Each year,
a member of the senior
faculty of the University serves as
a part-time member of the staff of the Office
of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. His/her responsibilities
encompass the full range of activities of that office, and
he/she meets such duties
as are asked by the Provost or the Chancellor.
Current Openings
The Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs has announced an opening for a
Faculty Fellow. The appointment will begin in
January 2011 and continue
through the Fall 2011 semester. The
selection is being done now, in order to give the
department more time to work with the selected faculty
member to cover teaching responsibilities.
Any tenured
member of the faculty with the rank of associate
professor or professor is eligible. A
letter of interest and current curriculum vitae should
be addressed to Provost Joan Lorden
and emailed to
AcademicAffairs@uncc.edu. Letters should
contain brief descriptions of projects that might be
undertaken during tenure as a faculty associate.
Deadline for
application is March 19, 2010.
For further information, please
call Mary Pat Young at
extension 7-5736.
Purposes
of the Program
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To extend and strengthen
staff resources available for the academic administration of the University;
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To provide an internship in
academic administration for interested members of the faculty;
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To increase the understanding
within the faculty of the practices and procedures of academic administration
at UNC Charlotte;
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To provide ongoing faculty
involvement and input into Academic Affairs decision-making; and
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To assist in the development
of specific projects and/or University operations.
Qualifications for Appointment
Any tenured member of the faculty appointed to the
ranks of Associate Professor or Professor may be considered to serve as
Provost Faculty Fellow with the title of Assistant to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs.
Conditions of the Appointment
Appointees serve for a twelve-month period to be
negotiated. Appointees holding nine-month appointments are paid their regular
academic year salary augmented by summer pay equivalent to one- or two-ninths of
that academic-year salary depending on part-time or full-time summer duties.
(Arrangements satisfactory to the individual and to the Provost will be made to
permit Faculty Fellows to be away from the University for the equivalent of
one month during the year of appointment.) Appointees holding twelve-month
appointments are paid their regular salary and receive their usual vacation
leave.
Provost Faculty
Fellows maintain strong programs of
faculty activities during their period of appointment. Consequently, each
teaches one or two courses per semester during the academic year and provides
sufficient additional professional and service contributions to their department
and college to constitute at least half of their effort for the University.
Funds are provided from central resources to provide instructors for courses
that otherwise would have been taught by a Faculty Fellow, while other duties
are covered from departmental and college sources.
Responsibilities
Provost Faculty
Fellows participate in the full range
of activities of the Office of Academic Affairs. Responsibility to conduct
specific tasks in University administration which match the experience and
talents of the Faculty Fellow are assigned by the Provost. Such tasks may
have their primary loci in the offices of the Chancellor, the Provost or, as
appropriate, a college dean.
Procedures for Appointment
Senior members of the faculty interested in
participating in the program who meet the qualifications for appointment should
write to the Provost about their interest.
Appointees are selected in part for their
interests in issues identified within the University faculty and administration
which will be under study and development during their period of appointment.
Schedule for Appointment
The Provost invites faculty members to be
considered for appointment as Faculty
Fellows as positions become available.
Although there are not vacancies every year, this is generally done in the
spring semester and appointments are announced as soon as arrangements for the
appointment are complete.
