A. Approval of Minutes
B. Mission Statement Working Group (update and discussion: see attached draft)
C. Announcements & Reports
1. University Water Theme, Prof. Yarrington
2. ASCC Course Proposal System, Prof. Miecznikowski
D. Call for nominations (see call for nominations below)
1. CAS Faculty Chair, 2-year term, serves ex officio on AS Planning Committee
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
*nominees must be tenured
2. ASPC Committee Member, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 2-year term
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
3. ASPC Committee Member, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2-year term
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
E. Dean's Remarks, followed by Q&A
F. Adjournment, followed by CAS reception
CAS Faculty Meetings
Friday, March 7, 3:30-5:00 (Alumni House)
Thursday, May 1, 3:30-5:00 (Alumni House, Annual CAS Celebration)
Arts & Sciences Planning Committee
Ex officio
Robbin Crabtree, Dean
Sally O’Driscoll, Chair of CAS (2012-2014, second term)
Scott Lacy, Secretary of CAS (2013-2015, second term)
Elected
Bob Epstein, Humanities (2012-14)
Dave Crawford, Behavioral & Social Sciences (2012-14)
Marty Lomonaco, Interdisciplinary Programs (2013-15)
Brian Walker, Natural Sciences & Mathematics (2013-15)*
*vacating position in Fall 2014 to assume Associate Dean position
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
College of Arts & Sciences
At
the May 1st meeting of the College of Arts & Sciences faculty, we
will conduct elections for the three positions listed below.
Faculty members who are interested in any of these positions, or those
wishing to nominate colleagues, please contact: CAS Chair, Sally
O'Driscoll (sodriscoll@fairfield.edu) or CAS Secretary, Scott Lacy
(slacy@fairfield.edu).
1. ASPC Chair, 2-year term
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
*nominees must be tenured
2. ASPC Committee Member, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 2-year term
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
3. ASPC Committee Member, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2-year term
*nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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College of Arts and Sciences Mission Statement
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February 21, 2014
The
College of Arts and Sciences is the academic foundation of Fairfield
University. It serves its students, faculty, and staff, as well as the
University’s other schools and the larger community, through teaching,
research, and service in the Jesuit tradition.
The College challenges its
students to academic and professional excellence in undergraduate
departmental and interdisciplinary majors and minors, as well as
graduate and continuing education programs. It provides an integrative
immersion in the liberal arts through the breadth and depth of the Core
Curriculum. It sponsors academic and cultural activities that connect
the University to the broader world and promote life-long learning. In
all its endeavors, the College encourages openness to difference and a
willingness to view the world from diverse perspectives.
As a community of scholars, the
College engages in innovative research and professional activities in a
spirit of collaboration across disciplines. It fosters and mentors
student research. The College exercises leadership in national and
global academic communities.
As a community of educated
citizens, the College responds to the Jesuit call to be women and men
for others, by seeking to instill in its students a habit of service
and a life-long commitment to social justice in their personal and
professional lives.
Across its majors, minors, and
the Core Curriculum, in classrooms, studios and laboratories, on campus
and beyond, our faculty and students call on the vital intellectual
values of analysis, reflection, discernment and imagination to engage
our present and shape our future. Together, we explore the complexities
of the human condition, experience the wonders of artistic creation,
investigate the intricacies of the universe, and reflect on the
mysteries of the sacred, so that we may do our part to promote a just
and fruitful world.
In all that we do, the College of
Arts and Sciences affirms the continuing importance of a liberal arts
education in the Jesuit tradition