Faculty Development Committee

Michael Rogers, Katharyn Howd Machan, and Wenmouth Williams, 2006 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients

The Faculty Development Committee was established by the Faculty Council to sponsor activities that demonstrate and support a strong commitment to continuing faculty vitality and renewal. It consists of two representatives from each of the five schools and the Associate Provost and the Coordinator for Faculty Development Activities as ex-officio members. Specifically, the Faculty Development Committee:

1. Obtains input from faculty regarding their needs for faculty development.
2. Works with the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs to sponsor a new faculty orientation workshop each fall to help new faculty prepare to teach the Ithaca College student.
3. Sponsors workshops, colloquia, brown-bag lunch discussions, and seminars on issues related to teaching, scholarship, and service at various times during the academic year.
4. Coordinates a mentoring program for new faculty.
5. Develops a plan for on-going faculty development.
6. Sponsors a spring faculty development conference to highlight faculty scholarly and creative activity.
7. Coordinates and presents the annual Faculty Excellence Awards in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service.
8. Reviews proposals and hears presentations from faculty about suggested faculty development activities.
9. Conducts on-going evaluation of the faculty development program.