Apply for the Provost Award for Departmental Excellence in Faculty Mentoring by Feb. 29
Are you in a department that has a strong faculty mentoring program? If so, submit your proposal for the Inaugural 2024 Provost Award for Departmental Excellence in Faculty Mentoring. The winning department will receive $8,000 and a university plaque recognizing their achievement.
The award will be given to the department or academic unit on campus that best displays excellence in onboarding, mentoring and professional development of tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty. The winning department will be asked to share and showcase its mentoring program with other units on campus.
Departmental applications are due by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, on the Faculty Affairs website.
For additional guidelines, selection criteria and more information, visit the Faculty Affairs website or contact Anna Zajicek, vice provost for faculty affairs, at azajicek@uark.edu or Stephanie Adams, director of faculty development, at facdev@uark.edu.
Contacts
Anna Zajicek, vice provost for faculty affairs
Office for Faculty Affairs
479-575-5149,
azajicek@uark.edu
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