Dean Skerrett called the meeting to order at 10:31 a.m. The minutes of March 20, 2012 meeting were approved.
All proposals on the April 3, 2012 consent agenda were approved.
Discussion Agenda:
1.Office of International Education presentation
Dean Skerrett welcomed Uliana Gabara, Dean of International Education, and Joe Hoff, Associate Dean of International Education. Uliana mentioned the opening of the international center and spoke on goals and challenges of the center. A main challenge is how to define and solidify the Center’s role in campus-wide internationalization. The University of Richmond has 75 institutional exchange and collaboration agreements, and more than 60% of students participate in study abroad programs. Uliana stressed the importance of faculty involvement in these institutional exchanges. A full presentation can be found here.
Joe Hoff spoke to Council about the C-LAC program at University of Richmond. He explained the goals of the program and also stressed the main purpose of the C-LAC program is to promote a multi-lingual presence on campus. OIE is currently working with 13 departments to encourage students to study abroad for majors and degree requirements. A full presentation can be found here.
2.New Chair Training/New Faculty Orientation
Lisa Gentile thanked everyone for helping with the coordination of new chair training. Trainings will start on Wednesday May 2nd and will focus on a variety of issues, such as how to work with administrative coordinators, how to read department budgets and balances, and many other chair responsibilities. Lisa would like to ask new chairs and program directors if a mentoring program would be helpful for them. Ideally, new chairs and program directors would meet once a month with their mentors over lunch. There was a suggestion from a Council member on mentoring term hires. Lisa has been working with University Communications to put together a new site for chairs and program directors. The goal is to have everything a department chair would need on one webpage.
Malcolm Hill updated Council on new faculty orientation. Malcolm informed Council that he has met with most recent hires as well as chairs that have hired new faculty within the last 3 years. Malcolm is also working with University Communications to put together a webpage that will provide information for new faculty members. Malcolm mentioned the possibility of reorganizing the program by increasing the number of Q&A sessions and offering more social opportunities for the group. Third and fourth year faculty members will also be included as they are often great mentors for new faculty. A question was asked if this program would be limited to A&S faculty or if it will be for all new hires across schools. Dean Skerrett welcomed other schools to participate in this program, as the goal is to build a community. Malcolm will be sending out the schedule soon.
3. Chair Merit Review Process
The dean asked Council to suggest best processes for the annual merit review of department chairs. In the past chairs who are full professors were reviewed by the senior associate dean, and chairs who were associate professors were reviewed by colleagues, such as a committee from their department or a former department chair. Many agreed that faculty members often feel uncomfortable reviewing chairs but some felt that colleagues should still be included in evaluations. Council members suggested the dean evaluate department chairs since the dean knows more about their work. . Another suggestion was to split the evaluations between the three associate deans. Department chairs would have an in-depth review their first year, followed by two short reviews the following years. The main goal is for this process to be consistent. There was also a discussion about the timing of the department’s evaluation of the chair’s administrative work, which occurs in the chair’s third year. Several members suggested that it would be helpful if this evaluation by departmental colleagues were moved up and done after the chair’s first year, rather than in the spring semester of the third year.
The meeting adjourned at 11:44 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Zandria Ivy
All proposals on the April 3, 2012 consent agenda were approved.
Discussion Agenda:
1.Office of International Education presentation
Dean Skerrett welcomed Uliana Gabara, Dean of International Education, and Joe Hoff, Associate Dean of International Education. Uliana mentioned the opening of the international center and spoke on goals and challenges of the center. A main challenge is how to define and solidify the Center’s role in campus-wide internationalization. The University of Richmond has 75 institutional exchange and collaboration agreements, and more than 60% of students participate in study abroad programs. Uliana stressed the importance of faculty involvement in these institutional exchanges. A full presentation can be found here.
Joe Hoff spoke to Council about the C-LAC program at University of Richmond. He explained the goals of the program and also stressed the main purpose of the C-LAC program is to promote a multi-lingual presence on campus. OIE is currently working with 13 departments to encourage students to study abroad for majors and degree requirements. A full presentation can be found here.
2.New Chair Training/New Faculty Orientation
Lisa Gentile thanked everyone for helping with the coordination of new chair training. Trainings will start on Wednesday May 2nd and will focus on a variety of issues, such as how to work with administrative coordinators, how to read department budgets and balances, and many other chair responsibilities. Lisa would like to ask new chairs and program directors if a mentoring program would be helpful for them. Ideally, new chairs and program directors would meet once a month with their mentors over lunch. There was a suggestion from a Council member on mentoring term hires. Lisa has been working with University Communications to put together a new site for chairs and program directors. The goal is to have everything a department chair would need on one webpage.
Malcolm Hill updated Council on new faculty orientation. Malcolm informed Council that he has met with most recent hires as well as chairs that have hired new faculty within the last 3 years. Malcolm is also working with University Communications to put together a webpage that will provide information for new faculty members. Malcolm mentioned the possibility of reorganizing the program by increasing the number of Q&A sessions and offering more social opportunities for the group. Third and fourth year faculty members will also be included as they are often great mentors for new faculty. A question was asked if this program would be limited to A&S faculty or if it will be for all new hires across schools. Dean Skerrett welcomed other schools to participate in this program, as the goal is to build a community. Malcolm will be sending out the schedule soon.
3. Chair Merit Review Process
The dean asked Council to suggest best processes for the annual merit review of department chairs. In the past chairs who are full professors were reviewed by the senior associate dean, and chairs who were associate professors were reviewed by colleagues, such as a committee from their department or a former department chair. Many agreed that faculty members often feel uncomfortable reviewing chairs but some felt that colleagues should still be included in evaluations. Council members suggested the dean evaluate department chairs since the dean knows more about their work. . Another suggestion was to split the evaluations between the three associate deans. Department chairs would have an in-depth review their first year, followed by two short reviews the following years. The main goal is for this process to be consistent. There was also a discussion about the timing of the department’s evaluation of the chair’s administrative work, which occurs in the chair’s third year. Several members suggested that it would be helpful if this evaluation by departmental colleagues were moved up and done after the chair’s first year, rather than in the spring semester of the third year.
The meeting adjourned at 11:44 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Zandria Ivy
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