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FAS Updates and Important Deadlines
For All Staff and Faculty
| September 16, 2020
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Friday September 25, 2020 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Faculty Board Meeting
Tuesday September 29, 2020 from 8:30am to 10:00am
Undergraduate Chairs Meeting
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With the start of the fall term and the Scholar Strike, it has been a challenging week and I would like to take this opportunity to check in with you. Please rest assured that I am here to listen to any questions or concerns you may have and that my top priority is to ensure that you have the support and resources you need to be successful as we continue to adjust to remote work. We have included links to remote teaching and wellness resources below, which I hope will prove useful to you in the coming weeks. I have been encouraged by the numerous stories I have heard from members of our Faculty who participated in the Strike, from those who signed the statement on the Scholar Strike Canada website to those who issued independent statements, suspended classes and other events, shared resources and incorporated dialogue on anti-racism into classes and academic activities, or reflected on racism, oppression, and transformative justice to become better informed about the impact on Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities. The work and learning that the Strike inspired and amplified continues. We remain focused on and committed to advancing our guiding principle of equity, diversity, inclusivity, and Indigeneity (EDII) and the strategic initiatives that support it, and we will share updates on our work with you in the coming weeks. Once again, I would like to thank you for your continued flexibility and dedication as we make changes and confront the continued challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic together. I hope that you will join me at the upcoming Lunch and Conversation event mentioned in the e-news below, which will be an opportunity for us to continue our conversation and remain in communication this term. Please also do not hesitate to contact me by email regarding any questions or concerns you may have. Please stay healthy and safe.
Sincerely,
Barbara Crow, PhD Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science Queen's University
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Exam Accommodation System Deadline - September 30
The EAS Portal is now ready to receive data for all scheduled quizzes, tests and midterms for the Fall 2020 term.
The Exams Office will not be administering any midterm accommodations in Fall 2020, but will be providing student accommodation information for assessments submitted by the deadline.
If you are having any midterm assessments in your course where you would reasonably need to provide accommodations (e.g., extra time, etc), please log it as a mid-term assessment in the Exam Accommodation System by September 30 and no later than 2 weeks in advance of the assessment.
Accommodation information will be emailed to the instructor in a password-protected file the week prior to the scheduled assessment.
Review the user guide for our EAS Instructor Portal for more information.
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The Academic Consideration Team is pleased to introduce our new team; Lucy Mackrell (Manager), Sarah Bunting and Melissa Marcucci Grant (Coordinators). They would be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have throughout the year.
Should you have further questions, please feel free to follow up with our team at [email protected].
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We have heard from a few faculty members that their students in China are having difficulty accessing onQ videos and some other platforms like YouTube.
ITS has set up Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to China. They have 'whitelisted' several 3rd party platforms so that students can access publishers' material as well as YouTube and other channels. In order to access Queen's VPNs, students need to get signed up individually through ITS following the instructions below and found on the ITS website. Due to the configuration of the VPN, only active students who currently reside in China will benefit from the use of this service. Accessing the VPNs to China The Global Accelerator Network Service is described here. Students can request the service directly by submitting a request form as linked in the Getting Started section of the Global Accelerator Network Service Page. Once registered, the students will receive an email with personalized information to setup the FortiClient VPN Client. The email will provide the same setup information as found on the Service Page, along with the student's unique username and initial password for the VPN service.
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The MFA enrolment rate for the first 3 waves was 63% successful. Based on the feedback received, the following changes were made:
- Increased clarity on MFA options for those who do not have a mobile device or are unsure about using their personal device for MFA.
- A link to request hardware tokens is now included in enrolment communications.
If you have any questions about this Action Plan, feel free to send them to:
- Ben Hall; Senior Business Analyst, School of Computing, [email protected]
- Lydia Scholle-Cotton; Senior Research and Planning Analyst, Faculty of Arts & Science, [email protected]
You can also visit the Cybersecurity Action Plan 2019-21 web space for more information about the cybersecurity capabilities being developed and implemented over the next year. You will need to authenticate using your NetID and password, and can bookmark the space by clicking on the Not Following star in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. This content will be continually updated throughout the course of the action plan, so make sure you check back regularly for new information.
You can always contact the program team directly by emailing [email protected].
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Coffee and Conversation with the Dean event on August 24. We hope everyone enjoyed this informal way of staying in touch with the Dean and our FAS community. We would like to invite you to our next informal event, which will be a brown bag lunch with the Dean, faculty, staff, and students, at 12:00 noon on October 14, via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 811 9670 4946 Passcode: 391470 Find your local number here. Please join the conversion and feel free to bring a lunch with you!
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Interested in being part of The Conversation and finding new ways to promote your research and scholarly activity? The Conversation is an effective international news platform that has helped over 22,000 researchers worldwide mobilize their research to millions of readers seeking evidence-based, informed news on issues of importance.
On September 17th and 21st, Queen's will virtually welcome Scott White, Editor-in-Chief of The Conversation Canada, and members of his editorial team who will host two online, interactive workshops for faculty, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows to learn how to leverage this platform and develop and test potential article pitches.
Participants are asked to bring an idea to pitch to the workshop to receive real-time editorial feedback from the team.
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The second application period for the KGU Visiting Professorship in Canadian Studies for the Fall semester 2021 is now open. Applications are due September 30, 2020.
Find further details and application instructions here.
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Contagion Cultures Lecture Series
This series is a Faculty of Arts and Science collaboration which helps to make sense of this pandemic through the expertise and insights of Arts and Science faculty members.
The series is live-streamed on Zoom every Tuesday at 4:00 PM EDT/EST.
Upcoming events:
September 22 - Shakespeare, Contagion and the Fluidity of Identity - Elizabeth Hanson, Department of English
September 29 - Continuing Care of the Elderly - Don Drummond and Duncan G. Sinclair, School of Policy Studies
For more info on the series and to register please visit: https://www.queensu.ca/sps/events
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Student E-Newsletters
For the latest student eNewsletters, please see queensu.ca/artsci. You can find our emails to students in the bottom right corner of our homepage.
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Follow Us on Twitter!
Don't forget that we have a Twitter account for Arts and Science Faculty and Staff! Get news and updates from the Faculty and the rest of the University, as well as another place to access the Staff & Faculty E-newsletter. Follow us @QUASfacultynews.
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