Committee

The Faculty Professional Development Committee (FPDC) consists of four elected tenure-track or tenured faculty representatives, two academic managers appointed by the President of PennWest California, the FPDC Center Coordinator, and Chairs of the five FPDC subcommittees.

The FPDC:

  • Determines, with input from faculty and management, the thematic emphasis for an academic year;
  • Promotes workshops, presentations, forums, etc., which encompass all areas of scholarship;
  • Develops criteria, evaluates proposals which have been endorsed by the appropriate dean, makes awards, monitors expenditures, and evaluates the report of results for awards;
  • Recruits faculty for the State System of Higher Education Summer Teaching Academy and recommends those faculty to the president or his/her designee;
  • Receives recommendations for workload equivalency awards from the subcommittees and makes recommendations to the president for his/her designee;
  • Coordinates on-campus grant activities and supports external grantsmanship;
  • Informs, in writing, all faculty who apply for grants, workload equivalencies, or other services of the Committee's action regarding such applications;
  • Oversees the Center, assists in an advisory capacity, and evaluates the Center's overall program and the functions of the coordinator;
  • Assists the subcommittees on Teaching and Learning, Service and Service-Learning, ResearchTechnology and Grants and Contracts, by furnishing clerical and organizational support allocating and monitoring expenditures of funds as well as providing Committee and managerial clarification upon request; and
  • Ascertains faculty professional development needs and plans, and implements/ evaluates programs to address these needs.

Summary

The FPD Committee coordinates FPD activities for the University and serves as a conduit for the State System FPD Council and its various programs.

The University President appoints two academic managers to the FPDC, designating one of them as the management representative to the System FPD Council; faculty members from each undergraduate college (and the non-teaching faculty) are elected as the faculty representatives to the FPD Council. The Committee facilitates FPD through several subcommittees and the FPD Center. The Chair (or Co-Chair) of each of the five subcommittees (elected by the committee members), the Coordinator of the Faculty Center, and the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research serve as members. The Committee elects its chair annually and selects the faculty representative to the System FPD Council.

The Committee meets bi-weekly during the fall and spring semesters and is available during the summer as needed.

FPDC Member Contacts

Members
Stephanie Adam
Chair of the Service and Service-Learning Subcommittee
Department of Business, Economics and Enterprise Sciences
724-938-5631
adam@calu.edu
Ahmet Akgun
FPDC Chair
Representing the College of Science and Technology
Department of Business, Economics and Enterprise Sciences
724-938-4918
akgun@calu.edu
Joshua Chicarelli
Chair of the Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
Department of Business, Economics and Enterprise Sciences
724-938-5632
chicarelli@calu.edu
Jodi Dusi
Chair of the Research Subcommittee
Department of Health Sciences
724-938-4562
dusi@calu.edu
Paul Hettler
Faculty Center Coordinator
Department of Business, Economics and Enterprise Sciences
724-938-5730
hettler@calu.edu
Mark Lennon
Chair of the Technology Subcommittee
Department of Business, Economics and Enterprise Sciences
724-938-4371
lennon@calu.edu
Kristen Majocha
Academic Affairs Representative
Dean of the College of Education and Liberal Arts
724-938-5891
majocha@calu.edu
Susan Morris-Rutledge
Representing the College of Education
Department of Education
724-938-4724
morrisrutledge@calu.edu
Stephanie Stern
Representative
Faculty not affiliated with a college
Counseling Center
724-938-4056
Michelle Torregano
Representing Faculty Member at Large
Department of Education
724-938-4499
torregano@calu.edu
Mary Wolf
Chair of the Grants and Contracts Subcommittee
Department of Education
724-938-4140
wolf@calu.edu

Organizational Structure and Bylaws

The FPDC oversees the program through activities developed and supported by the Center and various FPD subcommittees. All FPD activities follow established policies and procedures approved by the FPDC, the Provost, the President and the Council of Trustees of the University.

FPDC Organizational Structure

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