FOI #25-185

FOIA Request: Vendor Contracts

Name: Justin Wenig

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am writing to request access to and copies of records under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.

I am requesting materials possessed by University Of Connecticut for all of the vendors with which you have a relationship in each of the following categories of products:
• Learning Management System (LMS): Instructure (Canvas), Blackboard (Blackboard by Anthology), D2L Brightspace, Moodle, and/or OpenLMS
• Student Information System (SIS): Ellucian (Banner, Colleague, Powercampus), Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Anthology Student, Workday, Jenzabar, and/or Unit4
• CRM: Technoluttions (Slate), Salesforce, Ellucian Recruit, Anthology Reach, TargetX, Liaison, and/or Element451
I am looking for all contracts (and/or master service agreements with all associated purchase orders) that are still in effect or have been in effect in the past 3 years.

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FOI #25-184

Football Coach Contracts

Name: Hayden Garrison

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I would like to request PDF copies of the most recent employment agreements for the following football coaches:
- Gordon Sammis
- Matt Brock
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

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FOI #25-183 (04-24-25, 9:32 am)

List of CLAS faculty who applied for promotion to tenured full professor in Academic Year 2022-2023

Name: David Amdur

Affiliation: UConn-AAUP

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 05/01/2022

Request Date End: 04/30/2023

Details: I would like a list of all faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) who applied for promotion to tenured full-professor in Academic Year 2022-2023 and submitted their PTR materials. I would like the academic department they were in listed. as well as their name.

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FOI #25-182 (04-24-25, 9:32 am)

Cross Country Coach - Beth Alford-Sullivan

Name: Carson Kessler

Affiliation: The Athletic

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Dear Records Officer:

Pursuant to Connecticut open records laws, I am requesting copies of the following records in electronic format on a rolling basis as they are cleared for release:

- Documentation related to any closed investigation(s) of Beth Alford-Sullivan for misconduct connected to employment with UConn, including but not limited to complaints, reprimands, and evaluations contained in personnel file as “final determinations.”

If there are any questions about my request or if I can provide any clarification that will help expedite the processing of my request, please contact me at ckessler@theathletic.com. I am also happy to hop on the phone at 210-632-8185.

This FOIA request is being filed in pursuit of a time-sensitive news story. Therefore, I ask that my request is expedited. When completing this request, please prioritize whichever records would take the least amount of time to be located and released. I would like these records in electronic format, sent via email or other digital method, and again, please release documents on a rolling basis, as they become available.

If you determine that any of the information qualifies for an exemption from disclosure, I ask you to note whether the exemption is discretionary, and if so whether it is necessary in this case to exercise your discretion to withhold the information. In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you determine that any of the information is exempt and will not be disclosed.

Also, I am a member of the news media as a reporter for The Athletic, and the requested documents are in the public interest and will not be used for commercial purposes. Therefore, I ask that all fees are waived in the processing of my request. If fees associated with this request will be in excess of $25, kindly notify me in advance of fulfilling this request.

I appreciate your prompt attention. Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Carson Kessler
ckessler@theathletic.com

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FOI #25-181 (04-23-25, 9:04 pm)

Arabic studies

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 10/02/2024

Request Date End: 04/23/2025

Details: I would like a copy of emails sent to or from the following email addresses with the term "Arabic" from October 1, 2024 to the present:
radenka.maric@uconn.edu
anne.dalleva@uconn.edu
nathan.fuerst@uconn.edu
ofer.harel@uconn.edu
evelyn.tribble@uconn.edu

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FOI #25-178

Public Records Request

Name: Ellen Wood

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: To Whom It May Concern:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current contracts, and all amendments thereto, for your institution’s current and/or most recent employment contract with any and all parties for the following areas:
Any signed and/or executed employment contract/agreement/offer letter/memorandum of understanding between the University of Connecticut and Bill Guerrero.

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FOI #25-177 (04-23-25, 7:08 am)

Harassment at IsraelFest (2024)

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 04/01/2024

Request Date End: 10/01/2024

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting that the university furnish copies of all documents, emails, text messages, and any other form of written or digital communication sent or received pertaining to the ethnic, racial, and religious harassment of students at IsraelFest, on or around April, 2, 2024.

This includes, but is not limited to, communications to/from all staff, employees, and supervisors from the following university entities:
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Office of Institutional Equity
Office of Student Life and Enrollment
Office of Community Standards
Department of Student Activities
Dean of Students
Office of the General Counsel

Key terms should include, but are not limited to:
"israel" "israel fest" "israel-fest" "israelfest" "fest" "hillel" "antisemitism" "anti-semitism" "racial" "ethnic" "harassment" "amendment" "code" "speech" "bias" "complaint" "religion" "mucaj" "jew" "jewish" "judaism" "zionism" "anti-zionism" "OCR"

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FOI #25-176 (04-22-25, 3:17 pm)

FOI #24-301

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I would like a copy of FOI #24-301

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FOI #25-173

Government data Request: Online Proctoring Vendor Contracts

Name: Justin Wenig

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am requesting materials possessed by University Of Connecticut for any of the following online proctoring vendors with which you have a relationship:
• Meazure (Examity, ProctorU), Proctorio, Respondus, PSI Exams (RPNow), ProctorFree, SmarterServices (SmarterProctoring), Yuja

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FOI #25-170 (04-18-25, 7:41 am)

Daily Campus (amended)

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: As a Tier-III RSO , the Daily Campus "is deemed the ‘functional equivalent’ of a state agency and [is] required to follow the open meetings and record keeping provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." Accordingly, under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., and to the extent that Daily Campus official business was conducted with the Board of Directors's personal uconn.edu email, including forwarded messages from the dailycampus.edu domain, I am requesting that the members of the Board of Directors of the Daily Campus furnish copies of all emails, text messages (including, but not limited to iMessage, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Signal), and any other form of written or digital communication sent or received pertaining to the below:

1) Any correspondence received between October 7, 2023 and October 31, 2023 that includes the terms "toolkit" "flood" "tufan" "toufan" "toofan" "nukhba"
2) Any correspondence from of April 23, 2024 through May 31, 2024 concerning requests by UConn affiliates to respond to the anonymous column, "Culture Shock: Refusing the weaponization of Jewish identity." Appropriate search terms include "culture shock" "anonymous" "anonymity"
3) Any correspondence from September 1, 2024 through October 4, 2024 that would establish whether the anonymous Culture Shock column, "What place does our identity have in the perpetuation of genocide?" was written by a non-student, in violation of Daily Campus editorial policy. Appropriate search terms include "culture shock" "anonymous" "anonymity" "alum" "alumna" "alumnus" "grad" "graduate"
4) Any correspondence from of April 23, 2024 through May 31, 2024 that contains the terms "Hillel" "StandWithUS" "Charlotte Korchak" "Korchak"
5) Any correspondence from August 1, 2023 to the present that mentions the term "hostages" "protocols" "khazars" "IOF" "intifada" "Sinwar"

NOTE: This request does not seek specific identifying information for the author(s) of these columns.

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