There is a team of support available to students at KU.

Student Affairs coordinates and develops student support services and programs and serves as an advocate for student needs across the university community that contribute to overall academic success. Student Affairs extends beyond the classroom. Their mission is to engage the KU community in services and programs that make learning possible. 

Academic Success supports the intellectual engagement and pursuit of learning by KU students throughout their academic career, from orientation to graduation and beyond. Using the KU Student Success Model, the units in Academic Success help our community understand how students flow through the university while highlighting key milestones: a student’s initial connection and entry to KU, their progress through a program of study, completion of a credential, and transition to alumni status leading to employment or continuing education.

This coming spring, you will have the opportunity to develop your own skills in student support by learning more about graduate student mentoring best practices and how to connect students to career and experiential learning.

Statue of Phog Allen in front of Allen Fieldhouse, home of the men's and women's KU basketball teams.

Who is Phog Allen?

Forrest Clare Allen (or Phog Allen) is known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching." Allen attended KU from 1905 to 1907 where he played basketball for James Naismith (who invented the sport of basketball - you can find the original rules here!). Allen later returned to KU in 1920 as athletic director, football coach, and basketball coach. Known for his "foghorn voice," he eventually earned the nickname of "Phog."

But why "Phog" and not "Fog?" Curtis Marsh, our tour guide, for the Coffee and Campus Tour on Tuesday, August 20, has the answer to this an many other KU questions. Feel free to ask him any questions you may have about KU during our tour on August 20 - he is a repository of KU information!

If you have not yet RSVP'd for New Faculty Orientation and our Coffee and Campus Tour, be sure to do so below by August 9.

What is AIRE?

KU Analytics, Institutional Research, & Effectiveness (AIRE) provide the university with engaging institutional information to advance strategic aims and promote effectiveness. AIRE supports many KU initiatives by supporting our data ecosystem and uses data and analysis to support strategic planning, decision-making, and continuous improvement. Faculty Insight is one university initiative for which AIRE administers and provides support. In Faculty Insight, faculty can enter data to capture many activities related to teaching, research/creative works, and service, with some data automatically curated by Academic Analytics and AIRE from university sources.

Learn how to leverage Faculty Insight to promote your work and collaborate with other scholars in our upcoming "how to at KU" session 👇

Don't miss our "how to": A Walkthrough of your Faculty Insight Profile. Faculty Insight is the university's official database in which faculty record and update their research, teaching, and service activities. It feeds to the searchable public-facing database, Experts at KU, which connects faculty to collaborators, potential graduate students, grant opportunities, and awards.

Join us for our upcoming "How to at KU" sessions and please register ahead of time, so we can prepare!

Upcoming "How to at KU":

Monday, September 23 from 3-4 p.m. (CST)

Topic: Faculty Insight Walkthrough

Simple Syllabus is a centralized, template-driven platform that allows instructors to personalize and publish interactive class syllabi. When using the syllabus tool, syllabi are automatically populated with the language and components required by KU’s Syllabus Policy, and at the same time, provide accessible digital syllabi for students. The tool can easily sync Canvas assignment information, such as due dates, into the syllabus and provides reporting functions to instructors. 

IT will offer three Simple Syllabus workshops in August that will cover accessing, editing and submitting syllabi within the Simple Syllabus system. Visit their workshop calendar at this link to register for a training.

Register by this Friday for New Faculty Orientation!

Our New Faculty Orientation is a full-day event that takes place on Monday, August 19. It serves as an opportunity to hear from campus leaders; learn more about KU’s students; and become acquainted with key units that support teaching and research, provide course design resources, help with grant writing and funding, and foster professional development. Most importantly, New Faculty Orientation will provide you with a chance to connect with each other. 

Additionally, we are hosting a New Faculty Orientation campus tour on the following Tuesday morning (Aug. 20). Join us in the rotunda of Strong Hall for coffee, donuts, and a guided tour to learn more about our beautiful campus.

Join us this fall for New Faculty Foundations Series events!

New faculty are welcome to join us for New Faculty Foundations 1.0 or 2.0. However, 1.0 sessions are tailored specifically for faculty in their first year at KU. 

Find all of our 1.0 and 2.0 upcoming events at this link. Registration for upcoming 1.0 sessions are also available by clicking the buttons below.