Dear FAS Colleagues,
Our national conversation around the senseless death of George Floyd and others has raised many questions about institutional discrimination and bias – questions which similar incidents have, in the past, yielded little consensus around satisfactory answers. And yet, our current moment feels differently.
Dear FAS Colleagues,
As you read in Interim President Hartzell’s June 8 Fall 2020 Planning Update, the university continues to solidify plans and policies for the fall semester. I know that many of you are already working on campus to keep operations running and to support restart efforts.
Dear FAS Colleagues,
Diversity. Innovation. Integrity. Service. Stewardship. Teamwork.
For nearly two years, we have been practicing our FAS core values and working toward our desired organizational future. Our transformative response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is rooted in these values and has been nothing short of inspiring.
Dear FAS Colleagues,
The realities of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its impact on us as individuals and as an institution are becoming clearer as the university’s ongoing assessment and planning continues.
FAS is proud of our five outstanding staff award recipients as part of the 2020 President’s Staff Awards. Carpentry Shop Cabinetmaker Robert Colvard, Campus Environmental Center Coordinator Brianna Duran, Urban Forestry Supervisor Jennifer Hrobar, Event and Moving Services Supervisor Roy Mack, and University of Texas at Austin Police Department Officer William Pieper received this prestigious award. The annual awards celebrate all of the ways staff make the university an amazing place to live, work and learn.
Dear FAS Colleagues,
Last week I let you know that our campus continues to operate in its current state while university leadership assesses and plans for the future. Yesterday, President Fenves and Interim President Designate Hartzell announced the formation of six working groups to develop strategies for the fall.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Information Technology Services (ITS) implemented a plan to roll out DUO for multi-factor authentication to increase security. Their innovative approach featured a short video that has garnered more than 9,000 views since it’s launch, demonstrating that a little bit of video can go a long way in communicating complex topics.
With COVID-19 (coronavirus) limiting events on campus, FAS departments demonstrated teamwork and innovation in reaching students and their parents during orientation this summer. Parking and Transportation Services (PTS), UT Police Department (UTPD) with Campus Safety, and Information Technology Services (ITS) all transformed presentations that would have been delivered in person into videos.
In a June 12, 2020 email to UT Austin staff and faculty, the Information Security Office (ISO) announced that the university is renewing efforts to enforce a longstanding university policy requiring all employees to use official university email accounts for university business.
In this video, FAS Media Relations Manager Veronica Trevino interviews LeeAnn Gibson, a business relations manager in Enterprise Customer Service, which is part of the university’s Enterprise Business Information Technology Solutions, commonly known as eBITS.
You have access to a wealth of resources to help you build projects and campaigns! Download the University brand book and toolkit to peruse templates (stationery, presentations, print and web files), images, icons – and guidelines on how to use them. Feel free to contact FAS Communications with any questions you might have about the brand guides or how you can apply them to your unit's communications.
