[Vpaaetal] FW: Faculty Development and Competitive Travel Awards

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  The Faculty Development Committee website has now been fully updated.  The
application deadline for Faculty Development Grants and Competitive Travel
Awards is October 15.  Please consult the website for further information,
criteria, and application forms.

 <http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/facdev/>
http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/facdev/ 

There are two noteworthy changes this year.  First, submit your applications
to the Provost's Office (BA 280), not to the College of Arts and Sciences.
Second, because we are initiating an on-line system that will enable the
Faculty Development Committee members to review and rate your applications
from their home or office computer, your application and any supporting
materials will have to be scanned by the staff in the Provost's Office.  For
this reason, we urge faculty to exercise restraint and limit the number of
pages that you submit!  For example, do not submit an entire conference
program; the page on which your panel or presentation appears is sufficient.
Likewise, 30 or 40-page vitas are a very bad idea; we encourage
short-version vitas of 5 pages or less.  A formal letter of acceptance from
your conference or workshop organizer remains a crucial component of your
application.

(It may occur to someone that scanning their own materials and submitting an
electronic application to the Provost's Office would be helpful; please
don't do it, since the hard copy you submit is our safeguard against
computer problems, and some Committee members may wish to review hard copy
instead of using the new system.)

The Committee will still meet, in the old-fashioned way, to discuss the
applications; applicants will be notified around November 1 about the
outcome.  Direct questions or concerns to me, rather than to the Provost's
Office.  Thank you for your cooperation in helping us make the transition to
the new system.

                                                        

Isaac Land 
Dept. of History / Faculty Development Committee Chair 




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