Faculty Professional Development Committee
The Faculty Professional Development Committee (FPDC) consists of four elected tenure-track or tenured faculty representatives, two academic managers appointed by the President of California University of Pennsylvania, the FPDC Center Coordinator, and Chairs of the five FPDC subcommittees.
The FPDC:
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determines, with input from faculty and management, the thematic emphasis for an academic year;
- promotes workshops, presentations, forums, etc., which encompass all areas of scholarship;
- develops criteria, evaluates proposals which have been endorsed by the appropriate dean, makes awards, monitors expenditures, and evaluates the report of results for awards;
- recruits faculty for the State System of Higher Education Summer Teaching Academy and recommends those faculty to the president or his/her designee;
- receives recommendations for workload equivalency awards from the subcommittees and makes recommendations to the president for his/her designee;
- coordinates on-campus grant activities and supports external grantsmanship;
- informs, in writing, all faculty who apply for grants, workload equivalencies, or other services of the Committee's action regarding such applications;
- oversees the Center, assists in an advisory capacity, and evaluates the Center's overall program and the functions of the coordinator;
- assists the subcommittees on Teaching and Learning, Service and Service-Learning, Research, Technology and Grants and Contracts, by furnishing clerical and organizational support allocating and monitoring expenditures of funds as well as providing Committee and managerial clarification upon request; and
- ascertains faculty professional development needs and plans, and implements/ evaluates programs to address these needs.
Summary
The FPD Committee coordinates FPD activities for the University and serves as a conduit for the State System FPD Council and its various programs.
The University President appoints two academic managers to the FPDC, designating one of them as the management representative to the System FPD Council; faculty members from each undergraduate college (and the non-teaching faculty) are elected as the faculty representatives to the FPD Council. The Committee facilitates FPD through several subcommittees and the FPD Center. The Chair (or Co-Chair) of each of the five subcommittees (elected by the committee members), the Coordinator of the Faculty Center, and the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research serve as members. The Committee elects its chair annually and selects the faculty representative to the System FPD Council.
The Committee meets bi-weekly during the fall and spring semesters and is available during the summer as needed.
Members of the Faculty Professional Development Committee
Ali Sezer
Co-Chair, FPDC
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Representing the Eberly College of Science and Technology
724-938-5934
sezer@calu.edu
Craig Smith
Co-Chair, FPDC
Department of History and Political Science
Representing the College of Liberal Arts
History and Political Science
724-938-6055
smith_c@calu.edu
Chad Hanna
Co-Chair of the Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
724-938-5989
hanna@calu.edu
Kurt Kearcher
Faculty Center Coordinator
Department of English/Writing Center
724-938-4336
724-938-4585
kearcher@calu.edu
Stanley Komacek
Associate Vice President
Interim Associate Provost
Office of Provost/Academic Affairs
724-938-4407
komacek@calu.edu
Harry Langley
Office of Student Retention
Management Representative
724-938-1523
langley@calu.edu
Elizabeth Larsen
Co-Chair of the Service and Service-Learning Subcommittee
Department of Justice, Law, & Society
724-938-4149
larsen@calu.edu
Min Li
Co-Chair of the Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
Department of Chemistry and Physics
724-938-4152
li@calu.edu
Karen McCullough
Co-Chair of the Service and Service-Learning Subcommittee
Department of English
724-938-4103
mccullough@calu.edu
Julia McGinnis
Library Services
Representing Non-teaching Faculty
724-938-5472
mcginnis@calu.edu
Sarah Meiss
Chair of the Grants and Contracts Subcommittee
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
724-938-4203
meiss@calu.edu
Matthew Price
Chair of the Technology Subcommittee
Department of Chemistry and Physics
724-938-4153
price@calu.edu
Ashlea Rineer-Hershey
Representing the College of Education and Human Services
Early, Middle, and Special Education Department
724-938-4495
rineerhershey@calu.edu
Mark Tebbitt
Chair of the Research Subcommittee
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
724-938-4207
tebbitt@calu.edu
Faculty Professional Development Organizational Structure
The FPDC oversees the program through activities developed and supported by the Center and various FPD subcommittees. All FPD activities follow established policies and procedures approved by the FPDC, the Provost, the President and the Council of Trustees of the University.
Subcommittees
Contact the FPDC
Faculty Professional Development Center
Kurt Kearcher, Center Coordinator
Patricia McClain, FPD Program Assistant
Azorsky 134
250 University Avenue
California, PA 15419-1394
724-938-4505
FAX 724-938-4370
fpdc@calu.edu
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