2024 UNT Foundation Award winners, from left: Jim Meernik, Political Science, Eminent Faculty Award; Joseph Oppong, Toulouse Graduate School, Faculty Leadership Award; Lauren Mathews, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Community Engagement Award; Marissa Zorola, Merchandising and Digital Retailing, Outstanding Lecturer Award. | |
Faculty Success Newsletter
April 2024 – Corrected
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Greetings Mean Green Colleagues,
We're sharing this revised version of our April newsletter to make sure you're up to date on all the exciting things happening in Faculty Success this month. We apologize for any confusion!
We will soon be honoring our 2024 Salute to Faculty recipients. Our faculty pictured have been recognized with the prestigious UNT Foundation awards for their excellence in teaching, leadership, research, and service. I am excited to honor them and so many more of our outstanding faculty later this month at our beautiful Frisco Landing campus. If you are a fan or colleague of one of our awardees, we invite you to RSVP and come celebrate with us.
Faculty Success and the University Libraries will also celebrate our book authors in the UNT Salute to Faculty Book Authors Celebration on April 17. I hope you will join us.
Drum roll, please!! A huge wingspan clap for completing the COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey! Over 50% of UNT's eligible full-time faculty shared their perspectives about 25 factors of job satisfaction. We will receive the results in the early summer and work with our COACHE Steering Committee to disseminate the results and identify actionable steps to continue improving the faculty work experience. A shout-out to faculty in the Colleges of Applied and Collaborative Studies, Visual Arts and Design, and Health and Public Service for having completion rates over 60%! For our larger colleges, G. Brint Ryan College of Business and CLASS also pulled over 50%.
As we turn an eagle eye to the future, Faculty Success just launched our 2024-2025 Mentoring Grants on our InfoReady Portal. This funding opportunity supports our faculty in deepening their developmental relationships within and outside of UNT. It is one of the many ways Faculty Success supports your faculty career!
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Holly M. Hutchins, Ph.D. (she/her)
Vice Provost, Faculty Success
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Faculty Writing Group
Bring your writing project to this come-and-go retreat in Marquis Hall! RSVP on the Faculty Success website.
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Teaching portfolios are invaluable tools for showcasing your teaching excellence, fostering professional development and advancing your career. In this three-and-a-half-day, in-person workshop, you will build your own digital teaching portfolio with one-on-one guidance from an experienced mentor and leave with a professional dossier that highlights your teaching prowess.
Seats are limited, so reserve your spot ASAP!
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Three instructors were recognized for their dedication to OLLI at UNT during the program's annual Faculty Appreciation Dinner March 28 at Robson Ranch. Provost McPherson presented the 2024 Provost's OLLI at UNT Faculty Award to:
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Annette Becker (’15 M.A.), Curator and Director of the UNT CVAD Texas Fashion Collection
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Laura Evans, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art Education
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Max Morley (’65 B.M., ’67 M.M., ’79 D.M.A.)
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From left: Provost McPherson, Annette Becker, Laura Evans, Max Morley, President Neal Smatresk | | |
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Andrew Chung of the College of Music earns NEH Grant
Assistant professor of music theory Andrew J. Chung has been awarded a nine-month fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Chung’s fellowship will assist him in the completion of his book, Music’s Long Anthropocene: The Climate of Empire and the Sound of Ecological Disaster.
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Senate Bill 17 FAQs
The UNT System Office of General Counsel has provided a series of FAQs as general guidance regarding the implementation of SB 17. The information is broad, ranging from employee and student recruitment to course instruction, events and data collection, and may not cover every situation that arises. For answers to specific questions, please reach out to the Faculty Success team or the Office of General Counsel.
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Evaluation of Part-Time Instructors
UNT Policy 06.024, Evaluation of Part-Time Instructors, is a policy that has been revised and re-established. It provides the framework for developing and implementing unit-level processes related to the regular evaluation of part-time faculty (e.g., adjuncts) and teaching fellows. This process will be conducted university-wide beginning in spring 2025.
To learn more about the policies that govern faculty please view the Chapter 6 (Academic Affairs) policies in our UNT Policy Manual. Questions about a policy or have suggestions about a revision? Don't hesitate to get in touch with Assistant Vice Provost, Angie Cartwright at Angie.Cartwright@unt.edu.
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SPOT survey opens April 15
Student Perceptions of Teaching (SPOT), the student evaluation system for UNT, runs April 15 through May 2. While SPOT is just one of many tools our university uses to assess teaching effectiveness (UNT Policy 6.007), encouraging your students to share their feedback can help improve the student experience across our university.
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In the SPOT faculty portal, you can add custom questions to your course evaluations, pull past term reports and preview surveys created by your department SPOT coordinator. For more information and administration tools, visit the SPOT website or email spot@unt.edu. | |
Support your colleagues as an ERG coordinator
The UNT Asian Pacific Islander (API) Network is in need of one or two volunteer coordinators to ensure they are able to continue functioning as an Employee Resource Group.
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The role involves communicating with group members and planning meetups, and previous volunteer coordinators will gladly provide mentoring and transition assistance to new coordinators. Email faculty.success@unt.edu if you are interested in serving alongside a great group of UNT faculty and staff!
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UNT ELEVAR survey
UNT ELEVAR, UNT's award-winning postsecondary program for adults with intellectual disabilities, is conducting a research study examining attitudes and perceptions regarding the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities on college campuses. You can contribute to their important project by completing this brief survey.
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Tune into UNT's new podcast
Happy Friday, North Texas! is a new podcast for the UNT community dedicated to sharing the stories that make our university so unique. The first episode — featuring physics lecturer Rebekah Purvis and associate professor of history Zoe Ortiz — is now available to stream on the HFNT website or wherever you listen to podcasts, and the second episode drops this Friday!
Have an idea for a story or know a colleague or student who would make a great guest? Email podcast@unt.edu with your suggestions!
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Design the next We Mean Green Fund logo
UNT’s We Mean Green Fund Committee, which supports environmentally sustainable projects on campus, needs a new logo. Current UNT students, faculty and staff are invited to submit a logo of their own design by noon Monday, April 22, for a chance to win a $50 shopping trip to Barnes & Noble or Voertman’s. Official rules and logo requirements can be found here.
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We want to hear from you!
If you have suggestions or items you'd like us to feature in the newsletter, please email faculty.success@unt.edu by the end of each month. You also can find us on X: @UNTFacSuccess.
Faculty Success supports UNT faculty in developing their professional community, enriching their capabilities and advancing their careers.
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