Welcome!
The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs is
responsible for leadership and management of academic programs, and related
academic support services, and is committed to the pursuit of excellence
in all of the University's activities, in order to educate leaders who
will fashion a more humane and just world.
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Call for Papers and Presentations
Transforming the World and Being Transformed
Colleagues,
I am forwarding for your review a "call for papers and presentations" sent by the national steering committee on justice in Jesuit higher education. This committee is planning for a conference to be held at Fairfield University, June 18-21, 2009. The theme topic for the conference is "Transforming the World and Being Transformed."
For more information, please visit http://www.loyola.edu/Justice/commitment/commitment2009/index.html
Sincerely,
James L. Wiser
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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2007 Faculty Awards
Each year the University of San Francisco confers three
awards to full-time faculty for recognition in three distinct areas:
- excellence in teaching – the Sarlo Prize;
- service of others within and outside the USF community in light of
the legacy of
St. Ignatius - the Ignatian Service Award;
- commitment to service-learning in the curriculum – the Faculty
Service-Learning Award.
This year's awardees are:
Sarlo Prize: PROFESSOR ROBERTA JOHNSON , Department of Politics, College of Arts and Sciences
Ignatian Service Award: PROFESSOR JOAQUIN "JAY" GONAZALEZ, Department of Politics, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Service Learning Award: PROFESSOR LINDA WALSH , School of Nursing
The awards were presented at this year’s 31st Annual University
Service & Merit Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
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In 2007, the University granted the following faculty awards:
Distinguished Adjunct Teaching Award (ex-aequo):
JUDITH GILSON, School of Education
NINA BAKISIAN, College of Arts and Sciences
The Distinguished Adjunct Teaching Award is jointly administered by the University of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco Part-time Faculty Association.
Distinguished Research Award (ex-aequo):
MARTIN A. CLAUSSEN, College of Arts and Sciences
CLAIRE CASTRO and WILLIAM KARNEY, College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Teaching Award:
BRYAN WHALEY, College of Arts and Sciences
The Distinguished Research Award and Distinguished Teaching Award are jointly administered by the University of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco Faculty Association.
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Faculty Resource Network at NYU
Ten USF faculty received grants from the Faculty
Resource Network for the Summer 2007 workshops. The grants
provide faculty an opportunity
to explore topics or fields that enhance their academic and scholarly activities
including curriculum development.
Below are Network Summer 2007 attendees and the seminars they attended:
Karen Bouwer, Global Women's Movements
Catherine Brady, Teaching Creative Writing and Poetry
Kim Connor, American History Through Indigenous Eyes
John Hawk, Archival and Special Collections
Susana Kaiser, From 9/11 to Katrina
Susan Katz, From 9/11 to Katrina
John Koeplin, S.J., Teaching Business Ethics
Theodore Matula, Educating for Civic Engagement
Tracy Seeley, Teaching Creative Writing and Poetry
David Silver, Teaching Creative Writing and Poetry
Applications for the Network Winter 2008 program are now being accepted. Applications are due to the Office of the Provost, LMR 4th floor, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 31, 2007. Please
contact the Office of the Provost at ext. 6136 for more information or
http://www.nyu.edu/frn/
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