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3rd Edition Faculty Affairs Spotlight

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Happening in Faculty Affairs

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New Faculty Hiring Initiatives -

The ACES Plus Program was created to ensure the presence of promising faculty from underrepresented demographics as the University continues to pursue impactful means of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate education experiences. To help develop new cultural understanding across campus through research, creativity teaching and service, the Vice President for Faculty Affairs - in partnership with the Office for Diversity - will allocate funds for the hiring of new mid-career and senior faculty candidates that share the unique ethnic, gender-based, cultural and life experiences of our A&M student body.

The President’s Eminent Faculty Hiring Program is a reflection of the priority Texas A&M places on the recruitment of faculty members who are national academy members or honorees of equivalent bodies. To incentivize recruitment, the Vice President for Faculty Affairs will allocate funds specifically for the hiring of qualified candidates.

Please work with your Department Heads and Deans to help identify and recruit oustanding faculty to our working and learning community.

Faculty Focus

Texas A&M Faculty Continue to Garner Global Recognition -

  • Dr. Ali Erdemir (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering) was elected to the European Academy of Sciences & Arts. At the inauguration ceremony in Salzburg (Austria), Dr. Erdemir met fellow inductee and Texas A&M University at Qatar professor, Dr. Tingwen Huang.
  • Three illustrious faculty members balance out Texas A&M's class of 2022-2023 Fulbright Scholars:
    • Dr. Eduardo Espina (Paraguay), Professor, Hispanic Studies Department, College of Arts & Sciences
    • Dr. Mikko Tuhkanen (Norway), Professor, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences
    • Dr. Karl Woodmansey (Nepal), Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Endodontics, College of Dentistry
  • Dr. Roderic Pettigrew was presented the 2022 EMBS Distinguished Service Award at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Meeting in Glasgow (Scotland), where he was accompanied by a host of Texas A&M faculty member presenters and speakers:

Mark Your Calendars

Amplify Your Impact

The nomination period for the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships is now open! Department Heads and/or other Senior Researchers may nominate eligible faculty members in the Sciences, Mathematics and Economics disciplines for the $75,000 fellowships up until the Thursday, September 15th, 2022 deadline.

The nomination period for the 2023 Alan T. Waterman Award is now open! Nominees will be accepted from any field of science and engineering supported by the National Science Foundation. The award recipient will receive a $1 Million grant for scientific research or advanced study in any NSF-supported field at the institution of the recipient’s choosing. Complete nomination packages are due Friday, September 16th, 2022.

The application for the 2023 Jefferson Science Fellowships will open in early August of 2022! These fellowships serve as an innovative model for engaging the American academic science, technology, engineering and medical communities in US foreign policy and international development through a 1-year assignment at the US Department of State and the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The application deadline is Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 at 5pm EST.

International Research Opportunities -

The Division of Academic and Strategic Collaborations facilitates education abroad along with some international research opportunities that allow A&M faculty and students to make significant impacts around the world. Likewise, the University provides faculty members direct connections to some of the facilities (Soltis Center for Research & Education) and entities (Mexico Partnership Services) that host some of the top research and scholarship environments in Central America.

Campus News

Texas A&M Learning Environment Engagement Program -

Starting this Fall, under the direction of Executive Director Michael Dewsnap, PhD, MSEd and the Office for Diversity, the University will begin implementation of a University-wide Learning Environment Engagement Program (LEEP) with the intention of recognizing Aggies at every level of the campus community who embody our Aggie Core Values to enrich our learning and working environments.The goals of the initiative are to:

  • Enrich the campus environment through the establishment of a system and process to operationalize our Aggie Core Values
  • Engage the campus community to collaboratively foster a culture of excellence and climate of respect
  • Enhance workplace satisfaction and employee retention by elevating the daily efforts of our campus community members that often go unnoticed (i.e., invisible labor)

Highlighting The Path Forward Approved Working Group Implementation Report -

Outlined as of Approval Date - May 23rd, 2022

Working Group 21 – Student Organizations will be tiered into a level of affiliation-by-level of risk Quadrant system. Student leaders and faculty advisors will be required to complete Quadrant-specific training annually. Student Organization members must be Texas A&M students. The Student Organization Development Administration (SODA) and Leadership and Service Center (LSC) will merge within the Department of Student Activities to facilitate a prioritization of Student Organization Leadership Development. All Student Organization conduct processes will be transitioned into the Student Conduct Office. An Advisor Incentive Program will be implemented to provide financial support or a service activity component for advising student organizations.

Working Group 29 – A new centralized system for shared oversight of all endowment and gift accounts will be established within the Texas A&M Foundation (TAMF). An ‘office of gift oversight’ will manage a centralization of processes intended to provide a more consistent donor experience which should lead to better long-term philanthropic outcomes. A comprehensive “gift database” will allow accurate gift awarding and reporting, as well as standardized review of gift agreements. Administrators that currently manage fiduciary spending and steward gifts will remain in their current units to preserve the historical knowledge and familiarity within those respective departments, while reporting to this new office.

 

Originally Released Thursday, July 28th, 2022