Faculty Affairs & Professional Development

Mission

The Office oversees a comprehensive personal and professional development program to provide leadership, support, and advocacy, and to promote academic quality, through these main areas:

Faculty Recruitment

• Support the recruitment and retention of outstanding and diverse faculty members
• Monitor strategic faculty recruitment goals and targets

Faculty Development

• Coordinate, plan, implement, and communicate college-wide faculty development offerings that ensure effective and successful recruitment, appointment, retention, and promotion of faculty
• Oversee the appointments and promotions process
• Manage faculty award processes
• Expand participation in national and international groups that assist or promote faculty affairs, leadership, and professional development

Staff Development

• Facilitate access to training and compliance requirements
• Coordinate, plan, implement and communicate college-wide staff development offerings
• Manage cross training programs

Faculty Governance

• Foster the development, implementation, and interpretation of faculty policies
• Administer conflict of interest, disclosure, and review policies
• Liaise with directors regarding Professional Leave matters