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Report on the
Office of Faculty Development
The OFD at a Glance
• Mission: To identify and respond effectively to the needs of
the faculty
• Reporting Structure: Reports to Provost through the Vice
Provost for Academic Affairs.
• Goals:
– To continually and actively engage faculty and Faculty Senate,
encouraging exploration of hard questions and a diversity of
conversations regarding faculty needs and equity issues.
– To create a framework that responds to faculty needs and
concerns as they evolve.
– To create and sustain specific activities and processes that
support faculty success.
– To undertake on-going assessment of the programs of this
office.
OFD Faculty Advisory Committee
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Don Morrison (Humanities, Chair)
Tom Killian (Natural Sciences)
Marcia O’Malley (Engineering)
Elizabeth Long (Social Sciences)
Gordon Wittenberg (Architecture)
Gustavo Grullon (Business)
Kathy Matthews (Natural Sciences)
OFD Faculty Advisory Committee
• Advise Director on priorities for OFD programs.
• Review regularly data and policies relevant to faculty,
including hiring, promotion, retention, climate, satisfaction,
and equity (space, salary, teaching, time in rank, cohort
retention, distribution by department/gender/race).
• Review policies/procedures and assess whether they are
working effectively
• Ensure that the Office of Faculty Development is identifying
and meeting the needs of the faculty.
OFD Current Activities
• Search committee training
• Access to databases of under-represented
minority PhDs in STEM fields
• Informational sessions on Promotion & Tenure
• Informal lunches for women faculty (~2 per
semester)
• Monthly discussions for department Chairs
• New faculty orientation
• Triad mentoring program
• Faculty exit survey
OFD Planned Activities
• Targeted programs for mid-career faculty (e.g.,
orientation session, information on promotion,
mentoring initiatives, leadership opportunities,
and innovative teaching sessions with CTE)
• Evaluation of unsuccessful faculty searches
• Pilot programs in Engineering, Humanities,
Natural Sciences, & Social Sciences
• Climate study (Fall 2014)
• With VPAA – review of faculty policies