University of Kansas Provost Office

KU employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavy traffic around the Lawrence campus on Thursday and Friday during KU Housing & Residence Life’s busiest move-in days for its residence halls.

Traffic around Daisy Hill is expected to be heaviest between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The most frequented routes will be along the following streets:

▪ Bob Billings Parkway/15th Street
▪ Clinton Parkway/23rd Street
▪ Naismith Drive north of 19th Street
▪ 11th, 14th and 19th streets between Massachusetts and Iowa streets

The following streets in West Campus, as well as the Lied Center parking lot, are also along move-in routes:

▪ Crestline Drive
▪ Becker Drive
▪ Constant Avenue
▪ Irving Hill Road

Read more in Campus Insider: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/zwl1az/a5bf2d8b253c499fb3d60e5f556a5ff3

The sidewalk along Crescent Road in front of Lindley and Ritchie halls has reopened to pedestrian traffic as crews finished waterproofing and foundation work along the north side of Lindley. However, the sidewalk across the street shut down last week as construction ramps up on the KU Entrepreneurship Hub. Pedestrians are reminded to follow the detour signs for the designated pathway along Crescent Road's south sidewalk and not walk in the street.

Changes to vehicle traffic have also occurred. Crews fenced in the sidewalk and section of Naismith Drive west of The Hub site. Along Naismith from University Drive to Crescent, access will continue to be provided to driveways and fraternity and sorority parking lots. However, that section of road is closed to through traffic, which includes vehicles traveling south along Naismith Drive and westbound traffic on Crescent turning north on Naismith. Eastbound traffic on Crescent will still be able to turn south onto Naismith.

The sidewalk and road closures are expected to last through the duration of the construction project, which will be about a year.

Read more in Campus Insider: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/7ehoaz/694a44714a0c5f26dd959f4b31e8cdf1

Justice Duncan, storeroom clerk with KU Operations, and Eli Hodge, detective with the KU Police Department, were selected as KU July 2026 Employees of the Month.

Duncan’s team described him as dependable, approachable and always willing to step in when someone needs support, and Hodge's peers noted his ability to remain focused and calm in “tough situations,” allowing him to help the community in numerous cases.

Read more in Campus Insider: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/7ehoaz/694a44714a0c5f26dd959f4b31e8cdf1

Road work at West Campus Road and 11th Street is ongoing and is expected to last through Friday. At some point this week, a section of West Campus Road between 11th Street and Stratford Road will be closed for one day, though the specific date is yet to be determined. During that time, detour traffic will be rerouted via West Hills Parkway and Stratford Road.

Check the Construction Information & Closures page for the most up-to-date details: https://fpd.ku.edu/construction-closures

KU has acquired a new tool, TidyUp, to help instructors manage digital course materials and streamline the effort to ensure compliance with digital accessibility requirements.

When courses in Canvas are updated semester after semester, they can become cluttered. It can be common to have duplicated, unused or extraneous files that grow in number.

TidyUp helps keep Canvas course sites manageable by providing an easy method to scan each course with a centralized view of files and content, allowing instructors to quickly identify:

🔹Unused, outdated and duplicated content.
🔹Remove course clutter safely and efficiently.
🔹Archive and delete files in bulk, if necessary.
🔹Save storage space.

Cleaning up and removing unneeded Canvas content also helps instructors reduce their digital accessibility remediation efforts, allowing them to focus only on those documents they currently plan to use for their courses.

Read more in Campus Insider: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/rytu9y/4d4392c11a27fa052e0b59588678f67c

KU Lawrence and Edwards units seeking to hire a Temporary Unclassified Professional Staff employee should work with Human Resources to determine whether the position is a one-time need or provides recurring, intermittent or seasonal support, so that the appropriate classification of Intermittent Temporary Worker can be assigned.

Under the new structure, only temporary positions classified as intermittent or seasonal may extend beyond the initial 12-month assignment. The 999-hour limit will continue to apply to all temporary employees.

This change does not apply to student positions or to temporary employees hired through an external temporary agency.

Throughout the summer, Human Resources has worked closely with units and UPS temporary employees to support the transition.

Read more in Campus Insider: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/fxok9y/f492fe3514645fb95ffa3a294b507e8e

As shared in a July 1 email from KU Travel Services, the One KU University Business Travel Policy has been approved and published in the Policy Library. The new policy aligned the Lawrence and Edwards campuses and KU Medical Center's existing travel policies, requirements and procedures to ensure consistency and best practices across all campuses. It also ensures KU policy aligns with the State of Kansas and federal requirements.

Those who plan to travel or book travel for someone else should review the recently approved policy and changes.

Travelers who do not follow the new policy or associated procedures may not be reimbursed or may be required to reimburse the university for prepaid expenses, be restricted from future travel, and be subject to other disciplinary action.

Read more and review the updates here: https://t.e2ma.net/webview/6jvoeh/8cccc73753fa0571e2e41062a9edf461

Starting Thursday, the westbound lane of Crescent Road will be closed between West Campus Road and Naismith Drive. The eastbound lane will remain open, as will the sidewalk on the northside of Crescent. Work is expected to be completed by July 31.

A planned detour will follow northbound West Campus Road, westbound University Drive and southbound Naismith Drive.

Judith Eddy, education program manager at the Center for Teaching Excellence, and Joel Sauerwein, functional systems analyst in Enrollment Management's Student Lifecycle Technology, were selected as KU June 2026 Employees of the Month.

Eddy's peers said she is the heart, memory and stabilizing force for the Center of Teaching Excellence as she has been with them since its founding, and Sauerwein's colleagues noted his ability to manage several responsibilities under pressure, his professionalism and reliability.

Read more: https://humanresources.ku.edu/employee-month-winners