Faculty Development Committee (FDC)

Promote and coordinate faculty development activities;
Develop comprehensive policy, make program recommendations, and provide program oversight in the area of faculty development;
Assist and advise appropriate administrators in establishing programs such as video conferences, workshops, seminars, and speakers to enhance instructional and research skills as well as curricular, organizational, and leadership development;
Aid the appropriate administrators in the search for funds and develop policies for the administration of available funds;
Determine the allocation of funds for all faculty development programs not specifically assigned to other units of the university;
Establish or oversee subcommittees involved in selection of faculty development awards for teaching and service and shall create or encourage faculty exchange programs with other institutions; and
Provide oversight to the various committees dealing with endowed faculty gifts.

MEMBER	DEPARTMENT	COLLEGE	TERM ENDS	TERM #
	Liaison	FS	2026
Johan Botes	Music	CAM	2025	1
Iyad Hijazi	Engineering	CECS	2026	1
Tammy Johnson	Leadership Studies	COEPD	2027	1
Jennifer Baker	Communication Disorders	COHP	2027	1
Meghan Hancock	English	COLA	2027	1
Maria Hamilton	Mathematics and Physics	COS	2027	2
Jennifer Mak	Marketing, MIS, and Entrepreneurship	COB	2026	1
Hillary Porter (Chair)	Internal Medicine	SOM	2025	1
Jordan Browning	Pharmacy Practice	SOP	2026	1
Gretchen Beach (Recording Secretary)	University Libraries	ULIB	2026	2

Appointed Students, Nonvoting Members

TO BE APPOINTED	SGA Representative	Student
TO BE APPOINTED	SGA Representative	Grad Student

Carl Mummert	Assistant Provost for Graduate Studies
Karen McComas	Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
April Fugett	Director, Center for Teaching and Learning