Provost James Staros has named John McCarthy, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School; Robert Feldman, Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences; and Julie Hayes, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Terrence Murray Professorship. The intention of the Murray Professorship is to secure the attention of the senior faculty for programs for Commonwealth Honors College students by providing significant support for program or curriculum development. Although this Professorship is of a fixed term, it is
ENDOWED CHAIR IN THE STUDY OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION AND CIVIL RESISTANCE
The University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications and nominations for a visionary scholar of distinction to serve as the inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance, a
The search committee for Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts has identified two finalists: Julie Candler Hayes Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and Audrey L. Altstadt, Professor of History. Meetings will be held in 174-76 Campus Center.
The search committee for Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences has identified Interim Dean Robert Feldman as a finalist. Dr. Feldman will meet with Heads & Chairs, Staff and Faculty in Campus Center 162-175 on February 1, 2012.
The search committee for Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School have identified two finalists, John McCarthy, Distinguished University Professor and Special Assistant to the Provost, and Elizabeth Dumont, Professor of Biology and Director of the Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
Provost Jim Staros and the College of Engineering Dean Search Committee are pleased to announce that two finalists for the position of the Dean of the College of Engineering will be visiting our campus during the Week of December 12-16. The two finalists are:
Three internal Dean searches have begun for Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. The search committees will review applications beginning December 1, 2011 and will also be accepting nominations for the
Mary Deane Sorcinelli, associate provost for faculty development and director of the Center for Teaching & Faculty Development, visited Egypt in September to lead a review of The American University in Cairo's Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). She was joined by Frank Moretti, Executive director of new media teaching and learning at Columbia University. More...