It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly a year since DU joined the ASPIRE IChange Network in pursuit of greater equity and justice for historically marginalized faculty in...
IChange Update
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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
Data-Driven Decision Making in University College
Allison O’Grady, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, University College and Bobbie Kite, Associate Dean, University College University College has shifted to a...
ReMapping NATIVE Denver
What happens when you approach representations of space by centering the stories, landscapes, art, and oral traditions of Native peoples—instead of colonized images which erase...
New Faculty Onboarding & Call: New Faculty “Teacher Scholar” Faculty Learning Community
Thanks and welcome to new faculty members who joined us at orientation on 8/24/2021. If you weren’t able to make it, please log-on to the Faculty Onboarding Canvas Course to...
Neurodiversity Institute
Leslie Alvarez, Director of the Office of Teaching & Learning and Alison Staudinger, Director of Faculty Development & Career Advancement Which of the following are...
“Activity Insight” Is Now “Watermark Faculty Success”
Activity Insight (also known as Digital Measures) changed its name to “Watermark Faculty Success” in August. Watermark Faculty Success is used for faculty data and reporting, and...
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.