CAS Faculty Meeting
1 May 2014
Alumni House
3:30-5:30 p.m.
AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes
B. Announcements & Reports
1. ASCC Annual Report, Prof. Miecznikowski (ASCC Chair)
C. Mission Statement Working Group – Vote (see the revised draft of the Mission Statement below)
1. Reading of the final CAS Mission Statement Draft
2. Vote on approval of CAS Mission Statement (up or down vote, no changes to the statement)
D. Elections (4 positions; see call for nominations below)
1. CAS Faculty Chair, 2-year term, serves ex officio on CAS Planning Committee
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
o nominees must be tenured
2. ASPC Committee Member, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 1-year term (replacement for Walker)
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
3. ASPC Committee Member, Humanities, 2-year term
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
4. ASPC Committee Member, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2-year term
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
E. CAS Teaching Award (Announcement of Winner)
F. CAS Faculty Books Published
G. Tenure & Promotion Announcement
H. Dean's Remarks
I. Closing Remarks by CAS Faculty Chair
H. Adjourn to Celebration of CAS Faculty Accomplishments
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)
Marti 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
At
the May 1st meeting of the
College of Arts & Sciences faculty, we will conduct elections for
the FOUR 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). Nominations
will also be accepted from the floor during our May 1st meeting.
1. CAS Faculty Chair, 2-year term, serves ex officio on AS Planning Committee
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
o nominees must be tenured
2. ASPC Committee Member, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 1-year term (replacement for Walker)
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
3. ASPC Committee Member, Humanities, 2-year term
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
4. ASPC Committee Member, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2-year term
o nominees must be able to attend meetings (typically monthly) on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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College of Arts & Sciences Mission Statement
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April 11, 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. In classrooms, studios and
laboratories, on campus and around the globe, our faculty and students
work together, calling on the vital intellectual values of analysis,
reflection, discernment and imagination to understand the past, engage
our present and shape our personal and collective futures.
The College challenges students
to learn and grow, personally and professionally, through 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
and its cross-disciplinary Core Pathways. It sponsors a host of
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, in order to advance
knowledge and solve real-world problems. It fosters and mentors student
research to support the next generation of informed and articulate
scholars, thinkers, and public intellectuals. College faculty lead
national and global academic communities and demonstrate their
commitment to the public good through scholarship and creative work.
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.
We undertake this journey
together -- exploring the complexities of the human condition,
experiencing the wonders of artistic creation, investigating the
intricacies of the universe, and reflecting on the mysteries of the
sacred -- so that we may all do our part to promote a just and peaceful
world. In all that we do, the College of Arts and Sciences affirms the
enduring importance of a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition.