KU Office of Faculty Affairs

✨ Kinda chic to be a Jayhawk.

The Office of Faculty Affairs loves being a part of a community that supports learning, connection, discovery and recognition. We are looking forward to the fall semester and many more chic moments to come 💙❤️

Did you know?!

We have been supporting faculty throughout the summer with our policy alignment workshops. These workshops help those working on policy revisions understand and work on unit policy revisions related to the recent faculty collective bargaining agreement.

We have 6 more workshops coming up this fall on:
📝 comprehensive, promotion, and post-promotion reviews for instructional faculty and unclassified academic staff
📒 milestone review workshops for unclassified academic staff
📋 workload policy

⏰ The countdown is on for New Faculty Orientation!

🎉On August 17, 18, and 19, we will be welcoming our newest cohort of faculty to the KU community.

During New Faculty Orientation, new faculty will get to know KU, connect with colleagues, and settle into their roles.

If you know someone new to the faculty role at KU, be sure to share this link and ask if they've registered: 🔗facultyaffairs.ku.edu/new-faculty

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The University of Kansas is proud to celebrate six faculty members selected for Big 12 Faculty Fellowships for 2026-27.

Through collaborations with peer institutions across the Big 12, these faculty members will expand research partnerships, exchange expertise, and pursue new opportunities that advance scholarship and creative activity!

Congratulations to:
🔵 Yoonjung Ahn, KU Geography and Atmospheric Science Department
🔴 Sarah Cullinan Herring, University of Kansas Department of Classics
🔵David Earll, tuba/euphonium, KU School of Music
🔴Sayvon JL Foster, sport management, University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences
🔵Tiffany González, History Department - University of Kansas
🔴Geoffrey Landman, saxophone, KU School of Music

Explore the slides to learn more about their fellowship projects and host institutions, and read the full story here:
https://facultyaffairs.ku.edu/news/article/six-ku-faculty-members-selected-for-2026-27-big-12-faculty-fellowship

University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

✨ New and Early Career Faculty 📢

❓ Curious about your benefits package?

💡 Join us on Wednesday, July 29, when Erin Hammond, Benefits Specialist for KU Human Resources, will walk you through the basics of your KU Benefits package, outline details to help you with your selections, and answer questions.

Register at https://rockcha.lk/EC-Benefits

This spring and summer, the Office of Faculty Affairs is supporting you and your units in learning the terms of the first collective bargaining agreement between KU and UAKU and what they mean for policies and processes you may encounter.

We appreciate the feedback as we develop support along the way. Here's one example of feedback we've received so far:

“I just wanted to thank you for supporting our department with funding for our two-day policy retreat. We wrapped up the second day today, and I’m happy to report that we now have draft versions of all policies, along with benchmarking information for each policy. It turned out to be an incredibly productive and collaborative experience, and I don’t think we could have accomplished this level of work without the dedicated time the retreat provided.

I also wanted to let you know how helpful the guides, templates, sample policies, and other resources provided by OFA were throughout the process. They gave us an excellent foundation and made what initially felt like a daunting task much more manageable.

A special thank you to Meagan for joining us this morning and taking the time to answer our many questions. Your expertise and guidance were incredibly helpful and much appreciated by everyone." - Claudia Dozier, chair of applied behavioral science

Thank you for your partnership as we learn together ❤️ 💙

Learn more at: facultyaffairs.ku.edu/labor-relations-and-collective-bargaining-at-ku