Communications
Welcome to the Communications archive for the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (EVPP) at the University of Minnesota. This page serves as a centralized resource, compiling all official messages sent from the EVPP to the University community, including faculty, staff, and students. Here, you can find a comprehensive history of communications on important academic and institutional matters, such as academic policies, leadership announcements, guidance for instructors, and updates on key issues affecting campus life and the classroom.
After careful consideration, we hope and expect to be able to resume instruction delivery as originally scheduled and in the modality specified in the course schedule.
Last Monday, we gathered to reflect and support one another in the midst of the violence and chaos that has accompanied the federal immigration surge in our state.
I write with a brief update to my January 14 message.
Executive Vice President and Provost Gretchen Ritter’s remarks
The University is aware of the recently announced call for civic action on Friday, January 23, during which Minnesotans are being encouraged not to attend work, school, or participate in commercial activity in response to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
As students return to our campuses across the University, I would like to share resources and policies to support your instruction this spring semester.
The University of Minnesota is built on the core values of dignity, inclusion and meaningful connection. When those values are threatened anywhere in our community, we all feel it.
Archived Communications
message sent to all Twin Cities faculty and all instructors on August 29, 2024.
message sent to the Twin Cities Administrative Email list on May 31, 2023.
message sent to Twin Cities faculty and instructors on April 27, 2023.
I am writing to remind you about the potential need to provide accommodations for students observing religious holidays, per the Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences policy.