Message from Dean Lang
To: Liberal Arts Staff and FacultyFrom: Clarence LangDate: December 23, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I hope this message finds you in good health and spirits. As you retreat from your email and take a much-needed break, I want to reiterate my gratitude for all the hard work you have done over the course of a difficult […]
Message from Dean Lang
To: Liberal Arts Faculty and StaffFrom: Clarence LangDate: November 20, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I trust this message finds you well. As you know, the University will switch entirely to remote instruction after today for the rest of the semester and will return to offering a variety of in-person, remote, and mixed-mode courses this spring. Like […]
Message from Dean Lang
To: Liberal Arts StaffFrom: Clarence LangDate: November 18, 2020 Dear Staff Colleagues: I’m writing only to you this time, and I trust this message finds you well. With the end of the semester on the horizon, you should reflect favorably on all that you have helped our college accomplish over the last several months. Despite […]
Message from the Dean
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Graduate Students, Post Docs, and StaffFrom: Clarence LangDate: November 4, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I will keep this message exceedingly brief. As you know, the results of our presidential election are still pending, and the matter likely will not be resolved soon while ballots are being counted and court challenges resolved. Many […]
Message from the Dean
To Liberal Arts Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, and Post DocsFrom: Clarence LangDate: November 2, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I hope you are well. Let me begin by congratulating the members of our college’s Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Transformation (CoDIT) for coordinating a recent series of workshops regarding social justice and solidarity action on October 23-24. […]
Message from Dean Lang
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, and Post DocsFrom: Clarence LangDate: September 29, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I know it’s been a few weeks since we connected. I hope that you are faring well as we approach the semester’s midpoint. I am pleased to report that for the most part, our teaching and learning scenarios […]
Message from Dean Lang – Concerns re: changing course delivery modes
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Graduate Students, Post Docs, and StaffFrom: Clarence LangDate: August 25, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I hope that your week is proceeding well. I am writing to inform you that Provost Jones has expressed concerns about the messages coming to his office indicating that Penn State instructors are switching their courses from in-person […]
Message from Dean Lang – Best wishes for the start of the Fall Semester
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, and Post-Doctoral StudentsFrom: Clarence Lang Date: August 24, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you back – or for those just beginning their Penn State tenure, welcome you – as we begin the fall semester. As I said to those attending the All-Staff Meeting hosted by our […]
Message from Dean Lang
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Staff, Post Docs, and Graduate StudentsFrom: Clarence LangDate: August 19, 2020 Dear Colleagues: I trust that this message finds you reasonably well, and that you managed to find time to relax over the summer as we prepare to embark on our fall semester. Like many of you, I have spent the […]
Message from Dean Lang – SSRI Data 4 Action Project
To: Liberal Arts Faculty, Post Docs, and StaffDate: August 10, 2020From: Clarence Lang Good morning, I hope that this message finds you reasonably well. I am writing to bring to your immediate attention a survey (details below) aimed at better understanding the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the University Park-area community. Please […]