the provost will distribute $100,000 in raises to Group I and II faculty members who embody that statement.
A year after Ohio University announced its goal to become the nation's best transformative learning community the provost will distribute $100,000 in raises to Group I and II faculty members who embody that statement.
As of Friday, three colleges - Arts and Sciences, Business and Communication - as well as the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs had decided who will receive a portion of the award. The remaining four colleges will complete the nomination process and finalize their awards within the next few weeks, said John Day, associate dean of academic affairs.
In addition to her recent $750,000 merit pool for Group I faculty, Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit allotted $100,000 for Group I and II faculty who have worked at the university for at least three years and stand out among their peers.
(These faculty members) challenge and respect students in equal measure and make us all better teachers and scholars through their selfless dedication to the proposition that civic cultural and scientific literacy matter
Benoit said in a statement.
Nominations are sent to the provost, who is approving each of the submissions.
Primarily
(Benoit is) relying on the colleges to do their own thing; she's just reviewing (the nominations) for her own information
said Ann Fidler, Benoit's chief of staff.
The money given to each college and the Voinovich School was proportional to each college's total Group I and II salaries. The award for each college amounted to about 0.16 percent of the total salaries.
Most college deans agreed to split their cuts of the award into approximately $1,000 increments.
These raises, however, will not be processed until those from the $750,000 merit pool have been completed, Day said.
This won't impact the faculty as fast
he said. It's not retroactive. We don't want to combine (the two raises) and make a mistake and lose a piece of someone's salary.
Professor Bruce Carlson, the chair for the psychology department in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he received an e-mail Friday with the names of the four recipients in his department. Of the psychology department's 20 eligible faculty members, 11 were nominated.
It wasn't unexpected; we knew the intent was to make these decisions relatively quickly
Carlson said. We didn't know exactly when it was going to be made
but we certainly knew it was going to be around this time period.
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