Creating and successfully executing an administrative project under the mentorship of the Dean and/or one of the associate deans of the College. The project may be in the areas of curricular and academic program development, student recruitment and retention, budget oversight and development, professional development and mentoring programs for faculty, students, or postdocs, or advancement, grant-writing and fundraising. Each participant meets with the Dean and/or their associate dean mentor at least weekly.

Participating in weekly leadership meetings to discuss scholarship on academic leadership and to listen to presentations on academic administration. These weekly meetings will seek to deepen understanding of academic leadership through discussion and dialogue with the ideas of experienced leaders in the college. The discussions include reflecting on issues affecting faculty, students, postdocs, and staff.

The Dean’s Office will select a full-time faculty member of any rank for a leadership role in undergraduate affairs and science education. The Dean’s Faculty Fellow will complete a one-year experience on revising and updating our teaching evaluations, including the peer evaluations and the students feedback forms. Program outcomes will support our commitment to teaching excellence, and the development of rubrics and metrics for teaching evaluations. The Dean’s Office is committed to institutional change, and this Fellows program aims to provide additional concrete ways of engaging in deep, meaningful professional development at CST.

The Dean’s Office will select a full-time faculty member of any rank for a leadership role in graduate and postdoctoral affairs. The Dean’s Faculty Fellow will complete a one-year experience on developing didactical tools and on implementing best practices for improving our mentoring practices for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Program outcomes will support our commitment to graduate education, and the development of individual mentoring plans for postdocs. The Dean’s Office is committed to institutional change, and this Fellows program aims to provide additional concrete ways of engaging in deep, meaningful professional development at CST.

Each selected faculty fellow is awarded the following:

1. One course release in Fall 2025.
2. A summer appointment equivalent to one summer course (i.e., 9% of salary).
3. An administrative stipend of $5,000.
4. Mentorship, support and opportunities to gain leadership experience and knowledge while contributing to CST. Fellows typically have a mentoring plan, professional development support, and access to college, campus, and university-wide leadership development opportunities.

1. All full-time faculty, including tenured, tenure-track, instructional and lecturers, are eligible.
2. Faculty in their terminal year of employment at CST are not eligible.
3. Faculty who are on disciplinary action or remediation plans are not eligible.

To apply, please submit the following by 5:00 p.m. on November 15, 2024:

1. A letter of interest that
              a. Highlights the initiative of interest and
              b. Introduces the qualifications and/or experiences that make the applicant a strong candidate for the initiative of interest
2. Two-page curriculum vitae, and
3. A letter of support from the department chair.

Email application materials and any questions to CST Dean at [click-for-email]. Please include “Dean’s Faculty Fellow Application” in the subject line.