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The University Advisory Committee on Selection of a Learning Management System (UAC LMS) shares the status of their work and efforts to evaluate and recommend a comprehensive, robust and user-friendly LMS to best meet the academic and administrative needs across Drexel University.

Last month, Provost Jensen announced the University’s intention to move forward with a vision — outlined by the recommendations of the University Advisory Committee on Academic Structure (UACAS) and pending the review of Faculty Senate — in bold pursuit of academic transformation. We are pleased to share that Faculty Senate voted in favor of the majority of the recommendations, with those remaining undergoing further discussion. With this support, we mark a crucial step in aligning our efforts to realize this new vision for the University and its many stakeholders.

In this message shared with students, Provost Jensen shares news that charts Drexel’s path ahead as a leading student-centered, experience-driven research university.

In this message shared with faculty and staff, Provost Jensen and incoming Interim President O'Brien embrace UACAS recommendations, requesting review and consideration from Faculty Senate to transition to a semester calendar for all academic programs and to move forward with restructuring of colleges and schools.

The Kern Family Foundation has partnered with the Drexel University to generously support five tuition scholarships with a $67,500 grant for Drexel’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program, a yearlong, national leadership program for senior faculty.

Last term, Drexel University — through its colleges, schools and other units and programs — created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.

Seven Drexel disciplines have joined the consortium partnership between Drexel and Thomas Jefferson University. The cancer center recently received the elite “comprehensive cancer center” designation from the National Cancer Institute, a vote of confidence in the consortium’s broadly interdisciplinary approach.

A College of Engineering faculty member devised a flowchart suggesting how to engage, respond and direct students to resources in a variety of delicate situations.