Spring 2025 UVP Meeting

June 3-5, 2025 | Massachusetts | MIT & Harvard

The Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU) holds Undergraduate Vice Provost/President (UVP) Meetings twice a year at member institutions across the country. In the Spring of 2025, it will be held in Massachusetts and co-hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. 

These meetings provide UERU leaders with opportunities for in-person engagement and often feature specialized colloquia. The UVP Meetings foster collaboration and address critical challenges in undergraduate education, promoting diversity, inclusion, student success, and innovative practices. Participation is restricted to UVPs, their designees, and/or one additional senior-level colleague.

 

Fall 2025 UVP Meeting

October 21-23, 2025 | Texas |UTSA

The Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU) holds Undergraduate Vice Provost/President (UVP) Meetings twice a year at member institutions across the country. In the Fall of 2025, it will be held in Texas and co-hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio. 

These meetings provide UERU leaders with opportunities for in-person engagement and often feature specialized colloquia. The UVP Meetings foster collaboration and address critical challenges in undergraduate education, promoting diversity, inclusion, student success, and innovative practices. Participation is restricted to UVPs, their designees, and/or one additional senior-level colleague.

 

UERU & KNACK Town Hall

Shaping the Future of Peer Support with Public-Private Partnerships

Monday, March 24, 2025 | Zoom

UERU & KNACK Town Hall

Shaping the Future of Peer Support with Public-Private Partnerships

Monday, March 24, 2025 | Zoom | 1:00 - 2:00pm ET

Colleges and universities are reimagining traditional student support models, aiming for more effective solutions to meet evolving needs. Join our panel as leading senior administrators discuss how they are breaking down barriers, boosting engagement with support services, fostering a sense of belonging, and closing equity gaps in collaboration with Knack’s peer-to-peer academic success strategy. They will share the motivations behind their partnerships, the challenges they've faced, the strategies they've implemented, and their insights on Knack's impact. Attendees will discover emerging trends in academic support and how innovative collaborations are shaping the future of student success.

UERU & SERU Town Hall

The Multi-Engagement Model: Understanding Diverse Pathways to Student Success at Research Universities

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Zoom

SERU @UERU Town Hall

The Multi-Engagement Model: Understanding Diverse Pathways to Student Success at Research Universities

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Zoom | 1:00 - 2:00pm ET

Join us for an insightful one-hour virtual town hall as we explore with the authors the findings from their new report, The Multi-Engagement Model: Understanding Diverse Pathways to Student Success at Research Universities. Utilizing eleven years of survey data generated by the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium, this study provides a unique holistic analysis of the undergraduate student experience at large research-intensive public universities in the United States.
 
At a time in which American universities are facing political pressure and criticism on their value for money, this longitudinal study shows that students at major public research universities are highly engaged and choose different pathways to prepare for productive lives once they graduate. But it also finds that student engagement across key areas of research university experience – academics, research, extracurriculars, civic engagement, and career preparation – declined during the pandemic and has yet to fully recover.
 
Panelists: 
  • Igor Chirikov, SERU Consortium Director and Senior Researcher, Center for Studies in Higher Education, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
  • John Aubrey Douglass, SERU Consortium Founding Principal Investigator; Senior Research Fellow, Public Policy and Higher Education, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley
The town hall will be moderated by Steve Dandaneau, UERU, Executive Director  

UERU Town Hall

Science Leadership with Shawn Bediako

Thursday, May 22, 2025 | Zoom

UERU Town Hall

Science Leadership with Shawn Bediako

Thursday, May 22, 2025 | Zoom | 2:00 - 3:00pm ET

As incubators for the next generation of science leaders, research universities can - and should - lean into their leadership development role. But what does this look like in practice?

This UERU Town Hall will feature Dr. Shawn Bediako, science leadership advocate and former professor at the University of Cincinnati and UMBC. Dr. Bediako will reflect on how his unique career pathway in the academy, the federal sector, and science philanthropy informs his approach to science leadership. Dr. Bediako will share what he's learned about inclusive leadership across the academic career spectrum, and how we might work to remove disciplinary and cultural barriers to transformative leadership in the STEM education ecosystem. Group discussion will focus on how UVPs and other research university leaders can help support the next generation of talent and broaden the pipeline into leadership roles.

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Wednesday, March 19 | Zoom Meeting

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Wednesday, March 19| Zoom Meeting | 12:00pm ET, 11:00am CT, 10:00am MT, 9:00am PT

UERU Hot Topics sessions are drop-in conversations among peer UVPs about subjects of current interest (sometimes planned, other times open-ended).  Please email Steve if you would like to host a session.

*Only UVP UERU members are able access the calendar and meeting link

 

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Thursday, April 3| Zoom Meeting

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Thursday, April 3 | Zoom Meeting | 2:30pm ET, 1:30pm CT, 12:30pm MT, 11:30am PT

UERU Hot Topics sessions are drop-in conversations among peer UVPs about subjects of current interest (sometimes planned, other times open-ended).  Please email Steve if you would like to host a session.

*Only UVP UERU members are able access the calendar and meeting link

 

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Wednesday, April 16 | Zoom Meeting

Drop-In UVP Hot Topic

Wednesday, April 16| Zoom Meeting | 12:00pm ET, 11:00am CT, 10:00am MT, 9:00am PT

UERU Hot Topics sessions are drop-in conversations among peer UVPs about subjects of current interest (sometimes planned, other times open-ended). Please email Steve if you would like to host a session.

*Only UVP UERU members are able access the calendar and meeting link

 

PAST UERU EVENTS & COLLOQUIA

2025

2024

  • Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Michael Toland and Dr. David Dueber (Dec 12, 2024)
  • Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Bill Davis and Dr. Julie Posselt (Dec 10, 2024)
  • UERU @PODNetwork: The Boyer 2030 Report an International Perspective: Focusing on Teaching/Learning (Nov 12, 2024)
  • Making the Case for Boyer 2030 at the APLU Annual Meeting (Nov 11, 2024).
  • Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Chad Brassil (Sep 13, 2024)
  • Virtual Town Hall with Provost Katherine Newman (Aug 21, 2024)
  • Lamborn-Hughes Institute at Colorado State University (Aug 6-8, 2024)
  • UERU-sponsored University of Pittsburgh Mentoring & Advising Summit (March 8, 2024; virtual)
  • Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Bryan Cook (Urban Institute) on Achieving Equitable Access (February 27, 2024)
  • "Community Conversations" Webinar Series: Transfer Student Advising (January 26, 2024; virtual)
  • Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Rich Reddick on Boyer 2030 Implementation (January 23, 2024)

  • National Conference, co-located with AAC&U (January 17-18, 2024; Washington, D.C.)

Past Event Recordings