Dear all,
Please find our latest newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/foundation.uconn.edu/fy26-clas-pols-newsletter-8985845<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Ffoundation.uconn.edu%2Ffy26-clas-pols-newsletter-8985845&data=05%7C02%7Cece_polisci-l%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cd70e1243de5e463b34a708de9ce59aa1%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C639120707130758384%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9iLakhpXJD4P5Tbzr1RV0KhILDaDGs%2BAsbj9AFNuGUQ%3D&reserved=0>
Hope you all enjoy it.
All the best,
Oksan

Oksan Bayulgen
University of Connecticut
Professor and Department Head of Political Science
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Co-founder of Energy and Elections Research Lab and Levant Energy and Security Initiative;  Co-chair of Teale Lecture Series; Member of Clean Earth Laboratory; UConn Collaboratory for JUST Innovation and Climate Equity (JUSTICE); 

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Dear colleagues,

Thank you to those of you who could come to the annual POLS ECE workshop on Monday. We enjoyed talking to you and learning with you. Hope you did too.

I wanted to bring to your and your students' attention this important event that we are hosting tomorrow at UConn. Sorry that it is a bit short notice but we would like to see many of you and your students come to listen to Bill McKibben, one of the most important environmental writers and climate activists of our time. 

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Good morning ECE Political Science instructors,

If you were able to participate in Monday's virtual UConn ECE Political Science Instructor Workshop, please complete the program evaluation linked here.<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuconn.co1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_0wgXaRluZOwE6QC&data=05%7C02%7CECE_POLISCI-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C6e165680cdb8433867af08de8f1d101c%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C639105552173325842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BggcoLsfzbpI%2Fhd5otS0ligwuI7hWegO1SFhDMYTH1I%3D&reserved=0>

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Your feedback is important for future professional development events. This survey will close on April 14th.

Thank you to all who attended! It was lovely to connect with you all. 

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Good Afternoon ECE Political Science Instructors,

This is just a reminder that the annual ECE POLS professional development conference is scheduled to be held one week from today, and there are still several slots available for instructors to register to attend! In order to maintain up-to-date certification with Early College Experience, you are required to attend at least one ECE professional development workshop every other academic year. All event details can be found below: 

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Dear Early College Experience Political Science Instructors,

UConn Early College Experience and the faculty from Political Science invite you to participate in a professional development workshop on Monday, March 30th. This event will be hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams. Workshop participation is required once every other year to maintain certification with UConn Early College Experience. This will be the only Political Science Workshop offered during the 2025-2026 academic year: 

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We will discuss his new book:

Born Equal

Remaking America's Constitution 1840 - 1920 

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Dear colleagues,
Hope you are all doing well.
Please find attached our list of colloquium talks for this fall. You will find the Webex link to join next to each. You are also, of course, welcome to come and join us in person in Storrs if you can. Hope you find some of these interesting.
Thanks.
Best,
O. 

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Hello ECEers,
I hope you all had a great summer! I’m writing as one of the ECE Political Science faculty coordinators along with my colleague Oksan Bayulgen. We’re excited to kick off another year working with you.
To start things off, we’d like to host a virtual get-together on Thursday, August 29th, from 3–4pm. While we especially hope to meet our newest ECE faculty members, everyone is invited to join. It’s also a great chance for our more experienced colleagues to share their insights with those just coming on board.
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Hello,

I have been teaching AP U.S. Gov & Politics for the past 8 years at Newington High and this will be my first teaching it as ECE POLS 1602. I have a lot of resources that I intend on continuing to use, but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or insights on adjustments they made when transitioning to ECE from AP in regards to how they ran their class and how they assessed. Almost all of my students this year will take the course as ECE instead of AP. In 

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Dear ECE Faculty,

We hope you're all doing well. As part of our effort to keep you connected to the political science department here in Storrs, we want to share our Spring newsletter filled with faculty and student achievements. You can find it here: https://mailchi.mp/foundation.uconn.edu/fy25-pols-news-notes-spring<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Ffoundation.uconn.edu%2Ffy25-pols-news-notes-spring&data=05%7C02%7Cece_polisci-l%40listserv.uconn.edu%7C74fd23847e9642c2728908dd75f93cd3%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638796435494630394%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TnQTvCqsYC71jeuKdY4QDpoOdaLxpZ6x8jNnok43Hyk%3D&reserved=0>

As always, please reach out when we can be of assistance! 

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Dear UConn Early College Experience Political Science Instructors,

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Your feedback is important for future professional development events. This survey will close on March 12th.

Thank you to all who attended! It was lovely to connect with you all. 

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Good Morning ECE Political Science Instructors,

This is a reminder that the annual ECE Political Science Instructor Workshop is scheduled virtually via Webex for next Wednesday, February 26th, at 9am. All registration details are below. Attendance is required once every other year to maintain up-to-date certification with Early College Experience, and this will be the only POLS workshop for the remainder of the 2024-25 academic year. 

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Good Morning ECE Political Science Instructors,

This is a reminder that the annual ECE POLS instructor workshop is scheduled, VIRTUALLY, for February 26, 2025. To maintain certification through Early College Experience, you are required to attend a discipline-specific professional development experience once every other academic year. This will be the ONLY Political Science workshop for the remainder of the 2024-25 academic year. 

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Dear Early College Political Science Instructors,

UConn Early College Experience and the faculty from POLS invite you to participate in a professional development workshop on February 26, 2025, virtually via Webex (meeting information below). Workshop attendance is required once every other year to maintain certification with UConn Early College Experience. This will be the only Political Science workshop offered during the 2024-2025 academic year: 

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