Last updated: May 12, 2025
Box Folder for Chairs - Sign into Box and the folder will be available to department chairs.
Outlook Calendar
Nominations are called for via email for SHSS, UMKC, and UM System awards for faculty and staff.
Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award - Antonio Byrd, Department of English
Outstanding Teaching Award - Kevin Mullin, Department of Media, Art and Design
Alumni Good Teaching Award - Greg Vonnahme, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
2023-2024Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award - Mona Lyne, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Outstanding Teaching Award - Steven Melling, Department of Communication and Journalism
Alumni Good Teaching Award - Theresa Torres, Department of Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies
Staff Member of the Year Award - Christiana Rangel, SHSS Office of Recruitment
Send recognition to your colleagues.
Use this button to submit the happenings and news you would like to be known beyond the department. This can be events, faculty achievement news, information about an important deadline, or a story idea to highlight one of your students, faculty, alumni, and/or community partners.
Student Forms and Resources aimed for students' use are available under Student Support.
Faculty & Staff Guide to Supporting Mental Health [pdf]
Student Records Access Request Form
Pathway Help for Faculty/Staff
Grade Change Instructions [pdf]
Registrar's Resources for Faculty and Staff
Christen Melvin, HR Business Partner
Hannah Hohenstein-Flack (full-time hiring), Cynthia Beard (part-time hiring)
Academic Hiring - Faculty Affairs website
Linked below is a version of the full-time faculty hiring checklist for tenured, tenure-track, and ranked positions specific to SHSS; the parent version is linked from the Tenure Track Faculty Titles page of the Academic Hiring website.
Email Christen Melvin with the request to work out next steps.
For graduate assistants, there is a process each semester/academic year that will be communicated from the Dean's Office. See School of Graduate Studies website for form for appointments greater than 0.5 FTE.
For work study and undergraduate students: See Career Services. Other systems you might have/need access to:
FICA Form
Verification of HLC Credentials
FERPA Training Instructions
Leave of Absence Form UM-108 [pdf] - research/sabbatical
FMLA
Flex Schedule Request Form [pdf]
Telework Request Form [Cherwell portal]
Overtime Approval Request [pdf]
Benefits Information and Forms
Email Christen Melvin to initiate conversations about extra compensation or salary increase form.
Beth Vonnahme and Cynthia Beard
UMKC Travel Authorization Request
Bernardin Haskell Lecture Fund Request Form
SHSS Faculty Funding Request
Great Hall Reservations (Scofield 109) [pdf]
Insurance Equipment Checkout Form [pdf] – Used with University equipment taken off campus
Jennifer Phegley (for faculty)
Beth Vonnahme (for staff)
Course Load Reduction Request [pdf]
These are updated at the start of each semester. If needed, request change of contact for schedulers or catalog editors by emailing Toya Like.