opportunities. Learn more at: /research/proposal-development/find-funding/

Grant Management Accounting: Grant Management Accounting provides sound financial oversight and to process and manage the University’s federal, state, local, and private programs in accordance with the post-award agreements. Learn more: Here

High Performance Computing: High Performance Computing (HPC) services allow all researchers and colleges to access computing resources for very complex data analysis, solving numerical problems and execute any scientific software code as needed. Learn more: /information-resources/research/about/hpc.html

Human Subject Research: Learn more about ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Institutional Review Board which is responsible for protecting human subjects participating in research. Visit: /research/human-subjects-research/

Interdisciplinary Research: ¹û½´ÊÓƵ supports the cultivation of ideas, research teams, and proposal development at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. Learn more about interdisciplinary research at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ at: Here

Library Research Services for Faculty: Visit the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Library at the link below to learn more about services that support research on campus: Here

Office of Technology Commercialization: ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) manages ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s intellectual property and facilitates the transfer of technologies into commercial products. Learn more at: /research/otc/

Proposal Development: Research & Innovation supports the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty, researchers, and staff in crafting competitive, high-impact proposals. Learn more about services provided at: /research/proposal-development/

Research Analytics and Data Support: The Research Analytics and Data Support unit is responsible for developing and supporting departmental applications and systems within the Research & Innovation (R&I) department. Contact the team at: /research/raids/

Research Compliance: Research Compliance is committed to promoting and ensuring the highest standards of research integrity in proposing, conducting, and reporting research. Learn more at: Here

Sponsored Projects: The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) is the centralized unit charged with providing comprehensive support in the preparation and submission of proposals and the management of funded projects. Learn more: /research/office-of-sponsored-projects/

Emeriti Recommendations: An emeritus/emeriti distinction is a meaningful way to honor retiring or retired faculty who have made significant contributions to ¹û½´ÊÓƵ throughout their careers. It also helps keep them connected and engaged with the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ community. Non-tenure-track faculty are also eligible for this recognition. For more information on the materials required for nomination, download the nomination form here: /provost/_Files/docs/faculty-evaluation/EmeritiRecomForm.docx. Nomination deadlines are available in the Faculty Affairs Calendar here: /provost/policies/academic-affairs-calendar.html

Catalog: The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Catalog details academic programs, requirements, policies, and courses, serving as a comprehensive resource for prospective and current students to plan their academic journey and understand the rules and regulations of the university. Visit the catalog at:

Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services: REAS in the Research & Innovation Division provides assistance with research designs, data collection methods, and guidance on the framework of research analyses. /research/reas/

Uploading Syllabi to Faculty Success: Texas House Bill 2504 (HB 2504), adopted in 2009, requires all public institutions of higher education in Texas to provide public access to certain course information, including course syllabi and faculty CV. A video on how to upload your syllabus is available at: Syllabi and CVs should be uploaded no later than the 7th day after the first official day of classes.

UT System Policy Library: Visit the link below to navigate to the repository of policies and procedures established for U. T. System by the Board of Regents:

Faculty Success Reporting System: Faculty Success (FS) is the application that facilitates faculty in tracking and reporting their teaching, research, service activities, and accomplishments. Visit the link below to learn more and log in: /facultysuccess/

Center for Instructional Design: The Center for Instructional Design (CID) can assist with the integration of your course materials into an online environment by utilizing pedagogical best practices for online learning and student success. Visit the CID website for all things related to teaching online, teaching delivery methods, distance learning, to include Blackboard workshops for faculty and staff. /extendeduniversity/cid/

Teaching Online: The Center for Instructional Design (CID) can assist with the integration of your course materials into an online environment by utilizing pedagogical best practices for online learning and student success. Visit the CID website for all things related to teaching online, teaching delivery methods, distance learning, to include Blackboard workshops for faculty and staff. /extendeduniversity/cid/faculty-resources/

Workshops: Blackboard and Online Learning Practices: The Center for Instructional Design (CID) offers customized workshops for faculty and staff. Visit the CID website to learn more about Blackboard Tools Workshops, Online Learning Best Practices Workshops, Edge Workshops, and more. /extendeduniversity/cid/faculty-training/

Edge Teaching Toolkit: The Edge Toolkit available on the CID website is for instructors who are interested in taking their courses to the next level by incorporating Edge advantages into their assignments. /extendeduniversity/cid/utep%20edge/

Edge Activities for Your Students: Visit the Edge website to learn more about activities that you can use with your students in or outside of the classroom that focus on identifying their skills and strengths and encouraging engagement to help them develop those assets. /edge/for-faculty-and-staff/activities-for-your-students.html

Open Educational Resources: Learn more about adopting, adapting, or creating open educational resources to improve course material affordability, connect learning objectives to materials, and create engaging learning experiences for students at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. /library/oer/

Blackboard Ultra: The following links provide Blackboard tutorials and best practices for instructors to communicate with students, upload course materials, deliver assessments, evaluate student performance, and streamline student access to connected third-party tools and publisher content: /technologysupport/servicecatalog/bb_faculty.html and /technologysupport/servicecatalog/blackboardtutorials.html

¹û½´ÊÓƵ Meeting Rooms: Conference and meeting rooms available by reservation for students, faculty, and staff are listed at the following link: /technologysupport/resources/roomreservations.html

Cost-free Equipment Checkout: The Technology Support unit provides cost-free equipment checkout for students and faculty. Visit the following link for a list of equipment: /technologysupport/tscenter/tsc_eqcheckout.html

Integrating and Developing Microcredentials: ¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty can integrate industry-developed and recognized microcredentials into their curriculum or they can develop them for a class, a major, a club, or all students at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. Learn more by connecting with Extended University or visit the link below: /extendeduniversity/microcredential-pathways/faculty/

Microcredential Catalog: View a listing of ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s microcredentials by visiting To learn more about integrating or developing microcredentials into your curriculum, visit with Extended University or the following link: /extendeduniversity/microcredential-pathways/faculty/

InSPIRE Teaching and Learning Resources: ¹û½´ÊÓƵ instructors can find resources for teaching and learning on the InSPIRE webpage. From guidance about learning outcomes, teaching with technology, session planning, active learning strategies, to assessment and evaluation, the team at InSPIRE empowers educators to embrace innovative practices that create engaging learning environments. /inspire/teaching_and_learning/

Sample Syllabi: Download sample syllabi for face-to-face or online instruction at: /provost/curriculum/syllabi-samples.html

Faculty Affairs Calendar: The Faculty Affairs Calendar contains various dates relevant to Deans, Chairs, Academic Program Directors, and Faculty. The calendar includes due dates and schedules related to tenure and promotion, faculty awards, annual faculty evaluations, credentialing, faculty development, and faculty hiring. The calendar is available at: /provost/policies/academic-affairs-calendar.html

Tenured and Tenure-track Recruitment: Campus administrators can find guidelines related to tenure and tenure-track faculty hiring at the following web page: /provost/faculty/tenured-and-tenure-track-faculty-recruitment.html

Startup Resources: The website below provides campus administrators with guidelines for start-up awards for new faculty hires, a template for a research plan, an excel template to plan a start-up budget, and contact information to initiate a start-up renovation estimate. /provost/faculty/startup-resources.html

Faculty Evaluation: The web page below provides policies and guidelines related to extensions to the tenure clock, comprehensive periodic faculty evaluations, as well as letter templates for external reviewer requests. /provost/faculty/evaluation.html

Non-tenure Track Appointment: The webpage below provides resources for hiring non-tenure-track faculty such as offer letter templates, reappointment letters, as well as FAQs regarding the Non-Tenure Track Appointment and Promotion Policy. /provost/faculty/non-tenure-track-faculty-appointments.html

Tenure and Promotion Resources: Campus administrators and tenure-track faculty can find process memos, external letter templates, and policies related to the tenure and promotion process at the following web page: /provost/faculty/tenure-and-promotion.html

Handbook of Operating Procedures: Official policies of The University of Texas at El Paso can be found in the Handbook of Operating Procedures at: /hoop/

Endowed Academic Positions (Handbook of Operating Procedures): The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP) outlines the institutional policies and procedures for the appointment, operation, and continuation of endowed academic positions. Visit the HOP here: /hoop/section-3/academic-policies-and-faculty-personnel-matter/4.21-appointment-operation-and-continuation-of-endowed-academic-positions.html

Emeriti Recommendations: An emeritus/emeriti distinction is a meaningful way to honor retiring or retired faculty who have made significant contributions to ¹û½´ÊÓƵ throughout their careers. It also helps keep them connected and engaged with the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ community. Non-tenure-track faculty are also eligible for this recognition. For more information on the materials required for nomination, download the nomination form here: /provost/_Files/docs/faculty-evaluation/EmeritiRecomForm.docx. Nomination deadlines are available in the Faculty Affairs Calendar here: /provost/policies/academic-affairs-calendar.html

Chairs and Program Directors Notebook: The Chairs and Program Directors Notebook was created to provide department chairs and academic program directors with a toolkit of information that is relevant to those roles. The notebook can serve as a guide for making positive changes that elevate ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's research and creative profile, community engagement, and educational experiences of our students. Access to the notebook is available to chairs and directors with an active appointment:

Institutional Data: The Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research and Planning (CIERP) provides institutional and college-level data that can assist campus administrators with making data-driven decisions. /planning/cierp/institutional-data/college-data-resources.html

Program Assessment: The website below provides campus administrators with best practices, examples, and templates to build the elements of an assessment plan, as well as a visual model of the institution's approach to meaningful academic outcomes. /provost/assessment/

Credentialing (Faculty Success Tutorial): Visit the Faculty Success website for step-by-step help with navigating the faculty credentialing process: /facultysuccess/resources/screens/credentialing.html

The Credentialing Proces: The credentialing process outlined at the link below is designed to help faculty understand which documents are accepted and to guide departments in submitting faculty credentials. /provost/_files/docs/dm-cred/faccredprocess.pdf

Provost's Office Business Center: The Business Center at the Provost’s Office is a one-stop-shop for streamlining business operations, offering online forms to help process vendor payments, employee reimbursements, travel authorizations, and appointment forms. /provost/about/business-center.html

Curriculum Changes: Visit the following web page for guidance on facilitating the approval of changes to curricula or administrative units: /provost/curriculum/

Academic Credit Hour Policy and Guidelines: The Academic Credit Hour Policy and Guidelines provides the definition of a credit hour for the various modes of instruction offered at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. You can find the guidelines at: /provost/_files/docs/curriculum/academiccredithourpolicyandguidelines.pdf

Academic Scheduling Guidelines: The Academic Scheduling Guidelines describe the policies and procedures for assigning and managing classroom spaces. The document defines responsibilities for departments and the Registrar’s Office and provides rules for scheduling classes and handling changes. You can find the document at: /provost/_files/docs/curriculum/academiccredithourpolicyandguidelines.pdf

Phased Retirement for Tenured Faculty: Visit the Office of Human Resources’ webpage below for more information regarding the Phased Retirement for Tenured Faculty Process and Procedures. /human-resources/services/benefits/phased-retirement-for-tenured-faculty.html

Title IV Funding and Certificate Program Eligibility: Title IV funding and certificate eligibility guidelines can be found at the following link: /provost/_Files/docs/curriculum/Title-IV-Funding-and-Certificate-Program-Eligibility.docx

Agreements of Cooperation (MOU): Learn more about the steps to formalize academic partnerships, clinical partnerships, student international experiences, and international research through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an affiliation agreement, a program agreement, or articulation agreement by visiting: /provost/policies/academic-agreements.html

Faculty Grievance Process: A reference card to guide department chairs and program directors on faculty grievances is available at /provost/_files/docs/faculty-evaluation/dept-chair-reference-card-faculty-grievances.pdf

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