Provost and Dean of the Faculty Announcements

I am pleased to announce the appointments of two new division directors: Yukari Hirata, Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, will lead the Division of Arts and Humanities (AHUM) and Rob Nemes, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, will lead the Division of Social Sciences (SOSC) beginning July 1, 2024.

In my role as ADoF, I have received a number of inquiries over the past several months regarding the timing for pre-tenure comprehensive review and tenure review. The goal of this memo is to make transparent the policies that may impact this timing, so that pre-tenure faculty and their mentors are better informed about their options.

Thank you for your time and attention during the first faculty meeting of the new year. It was a pleasure to speak with all of you regarding the new NAGPRA Regulations and Colgate University’s institutional compliance.

Last week, we sent a memo to chairs and program directors (hereafter, chairs), to help shape their thinking about how to structure a course schedule

Your online load reports are available for approval as of today, Tuesday, Feb. 6. As you likely know, drop/add ended last week.

I am honored to announce that at their meeting on January 27, 2024, the Board of Trustees formally and enthusiastically approved two resolutions: that the faculty members listed immediately below be granted continuous tenure and be promoted to the rank of associate professor, and that the associate professors in the following list be promoted to full professor.

In fall 2023, the Academic Affairs Board instituted changes in the processes associated with students withdrawing from a course at Colgate University.

The Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty encourage faculty and students to continue conversations outside of the classroom.

The Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty will be sponsoring Faculty Research Retreats for the 2023–24 academic year.

As you finalize your syllabi for the spring of 2024, we write with some information relevant to your teaching this coming term.