Eastern’s mission and faculty
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2012
Eastern’s faculty
Staff size
Full-time faculty: 193
Adjunct/part-time faculty: 264
Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1
97% of full-time faculty hold terminal degrees
Faculty stay here:
Swanson,Timothy Alan Associate Professor Physical Sciences 9/1/1966
Holowaty,William P. Professor Athletics 9/1/1968
Lemons,Robert Mccord Professor Performing Arts 9/1/1971
Elliott,Phillip F. Professor Biology 8/30/1977
Levin,Martin A. Professor Biology 1/15/1978
Pachis,Dimitrios S. Professor Economics 8/30/1978
Wynn,Charles Martin Professor Physical Sciences 8/24/1979
Ricklin,Leslie Perfect Professor Education 1/15/1980
Switchenko,Daniel Bruce Professor Health and Phys Educ 8/31/1981
Trawick-Smith,Jeffrey Professor - Endowed Chair Education 8/20/1982
Wolf,Robert J. Associate Professor Sociology 8/20/1982
Voluntary turnover rates
Faculty: 4.0%
Other staff: 6.0%
Eastern’s 2008-2013 Strategic Plan
The role of the faculty in fulfilling
Eastern’s mission.
http://www.easternct.edu/
strategicplanning/pdf/StrategicReport
2008-2013_AbridgedVersion.pdf
Eastern’s mission
Eastern Connecticut State University is the state’s
designated public liberal arts college. Within the
Connecticut State University System, Eastern, a
predominantly undergraduate institution, attracts and
welcomes a diverse community of learners, supported
by a teaching faculty, staff, administrators, and a
residential campus, all of which promote intellectual
curiosity, integrity, and social responsibility.
Core values
As members of a learning and teaching community committed to academic excellence,
we the faculty, students, staff and administration of Eastern Connecticut State University,
the state’s public liberal arts institution, share this set of values:
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:
Eastern embraces rigorous academic standards and intellectual inquiry as a benchmark
for educational achievement for all of its students, faculty, and staff. This expectation
informs every mode of learning on campus, from individual courses and degree programs
to university presentations and cultural events.
ENGAGEMENT:
Members of the university community develop intellectually, creatively and socially
through active and reflective learning in and outside the classroom, interdisciplinary
studies, and individual and collaborative research.
INCLUSION:
Eastern is committed to providing educational access while building a campus community
that embraces diversity and differences, enriched by a global perspective.
Core values
INTEGRITY:
Members of the university community are expected to behave ethically and honorably. Learning
encompasses both intellectual and character development.
EMPOWERMENT:
Eastern fosters a safe, nurturing environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, student
achievement and lifelong learning. Through rigorous inquiry and personal interaction, members
of the community grow confident as independent, critical thinkers.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
Social responsibility is promoted and encouraged at Eastern through service to those in need,
being active in the community, protecting our natural resources, engaging in the democratic
political process, and other socially responsible actions. Social responsibility includes an ethical
commitment to oneself and the community at large.
18 strategic plan initiatives
Student Success
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1.2 Develop and implement an Expanding Horizons requirement. Global field courses
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1.3 Promote involvement in the local community through the creation of a Center for Community
Engagement.
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1.4 Fully implement the “Liberal Arts Work!” requirement.
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3.1 Create a Student Success Center that emphasizes advising and support.
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Student Success Center
Advising Center
Policies for Success
Project Compass
3.2 Develop and implement a digital portfolio/experiential transcript requirement.
18 strategic plan initiatives
Innovative Academic Initiatives
• 1.1 Fully implement and integrate the Liberal Arts Core and the
First-Year Program.
• 2.1 Develop and implement an academic plan.
Faculty research and creative activity
High impact practices: EES and CECE
• 2.2 Implement an Exemplary Program process to identify and
support distinctive academic programs.
• 2.3 Develop and implement an enrollment management plan in
support of academic excellence.
18 strategic plan initiatives
A Learning-Centered Campus
• 3.3 Promote Eastern’s campus culture.
• 3.4 Utilize the Student Center to promote Eastern’s cultural and
academic objectives.
• 3.5 Expand intramural and recreation offerings.
• 3.6 Establish a residential environment that promotes Eastern’s
culture and supports its emphasis on academic excellence.
18 strategic plan initiatives
Institutional Support
• 4.1 Support Eastern’s 2008–2013 Strategic Plan through development and
implementation of a Physical Master Plan.
• 4.2 Develop and implement an Information Technology Plan.
• 4.3 Develop and implement an Institutional Advancement Plan to
generate assets in support of the University Mission.
• 4.4 Develop and implement a University Relations Plan that supports the
University Mission.
• 4.5 Develop and implement a Comprehensive Diversity Plan.
Eastern’s mission and its faculty
• Faculty are hired, renewed, tenured and
promoted based on teaching,
research/creative activity, service, professional
activity.
Resources to support faculty
• Internal grants and awards
• CEE
• Every faculty member will have different
needs– resources are available to provide
support for teaching, scholarship, service, and
professional development.
• Luncheon speaker: Jeffrey Trawick-Smith