Back by popular demand! This summer, starting in July and following a successful spring pilot, we will continue to host “Write-in-Place” sessions where faculty can sit together...
Writing Support for Summer 2021 & Fall 2021
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VICE PROVOST OF FACULTY AFFAIRS
Kate Willink is the University’s Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and an Associate Professor of Communication Studies. The Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (VPFA) works closely with the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and faculty members across the university to support the continued excellence of DU faculty by enhancing faculty development initiatives, increasing faculty diversity, and building a strong, inclusive, and collaborative faculty community. Through collaboration and innovation, Kate works closely with deans and department heads to recruit and retain high-quality faculty, support faculty career advancement, and to create collaborative department cultures that support transparency, equity, trust and belonging.
The You Rock! program encourages faculty and staff to recognize each other for small and large accomplishments.
What we do
The VPFA welcomes and orients new faculty to DU; coordinates faculty development programs across campus; serves as a central resource for information about faculty and faculty policies; supports deans and department leaders with searches, hiring, retention, and advancement; assists faculty with grievances; offers programs to orient new academic leaders; supports programs to enhance teaching; and works with departments, colleges, and other offices to enhance faculty experiences. We work with academic leaders across campus to enhance DU’s efforts to support faculty.
COACHE
In spring of 2019, DU joined the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. COACHE, a consortium of more than 200 colleges and universities, is a research initiative committed to supporting senior academic officers in developing best faculty recruitment and talent management practices.
Symposium
The Symposium Implementation Initiatives are building significant initiatives that will serve the institution, units, and faculty for years to come. We hope these initiatives, building on the summer symposium, will train and support chairs and departments and make meaningful changes for all faculty at the local unit level.
News and updates
Enacting Equity for Teaching and Professional Series Faculty: Appointments and Promotion in MCE
Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, Associate Dean and Professor It’s hard to believe that it was six years ago when the Morgridge College of Education (MCE) first adopted a stand-alone...
Congratulations to the DU-MERISTEM team on earning a NSF-ADVANCE grant
We're so excited to announce that a team of cross-disciplinary campus leaders, led by Professor Anna Sher and supported by the Office of the Provost, has been awarded the...
Celebrating Faculty
Congratulations to the You Rock! Winners for the month of June. The You Rock! program (with hat tip to Morgridge College of Education) encourages faculty and staff to recognize...
New Faculty Onboarding
We’re looking forward to welcoming new faculty to DU in 2021! For those starting this Fall, and faculty who started in the pandemic disrupted 2020-2021 year, we offer summer and...
Call: New Faculty Learning Community
Please invite your first-year faculty (started in 2020-21) or incoming faculty (starting in 2021-22) to join the second “Teacher Scholar” Faculty Learning Community (FLC). FLCs...
CONTACT VPFA
We would love to hear from you, your office, and/or faculty within your departments to learn more about your unit, and to hear hopes and concerns of faculty.