Office of the Provost Archive

  • Provost Search Student Forum Tomorrow

    Provost Search Student Forum Tomorrow

    The Provost Search Committee is now at the stage of holding listening sessions for the Illinois Tech community. This session will ensure that the search process is guided by the collective wisdom and insight of our community. The student listening session and forum will be held tomorrow, November 30, from 2–3 p.m. online. You are encouraged to attend this student forum to contribute your valuable input to this process.

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  • Submit Your Nominations for Commencement Speaker, Who Will Receive Honorary Degree, by December 2

    Submit Your Nominations for Commencement Speaker, Who Will Receive Honorary Degree, by December 2

    The Office of the Provost is now accepting nominations for the recipient of an honorary degree that will be presented at Commencement in May 2023. The recipient will also speak at the Commencement ceremony. 

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  • Join Us for a Celebration for Provost Peter Kilpatrick on April 21

    Join Us for a Celebration for Provost Peter Kilpatrick on April 21

    Please join me in warmly congratulating Peter and thanking him for his extraordinary service to Illinois Tech at a reception in his honor on Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 3–6 p.m. in S. R. Crown Hall.

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  • Provost DEI Speaker Series – Thursday, April 7

    Provost DEI Speaker Series – Thursday, April 7

    Session 2 of the Provost's Speaker Series will focus on examining how what we say and what we do contributes to the upholding and maintaining of the status quo and to ongoing harm to Black, Indigenous, and all students, faculty, and staff of color. It will be held online, Thursday, April 7, from 12–1:30 p.m.

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  • Open to all faculty, staff, and students: Share your favorite photos of Illinois Tech

    Open to all faculty, staff, and students: Share your favorite photos of Illinois Tech

    Thank you to everyone who submitted photos. We selected photos from Yuqi Shao, a fourth-year undergraduate student from the College of Architecture to showcase in the Office of the Provost. Please continue to share your photos by sending them to Dionna Anderson.

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  • Congratulations to Provost Kilpatrick

    Congratulations to Provost Kilpatrick

    I’m writing today to share that Provost Peter Kilpatrick will be departing Illinois Tech to assume the role of president of the Catholic University of America, starting on July 1. Please join me in warmly congratulating Peter and thanking him for his extraordinary service to Illinois Tech since 2018.

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  • Provost’s Award for Online Teaching

    Provost’s Award for Online Teaching

    In an effort to recognize our instructors who have gone above and beyond to engage students online, the Office of the Provost and the Center for Learning Innovation (CLI) are once again sponsoring the student-nominated, university-wide Provost’s Award for Online Teaching.

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  • Online Faculty Lounge: Wednesday, December 8, 12:45—1:45 p.m.

    Online Faculty Lounge: Wednesday, December 8, 12:45—1:45 p.m.

    Universities are moving towards Faculty Information Systems to centralize data and to build connectivity.

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  • Provost Speaker Series: Sekile Nzinga Video Now Available

    Provost Speaker Series: Sekile Nzinga Video Now Available

    The video recording from the “Provost Speaker Series: Sekile Nzinga” event at Illinois Tech is now available on Panopto. Sekile Nzinga currently serves as the chief diversity officer for the State of Illinois and is is the author of Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity.

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  • Provost Speaker Series: Tami Farber

    Provost Speaker Series: Tami Farber

    Illinois Tech is delighted to host Tami Farber, a specialist in community organizing and systems change with more than a decade of experience working for the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and other international non-governmental organizations November 3, noon-1:30pm. Sign up to attend this virtual event.

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