2010-2011 WCU Faculty Development/Mentoring Resources Table
Office/Org
Academic Recognition
Committee
Contact
Dr. Edward Lordan, Chair
317 Main Hall
610-436-2114
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
This committee oversees the nomination process for faculty
awards. The ARC determines the distribution of faculty
awards: Merit, Teaching, Scholarship, Service, Trustee’s, and
Emeritus.
Membership/Appointment
Members of the committee are
appointed by the Dean’s Office.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All faculty members can apply. The timetable for submissions is
distributed by the Provost’s office in November.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Administrative Budget
Committee
(ABC)
Ms. Denise Mount
201 Carter Drive, 213
610-436-3572
This committee makes recommendations to the President
regarding the allocation of new resources and hears requests for
new or additional funding from various University
constituencies. Recommendations on major issues that impact the
entire campus community are forwarded from this committee to
the President’s Cabinet, which discusses all issues impacting the
overall operation of the institution.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All employees are eligible to submit proposals through their VicePresident, who then, in turn, brings their approvals to ABC for
further review.
The Administrative Budget
Committee (ABC) is comprised
of all University VicePresidents, the Executive
Deputy to the President, the
Budget Director, the Director of
Finance and Business Services,
the Academic Affairs Budget
Manager, and one Academic
Dean (currently, this is the
Dean of the College of Health
Sciences).
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
APSCUF
Social Justice
Committee
Contact
Dr. Frank Hoffman, Chair
Anderson Hall, 108E
610-436-2361
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The local WCU APSCUF Social Justice (GISJ) Committee seeks to
identify institutional policies and procedures that perpetuate unfair
disadvantages for historically marginalized faculty groups. Once
these policies have been identified, the Committee is charged with
researching and proposing solutions/resolutions to the local
Executive Council or the State Gender Issues and Social Justice
Committee, or others as appropriate.
The Committee generally meets 2-3 times per semester and sends
someone to the state meeting once a semester.
Membership/Appointment
Any APSCUF member may
serve. Membership is
voluntary. The chair is either
appointed by the APSCUF
President/Local Delegate’s
Assembly, or elected by the
committee (depending on how
active the committee is at that
time).
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Faculty APSCUF members
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
College of Arts and
Sciences Support and
Development Awards
(CASSDA)
Contact
Dr. Deirdre Pettipiece,
Associate Dean
Anderson Hall, 119B
610-436-3522
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
academics/sch_cas/CASSD
AAwards.asp
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
Faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are invited to
apply for a College of Arts and Sciences Support and Development
Award to support scholarly or creative activities. These awards are
made from discretionary funds from the Office of the Dean of Arts
and Sciences.
CASSDA will fund the following types of activities:
 Workshops and seminar attendance to enhance
professional skills.
 Purchasing small pieces of equipment or supplies related to
specific scholarly or creative projects
 Paying students to assist in faculty research
 Travel related specifically to scholarly or creative projects
 Travel for collaboration with a noted scholar or artist
 Payment for page charges and other publication costs
 Expenses for data collection
 Conducting on-campus colloquia or seminars for the
purpose of professional development
The purpose of the CASSDA awards is to support and encourage
scholarly and creative work by College of Arts and Sciences faculty.
Faculty are encouraged to use CASSDA awards as entrepreneurial
seed money for pilot projects that can lead to external funding.
These awards exclude salary and ordinary travel to conferences, but
do support travel for professional development or in order to
pursue a particular scholarly or creative project.
Membership/Appointment
All permanent faculty are
eligible to apply. New faculty
are especially encouraged to
apply.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All CAS faculty
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
College specific (CAS)
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Office/Org
Curriculum and
Academic Policies
Council
(CAPC)
Contact
Dr. Laurie Bernotsky, Chair
Graduate Business Center
1160 McDermott Drive
Mrs. Andrea Grinwis,
Administrative Support
25 University Ave., 001
610-436-3551
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
admin/associateprovost/c
apc.asp
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Curriculum and Academic Policies Council (CAPC), serves two
curricular purposes. One is to develop, revise, and recommend
academic creation of new, existing or elimination of existing
academic programs sent by faculty. The other is to develop, revise,
and recommend academic policies. These purposes are carried out
in a legislative assembly (comprised of elected faculty, elected or
appointed students and administration) that recommends to the
Academic Vice President and Provost curricular and academic policy
matters. CAPC exists as a shared governance body, functioning
under the authority of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
System, APSCUF, and the System Board of Governors.
Membership/Appointment
CAPC has an Executive
Committee comprised of:
 Chair
 Assistant Chair
 Secretary
 And Chairs of:
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Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Any faculty in a tenure track position is eligible to run for CAPC
(elections are in the spring for 1/2 of the committee) there are rules
as to how many from each college many be members, etc. At the
final meeting in May the CAPC full assembly votes for their Chair,
Vice Chair and recording secretary for the following academic year.
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The General Education
Committee
The Undergraduate Programs
Committee
The Graduate Programs
Committee
The University Policies
Committee
The Program Review
Committee
and a Facilitator for the
Council on Professional
Education.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Employee Health and
Wellness Committee
Contact
Dr. Donald Barr,
Dean of the College of
Health Sciences
Sturzebecker HSC, 204
610-436-2825
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The function of the Employee Health and Wellness Committee is to
help improve employee’s intellectual, spiritual, financial, and
physical wellness. The committee provides workshops to help all
West Chester University employees.
Ms. Molly Nece,
Senior Internal
Consultant, Office of
Training and
Organizational
Development
201 Carter Drive, 113
610-436-0476
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU employees
Membership/Appointment
The Employee Health and
Wellness Center employs full
time WCU staff and uses
subject matter experts,
including WCU faculty, to
deliver content.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Faculty Grant
Development
Committee
(FGD)
Contact
Dr. Anne Boettger
Merion Science Ctr., 319
610-430-4601
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
academics/sch_cas.mat/v
nitica/fdc.html
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Faculty Grant Development Committee was created to
encourage the continuous scholarly growth and development of
the University’s faculty as teacher-scholars. The primary purpose of
the FGD is to administer the University’s annual, local, faculty
grants development competition.
The FGD invites proposals for activities aimed at enhancing faculty
scholarship, creative activity, innovation in teaching and learning,
and other aspects of professional development. Priority in funding
will be given to activities and expenses to the extent that they meet
the following criteria:
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They are designed to enhance the scholarly development of the
faculty member involved.
They include information demonstrating that FGD funds are
essential to implementation of the project.
They show potential for generating a discernible product (for
example, a publication, presentation at a scholarly conference,
performance, exhibition, curricular innovation, service program,
or lengthy external grant proposal).
They show potential for future funding through sources outside
the State System and demonstrate concrete plans for seeking
that funding.
They are consistent with the applicant’s statement of
expectations, as well as the applicant’s departmental teacherscholar model; they represent a logical outgrowth of those
expectations, and/or correspond to the criteria for professional
growth in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service as
defined by the CBA.
Membership/Appointment
WCU faculty members (both
tenure track and tenured) are
eligible to serve on this
committee through APSCUF
elections. Members include:
 3 faculty representatives
from the College of Arts
and Sciences
 1 faculty member from
each of the other Academic
Colleges
 1 non-teaching faculty
member
 1 faculty member
representative to the State
System Faculty Professional
Development Committee
(FPDC)
 1 faculty department chair
The Provost appoints:
 1 Academic College Dean
The Associate Vice President
for Sponsored Research, the
overall administrative oversight
for the FGD, is an ex-officio
member.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All tenured and tenure-track faculty, excluding current members of
the FDC, are eligible for awards on a competitive basis. Continuing,
non-tenure-track faculty members are encouraged to apply with a
tenured or tenure-track faculty member, if the latter is the primary
grantee. Temporary faculty must indicate that they expect to be
employed at WCU during the grant period.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Faculty Mentoring
Committee
Contact
Mr. Stephen Marvin,
Mentoring Coordinator
FHG Library, 205
610-436-1068
Dr. Lisa Lucas,
Steering Committee Chair
107D Recitation Hall
610-436-1059
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The mission of the Faculty Mentoring Committee is to foster
mentoring relationships among faculty in order to enhance lifelong
professional development in teaching, scholarship, and service.
The mentoring relationships will support collegiality, effective
communication, self-evaluation, and cultural competence, all of
which enhance a stimulating and supportive university environment
that is responsive to our increasingly diverse, global, and
technological society.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Open to all WCU, full-time “Academic” and “Administrative” faculty
as defined by the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Membership/Appointment
The FMC will consist of up to 12
faculty members distributed
among the following colleges
and organizations: Business
and Public Affairs, Education,
Health Sciences, Visual and
Performing Arts, and NonClassroom Faculty. Up to three
members will be chosen from
the College of Arts and
Sciences, one member each
from Humanities, Natural
Sciences, and Social Sciences.
No more than one member
from any department may
serve on this committee.
Members of the FMC may also
serve as mentors.
Faculty members on the
committee will be nominated
by their respective
constituencies for three year
terms, one-third of the
members to be elected each
year. Elections for each
member will be university
wide. New members will be
elected in April, and take office
July 1st.
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Contact
Office/Org
Faculty Senate
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
Membership/Appointment
The mission of the Faculty Senate at West Chester University is to
ensure Classroom and Non-Classroom Faculty involvement in the
shared governance of the institution. A forum for advocating and
evaluating institutional policy and related matters affecting the
welfare of the University, the Faculty Senate is committed to
fostering a climate that promotes the growth and development of
Faculty and Students.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Open to all WCU, full-time “Academic” and “Administrative” faculty
as defined by the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Faculty Senate
Subcommittee:
Membership and ByLaws Committee
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
The duties and responsibilities of the committee include (but are
not limited to): conducting elections at intervals mandated in the
Faculty Senate Constitution, announcing election results,
maintaining accurate and current membership lists, keeping
pertinent membership data in order (addresses, phone numbers,
profs identification, proxies, etc.), providing assistance, and
developing procedures which promote participation in the Senate.
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Office/Org
Faculty Senate
Subcommittee:
Faculty Welfare and
Ethics Committee
Contact
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
Faculty Senate
Subcommittee:
Communication
Committee
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The duties and responsibilities of the committee include (but are
not limited to): investigating and researching all matters relevant to
the welfare of the faculty of the University, promoting discussion
and resolution of matters of such concern, bringing information to
the Senate, researching possible resolutions, and working projects
relating to faculty welfare. It also investigates allegations of ethical
misconduct of the faculty upon request of faculty, student, staff, or
an administrator of the University, renders an advisory opinion on
completion of such investigation, promulgates rules and procedures
for the above, and maintains and updates a code of ethical conduct
for West Chester faculty to use as reference.
Membership/Appointment
The duties and responsibilities of the committee include (but are
not limited to): overseeing the publication of materials designed to
familiarize the University community with the Senate's purposes
and functions and fostering communication between the Senate
and the University Community.
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
Faculty Senate
Subcommittee:
Student Welfare
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
The duties and responsibilities of the Student Welfare Committee
include (but are not limited to): investigating, researching, and
providing recommendations regarding issues of importance to
students.
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
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Office/Org
Faculty Senate
Subcommittee:
Facilities and
Sustainability
Subcommittee
(ad hoc)
Frederick Douglass
Institute
Contact
Dr. Julian Onderdonk,
Faculty Senate President
Swope Music Building,
236
610-436-3234
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
This committee, an ad hoc group formed in the Spring of 2008, has
no official description but has been active as a watchdog for
environmental and sustainability issues on campus.
Membership/Appointment
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facultySenate/
Dr. Christian Awuyah,
Director
Main Hall, 528
610-436-2470
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
academics/fdouglass/
The Institute is a university program for advancing multicultural
studies across the curriculum and deepening the intellectual
heritage of Frederick Douglass. The Institute aims to create
opportunities to build a better community for all of us to fulfill our
destiny as human beings.
The Frederick Douglass
Institute is made up of
volunteers.
The FDI works in four areas:
1. Identifying the ongoing scholarship on Douglass’ life and
times
2. Teaching how to deal with the sensitive issues of race,
class, gender ,etc. using Douglass as a catalyst
3. Promoting and also teaching about multiculturalism
4. Promoting values using Douglass and his life as an example
of democratic and timeless human principles
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All interested faculty and staff
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Human Resources
Contact
Human Resources Staff
201 Carter Dr., 100
610-436-2800
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/H
R/default.asp
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
Human Resources offers over 120 programs for employees
regarding personal and professional development. They also offer
coaching, customized retreats and staff meetings, and coordinate
the performance management process for staff.
Membership/Appointment
Human Resources employees a
full time staff.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU employees
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Human Resources’
Training and
Organizational
Development
Mr. Scott Sherman,
Director of Organizational
Development
201 Carter Drive, 111
610-436-3380
Ms. Molly Nece,
Sr. Internal Consultant,
Office of Training and Org.
Development
201 Carter Drive, 113
610-436-0476
Instructional Media
Center
The Office of Training and OD provides personal, professional and
leadership development training, coaching and consulting services
using instructor-led, on-line, webinar, teleseminar and e-mail
campaign formats. This office also provides retreats and
customized programs to meet departmental, divisional and team
needs.
The Office of Training and OD
employs full time WCU staff
and uses subject matter
experts, including WCU faculty,
to deliver content.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU employees
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Ms. Patricia Lenkowski,
Instructional Media
Librarian
FHG Library, 115
610-436-3393
Provides one-on-one instruction to help faculty include media
resources successfully when teaching.
Help Desk
FHG Library
610-436-3395
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
The Instructional Media Center
is run by Library staff.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU faculty
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/li
brary.fhg/imc.asp
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Office/Org
IT Help Desk
(Faculty/Staff/Student
Help Desk)
LGBTQA Advocacy
Committee
Contact
IT Help Desk
Anderson Hall, 21
610-436-3350
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/it
helpdesk
Dr. Jackie Hodes
Co-Chair
Sykes, 238
610-436-3147
Dr. Lisa Ruchti
Co-Chair
Main Hall, 148
610-436-2464
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The function of the computer help desk is to provide computer
assistance to West Chester employees and students.
Membership/Appointment
The IT Help Desk is run by WCU
staff.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU employees
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
The LGBTQA Advocacy Committee works to identify issues on
campus that affect those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgendered, and questioning.
Membership in the LGBTQ
Advocacy Committee is
obtained by submitting a
request to its co-chairs.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All faculty and staff
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
SERVICES/stu.lgb/advocac
y.asp
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Office/Org
Multicultural Faculty
Commission
(MFC)
Contact
Dr. LaTonya ThamesTaylor, Chair
Main Hall, 309
610- 436-2970
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/m
fc/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The MFC is charged with:
 Discussing issues of visibility, inclusion, tenure, promotion,
professional development, and the transformation of the strategic
Plan for Excellence.
 Producing tangible and measurable results that eradicate barriers
that support structural inequalities based on race or ethnicity.
 Supporting and encouraging existing and new forms of inclusion
and representation.
 Establishing a quantitative plan of action, replete with goals and
outcomes for each academic year. With this charge, the MFC serves
as an advisory board to the administration in issues concerning
multicultural faculty.
 Scrutinizing and detailing concerns and issues that hinder the
teacher-scholar model, a global perspective and the critical
analytical skills among students, and the Plan for Excellence. With
this charge, the MFC serves as a monitoring board for multicultural
faculty to the administration.
 Working actively in nurturing an open, honest, and meaningful
communication among the administration and the campus
community.
 Serving as an informal recruiting board and consultants on
multicultural issues. In this capacity, the MFC will dutifully work to
identify and familiarize the administration and fellow faculty
members about the skill set of multicultural faculty, as well as alert
multicultural faculty about the leadership opportunities available
on campus.
 Creating and participating in forums that seek to eliminate all forms
of racism and harassment that prevent the campus from improving
its climate
 Becoming a model for the commitment to social justice.
Membership/Appointment
Commission members are
appointed by the President,
based on the recommendation
of the chair of MFC. The
coordinator is chosen by the
MFC because they have
experience with diversity and
with MFC activities.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Any faculty member who self-identifies as a person of color is
eligible to be involved with the commission
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
New Faculty
Orientation Committee
(NFO)
Contact
Dr. Jeff Sommers
Main Hall 516
610-430-2916
Dr. Joby Hilliker
Merion Science Ctr., 223
610-436-2213
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/nf
o/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The purpose of the committee is to plan, organize, and execute a 3day pre-employment orientation for tenure-track faculty. The
committee also implements small workshops during the semester.
The NFO is involved in mentoring first-year faculty and providing
them guidance within the university and department as to what
they can do to help themselves. The committee serves as a
constant resource for faculty.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
New WCU faculty/pre-employment
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Office of ServiceLearning & Volunteer
Programs
Mrs. Maggie Tripp,
Director
Killinger Basement
610-436-3379
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
services/stu.slv/
The Office of Service-Learning & Volunteer Programs provides
faculty with service-learning resources and assists in placing
students. The office works with over 100 regional agencies.
Membership/Appointment
The NFO Committee is made
up of:
 1 representative from
Student Affairs
 1 representative from
Administration
 Approximately 20
representatives from
faculty (any faculty
member can join the
committee)
There is no term limit.
The Office employees a full
time staff.
The office has many publications, including workbooks and sample
syllabi from WCU faculty and others, available for faculty to borrow.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All individuals involved with WCU
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Office of Sponsored
Research
Contact
Dr. M. Ehi Ayewoh
Associate VP
Filano Hall, 2nd Floor
610-436-3592
Ms. Catherine Spaur
Grants Specialist
Filano Hall, 2nd Floor
610-436-3060
Mrs. Maureen Anello
Administrative Assistant
Filano Hall, 2nd Floor
610-436-3557
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
Membership/Appointment
The Office of Sponsored Research assists faculty in indentifying
The Office employees a full
external funding sources to support research, scholarship, and/or
time staff and one graduate
professional development interests; assists faculty and staff in
assistant.
developing grant proposals; and prepares budgets for proposals.
The office also reviews grant proposals to ensure adherence to the
published requirements of prospective external funding agencies
and compliance with WCU policies and procedures, and coordinates
electronic submission of proposals.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All staff and faculty at WCU
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_f
acstaff/facdev/
Dr. Gina Pazzaglia
Pedagogy for
Engagement Committee Co-Chair
Sturzebecker HSC, 303
(PEC)
610-436-2483
Dr. Adam Silverman
Co-Chair
Swope Music Bldg 335
610-436-2646
Dr. Jackie Zalewski,
Co-Chair
Old Library 003D
610-436-3529
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/tl
ac/Pedagogy.asp
The purpose of the PEC is to improve teaching and learning at West
Chester University. Specifically, the committee works to enhance
curricula and instructional modes that actively engage learners in
connecting theoretical and applied knowledge and improve the
quality of their learning. The committee is responsible for the
summer workshop series and the yearly Pedagogy for Engagement
Grants. In addition, the Pedagogy for Engagement Committee
provides resources and educational opportunities for faculty, in
order to maintain quality teaching effectiveness and improve upon
their teaching.
Committee members are
appointed by the Dean for
her/his college and overseen
by the Faculty Associate for
Teaching, Learning, and
Assessment.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Tenure track faculty and RPT's
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Promotion & Tenure
Workshop Committee
(PTW)
(formerly EPT: Evaluation
Policy & Training
Committee)
Contact
Dr. Jennifer Means, Chair
201 Carter Drive,
Suite 400
610-436-3447
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The PTW Committee serves in the following capacities:
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Offering voluntary training workshops for faculty seeking tenure and
promotion (on-going) as well as training for chairs and department
committees (as needed)
Clarifying the promotion and tenure processes for faculty
Observing, reporting, and making recommendations to APSCUF and
management about the tenure and promotion processes; including
making suggestions about standard formats for application materials
Regularly checking on the availability of relevant promotion and tenure
policies and materials for all members of the bargaining unit, including
Department Teacher Scholar Models (DTSMs)
Developing a broadly defined DTSM framework, subject to review,
modification, and approval at local Meet and Discuss sessions, which
encompass all DTSMs and serve to assist PTW in the review of DTSMs
Providing all departments with the DTSM framework
Providing voluntary training sessions and assistance as needed to
departments in the preparation and revision of DTSMs
Reviewing DTSMs
Developing a schedule for systematic review of DTSMs
Membership/Appointment
The PTW Committee will range
from 5 to 7 members, who
serve staggered 2-year terms.
Faculty members serving a
regular term must have already
earned tenure.
Elections occur in April of each
year.
Operation of the Committee:
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The Committee develops and offers voluntary workshops in faculty
development and evaluation for faculty, chairs, department committee
members, and appropriate administrators, and the processes and
procedures of faculty review at WCU. Workshops are held each
semester.
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The Committee reviews DTSMs and provides assistance to chairpersons,
deans, and interested faculty in the revision of DTSMs.
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At the last local Meet and Discuss meeting of the academic year, the
PTW chair gives a report with a summary of the committee’s act ivies
carried out during that year, observations on the operation of the
evaluation system, and recommendations for substantive changes in the
evaluation, tenure, and promotion process.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU faculty
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Research Consortium
Contact
President: TBD
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/wc
urc/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Research Consortium exists to provide advocacy, publicity, and
support for research at West Chester University. So far, there are
eighty members from twenty academic departments. The
Consortium was formally founded in the Spring of 2002, but it has
roots in an informal group organized in the mid-90's by Kostas
Myrsiades of the English Department.
Membership/Appointment
Any interested faculty may join
the Research Consortium.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All faculty
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Sabbatical Leave
Committee
(SaLe)
Dr. Stacey Schlau, Chair
Main Hall, 112
610-436-2466
The Sabbatical Leave Committee (SaLe) considers and recommends
applications for sabbatical leave.
Elections are conducted by
APSCUF, the faculty union.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Any faculty member with 7 or more years of service is eligible for a
sabbatical.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Social Equity Office
Contact
Ms. Barbara Schneller,
Director
13-15 University Ave, 102
610-436-2433
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu
/_admin/social.equity/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Office of Social Equity assists the University through
collaborative efforts with all departments and offices in achieving
its commitments to the principles of equity and affirmative action.
The office sponsors education and programming opportunities to
attain the University's commitment to an inclusive community,
where there is civility and respect for all individuals. In furtherance
of its mission, the Office of Social Equity has implemented and
monitors a number of policies to promote diversity and inclusion
and to eliminate discriminatory behaviors at West Chester
University.
Membership/Appointment
The Social Equity Office has
three full time employees.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU constituencies
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Software Application
Training
Software Application
Training
Anderson Hall, 24
610-436-3397
Software Application Training Agenda is updated every month:
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/in
foservices/clientservices/s
at.asp
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
The S.A.T unit is run by WCU
staff.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All WCU employees
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Office/Org
Stress Reduction Center
Contact
Search for new director in
progress
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
ACADEMICS%5CHealthSci
ences/stressreductioncent
er/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Stress Reduction Center recognizes that the effective
management of stress makes a positive contribution to human
health. The Center is dedicated to educating and empowering
individuals to live in greater balance, to cultivate inner resources,
and to play an active role in their health and well-being. The Center
also acts as a community clearing house for existing on- and offcampus stress management programs, to assist individuals seeking
opportunities to manage their own stress.
The Stress Reduction Center:
 Serves as a campus resource for students and other
individuals seeking credit-bearing, continuing-education,
continuing-medical education, and professionaldevelopment workshops, conferences/symposia/lectures,
courses, certificates, and/or degree programs at West
Chester University
 Teaches non-credit classes in a variety of stress
management modalities, including mindfulness-based
stress reduction
 Supports the thoughtful exploration and use of
contemplative and reflective practices to foster learning
 Guides and supports those individuals who wish to bring
evidence-based, stress management approaches to other
settings and groups by providing instruction and
supervision
Membership/Appointment
Part of the College of Health
Sciences – 1 director and 3
other faculty members
constitute the planning group.
There is also an advisory group
in place. As the center grows,
these groups may expand. We
will also be looking for
individuals to help us provide
services.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Students, faculty and staff.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Tenure and Promotion
Committee (TeP)
Contact
Dr. John Baker,
Chair
E.O. Bull Center, 145
610-436-2871
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Tenure and Promotion Committee provides faculty with
complete promotion procedures and criteria, and provides
mentorship in the process of tenure and promotion.
TeP reviews applications for tenure and promotion, and provides
recommendations on each to the President. TeP is a mechanism to
evaluate the quality of performance in three categories:
1. Professional responsibility (teaching)
2. Scholarship
3. Service to department, university and community.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Full time, tenure track faculty
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
Membership/Appointment
The Committee consists of nine
tenured faculty for the
university’s academic units.
Committee membership will
include one member each from
the Colleges of Business
and Public Affairs, Education,
Health Sciences, and Visual and
Performing Arts; four from the
College of Arts and Sciences;
and one from the faculty in
Counseling and Psychological
Services, the Library, and
Educational Development.
APSCUF holds university-wide
elections for two-year terms,
with one half of the classroom
faculty to be elected each year.
New members will be elected
in April to take office in June.
Faculty can self- nominate and
run for open positions in the
Committee. There is then an
election from the faculty at
large.
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Office/Org
The Associate Dean of
Faculty Development
and External Affairs for
the College of Arts and
Sciences
Contact
Dr. Deirdre Pettipiece,
Associate Dean
Anderson Hall, 119B
610-436-3522
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
academics/sch_cas/Facult
yDevelopment.asp
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Associate Dean functions as a part of Faculty Development and,
in this role, she:
 Encourages grants development, informing faculty about
internal and external opportunities for grants. Encourages
faculty to apply and assists with the applications.
 Supports faculty research. Knowledgeable about research
for each professor, she tries to help the professor get
sufficient resources. This function is sometimes not related
to the grants function, and sometimes it is closely related.
She helps faculty to find resources on campus and to feel
supported in their research.
 Helps faculty become aware of what is available for them
on or off campus for faculty professional development. Dr.
Pettipiece researches what conferences and trainings are
available and makes the appropriate people aware of these
opportunities. Related to this, she is aware of what awards
are available and nominates professors for awards and
prizes. She writes recommendations for internal and
external awards.
In addition, the Associate Dean:
 Links people that have similar interests.
 Recognizes individual achievements, and publicizes faculty
successes.
 She contacts the Public Relations office to advertise special
events and sends out electronic newsletters.
Membership/Appointment
This position is held by the
Associate Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All employees within the College of Arts and Sciences
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
College specific (CAS)
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Office/Org
Twardowski Career
Development Center
Contact
Ms. Becky Ross, Director
Lawrence 225
610-436-2501
Ms. Preeti Singh,
Associate Director
Lawrence 225
610-436-2501
Mr. Phil Tripp,
Assistant Director
Lawrence 225
610-436-2501
Website
www.wcupa.edu/cdc
Library Guide
http://subjectguides.wcup
a.edu/TCDC
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Twardowski CDC is available for consultation with faculty to
assist students in preparing for their future. The CDC also:
 Creates partnerships between professionals and relevant
classes to provide guest speakers, such as arranging for
recruiters to come to classes or student group meetings.
 Provides services and resources to support student career
development and related educational planning.
Membership/Appointment
The Twardowski CDC is run by
full-time, career center staff.
Additional details available on the Faculty/Staff resource page on
the Centers’ website:
http://www.wcupa.edu/_services/stu.car/faculty/fac-staffservices.asp.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
All West Chester University Faculty
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
University Academic
Advising Committee
Contact
Dr. Joanne Conlon, Chair
Lawrence Center, 262
610-436-3505
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/u
ssss/uaac/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The University Academic Advising Committee received its charge
from the Provost:
1. Promote a mission, vision, and values statement for academic
advising at WCU, seeking input from various campus
constituencies and developing ways to build support for
effective advising across the University.
2. Develop, coordinate, and implement data collection tools for
academic advising that would include an assessment of:
effectiveness of infrastructures and delivery systems at the
College/Department level; student needs, expectations, and
satisfaction with services; advising processes for first-year
students (during summer/August and into the first year), and
Advisor effectiveness.
3. To close the loop of collecting data and actually using the results,
the Committee will review academic advising assessment
information on an ongoing basis to make recommendations to
senior-level administrators (e.g. Provost, Associate Provost,
College Deans, President) and appropriate campus groups (e.g.
Retention Committee, CAPC, APSCUF, Faculty Senate) on best
practices and strategies to improve academic advising.
4. Provide professional development opportunities for faculty on
academic advising with an emphasis on best practices.
Membership/Appointment
The Committee is comprised
of the following people:
 Director, Pre-Major
Advising Center
 One Associate Dean from
each College
 One Faculty Representative
from each College
 One Representative from
APSCUF
 One Undergraduate
Student Representative
 Non-voting Representatives
from Academic Affairs and
Student Affairs
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Advisors, by appointment
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
University Forum
Contact
Dr. Gwenelle O’Neal,
Co-Chair
Reynolds Hall, 101
610-436-0342
Mrs. Barb Schneller,
Co-Chair
13/15 University Ave.
610-436-2513
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/u
niversityforum/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The University Forum at West Chester University will promote a
sense of community; facilitate communication and cooperation
among all constituencies of the University community; and
collaborate in support of the University mission, values statement,
and strategic plan with special emphasis on diversity and emerging
community issues of importance.
Membership/Appointment
The University Forum is a
campus-wide committee of
faculty, staff, and students.
The goal of the University Forum is to provide relevant
programming to address civility, diversity, and other issues affecting
the campus throughout the year. The Forum will partner with
several campus organizations including, but not limited to, the
following:
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The Campus Climate Intervention Team (CCIT)
The Counseling Center
The Frederick Douglass Institute (FDI)
The Frederick Douglass Society
The Learning Assistance and Resource Center (LARC)
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA)
The Office of Service Learning
The Office of Social Equity
Residence Life and Housing
The Student Government Association (SGA)
The Twardowski Career Development Center
The Women’s Center
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
Faculty, staff, and students
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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Office/Org
Women’s Center
Contact
Dr. Adale Sholock,
Director
Lawrence Center, 220
610-436-2122
Website
http://www.wcupa.edu/_
SERVICES/STU.WCE/
Specifics: Function, Role, and Eligibility
The Women's Center promotes a campus community that values
the safety, equality, and intellectual advancement of women at
West Chester University. The Women's Center serves the diverse
needs of WCU women and their male allies by providing:
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Confidential support, assistance, and safe space for WCU
women in crisis.
Educational programs that address a wide range of social
justice issues that affect the success, well-being, and
empowerment of women worldwide.
Leadership and volunteer opportunities for women that
build confidence and enhance career goals.
Information and referrals about issues that
disproportionately impact women, such as sexual assault,
relationship violence, sexual harassment, unplanned
pregnancy, and disordered eating.
Special events, workshops, and trainings that promote
awareness of the ways in which gender bias intersects with
racism, classism, homophobia, and other forms of
oppression.
Membership/Appointment
The Women’s Center has a full
time, Student Affairs
professional as its director, and
no other professional staff or
clerical assistance. There are
limited summer hours for the
Center. It employs 1-2
graduate student workers and
4-5 undergraduate student
workers, per semester.
Group(s) eligible for this resource:
This organization is mainly for students, but does serve as an
unofficial source for faculty and staff assistance.
Campus-Wide/College Specific/Dept. Specific:
Campus-wide
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