Dear Faculty and Instructors,
To streamline our communications - and provide some relief to your email inbox, Faculty Affairs has conceptualized a new, dynamic, short-form communication to keep you aware of what's happening around our campus community.
The inaugural issue of this communication sheds a spotlight on the following information:
Faculty Focus -
Three A&M Faculty Earned Election to National Academy Member Status- Mladen Kezunovic - National Academy of Engineering
- Vijay P. Singh - National Academy of Engineering
- Donald J. Darensbourg - National Academy of Sciences
For Your Information -
- New Faculty Orientation (NFO) has been scheduled for August 15th and 16th; Registration will open in July
- New Academic Leader Orientation (NALO) has been scheduled for August 17th; Registration will open in July, and all attendees are also invited to attend NFO
- The 2023-2024 Faculty Development Leave (FDL) Application will open to Eligible Faculty Members on Wednesday, June 15th
- Verify College/School-specific deadlines with Department Heads
- College/School-approved applications must be submitted via the Faculty Affairs Portal by Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 at 12pm
Amplify Your Impact -
Faculty have the opportunity to contribute their expertise to the University's partnership with publication The Conversation for the publishing of articles amplifying voices representative of America's diversity as a part of their "U.S. Diversity Initiative"- Howard Manly (Race & Equity Editor) is available Tuesdays, 12-1pm EST
- Topics: Politics, Society, Economics, Arts, Culture, Sports, Religion, Race - Leah Samuel (Health & Equity Editor) is available Thursdays, 1-2pm EST
- Topics: Health, Medicine, Science, Technology - What is The Conversation? Learn more about the partnership with Texas A&M.
- Sign up to speak with an editor HERE
Campus News -
Realignment Highlight: The Colleges of Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences have combined to form the COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES.- The College of Arts & Sciences will incorporate University Studies degrees, Biomedical Sciences students and Interdisciplinary Programs
- Political Science degrees will be assumed by The Bush School
- Performance Studies will move to the new School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts
- The International Ocean Discovery Program will leave the College of Geosciences and be managed by the Office of the Vice President for Research
This new messaging format will operate through the Emma email portal, but - and, because this is your newsletter - we want to hear from you! Engage us with questions and suggestions for topics you want to know about, as well as any announcements you may want to share with the faculty body. Simply email us at facultyaffairs@tamu.edu, with Subject: "Spotlight".
Originally Released Tuesday, June 14th, 2022