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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity | October 2024

Faculty Affairs and Diversity is seeking an Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

The assistant vice provost for faculty affairs will advance and lead a significant portfolio of work related to faculty development. They will also assist the vice provost for faculty affairs with planning and implementation of Here and Next Faculty Development and Support projects and faculty policy initiatives. This position is open to tenured associate or full professors on the Danforth Campus. It will begin in January 2025, with the possibility of starting as early as October 2024. Review of applications will begin September 30, 2024. The final deadline for consideration is October 11, 2024. Apply here.

Faculty Success Program Tuition Support (NCFDD) – Apply Now!

The Office of the Provost will sponsor Danforth Campus assistant and associate professors to participate in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program. We are accepting applications for Spring 2025. Please send your name, department/school, rank, and a brief justification (up to 200 words) to vpfad@wustl.edu. Application deadline October 11.

Leadership at WashU

Faculty Transformational Leadership Institute (FTLI) – Apply Now!

This new cohort-based program is open to tenured and mid-career teaching, research, and practice faculty who currently serve or aspire to serve in administrative or academic leadership positions on the Danforth Campus. It will offer skill development in critical leadership areas and encourage professional networking for faculty across disciplines. APPLY HERE by October 11, 2024. You can find more information and watch the April information session here. 

Leadership Week Organized by the Bauer Leaders Academy, Leadership Week is a dynamic 3-day journey packed with interactive workshops, engaging activities, and many opportunities for personal and professional growth. October 23–25. more information

Assembly Series: Sian Proctor on "Leading in a JEDI Space: The Art of Inspiration"

During this motivating Assembly Series talk in conjunction with George & Carol Bauer Leaders Academy and WashU Leads week, Sian will take participants into a future centered around creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive space (JEDI space) both on Earth and beyond. At Graham Chapel, October 24 (4–5:30 p.m.). more information

She Leads Symposium @ WashU This year's symposium will feature in-depth, relevant insights on how we empower and elevate. Join this full-day discussion with eminent WashU faculty, administrators, and alumni, joined by a variety of distinguished experts in their fields, including Laurie Weingart, author of "The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work." October 25 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.). more informationnformation and registration

Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mary Lui:  “Asian Americans and STEM”

Join Mary Lui, professor of American studies and history at Yale University, presents a lecture cosponsored by History and American Culture Studies.

As both objects of study and agents of discovery, Asian Americans across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have played an important yet often unseen, stereotyped, and misrecognized role in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the U.S. This talk examines the making of the Asian American scientist as a legacy of Chinese Exclusion and Cold War geopolitics. October 16 (3:30 p.m.) at McMillan Cafe. Register here.

Distinguished Visiting Scholar Oliver Ezechi, Professor of Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health at Leads University in Ibadan, Nigeria

“Growing Global Connections to Advance Participatory Action Research in Nigeria"

Join this special guest, who will be speaking about his work. Attend virtually or in-person at Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, on October 14 (12–1 p.m.). Register here.

“Brain Gain with Global Public Health: A Tale of Capacity-supporting Strategies from Nigeria to the U.S. with Policy Implications”

Attend virtually or in-person at Goldfarb Hall, Room 132, October 15 (4–5 p.m.). Register here.

Highlighted WashU Events

Assembly Series and

Masters and Johnson 2024: Hope in the Age of Fear-Based Politics, Trans Rights with Representative Zooey Zephyr and Journalist Erin Reed

Clark Fox-Forum, Hillman Hall

November 7 (12:30–1:30 p.m.)

Hear from this power couple about what it's like to embrace the same issues from two different perspectives — as a journalist and as a politician. Zooey and Erin will discuss how the fight for LGBTQ rights shows up in elections, laws, and public discourse. Learn how politics affects their personal and interpersonal relationships, and how to find hope and be effective amidst the attacks on their freedoms. 

Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Review Open Forum Sessions

As a part of WashU’s Higher Learning Commission 10-year comprehensive evaluation, an on-site visit will take place October 28-29, 2024. The WashU community will be invited to three open forums, which will focus on the HLC’s criteria for accreditation that are discussed in the argument submitted by the university to demonstrate compliance (webinar links are forthcoming): 

• October 28, 2:30-3:30 p.m., virtual and in-person, Umrath Lounge
• Criterion 1 (Mission)
• Criterion 2 (Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct)
• October 28, 2:30-3:30 p.m., virtual and in-person, Knight Center 200
• Criterion 3 (Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources, and Support)
• Criterion 4 (Teaching, Learning: Evaluation and Improvement)
• October 29, 9-10 a.m., virtual and in-person, Knight Center 200
• Criterion 5 (Institutional Effectiveness, Resources and Planning)

Additional Events and Opportunities

• Application Open for the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program: The Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program brings to WashU individuals from underrepresented backgrounds who have distinguished themselves as leaders and innovators in the academy, business, or in other fields of endeavor. Learn more and apply to the program here.
• Can Comedy Save Us From the Apocalypse? The Science Behind Human Connecting and Thriving in Trying Times: Evolutionary psychologist and public scholar Athena Aktipis will read from her new book and discuss her recent work with WashU scholars. October 16 (2–4 p.m.) more information
• Facing Race National Conference: St. Louis will host the annual Facing Race conference from November 22-24, 2024. Learn more and register.
• Free NCFDD Membership and Programming: Claim your free membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). Learn more about this free membership, available to all WashU faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and trainees. Plus, the NCFDD programming calendar is live and visible upon joining NCFDD.

SPOTLIGHT: WashU Ideas, Discourse & Exploration (WIDE) – Apply Now! 

Faculty are invited to submit proposals for WashU Ideas, Discourse & Exploration (WIDE). Co-sponsored by Faculty Senate and the Office of the Provost, WIDE is intended to provide an opportunity for the WashU community to cultivate inclusive and productive dialogue around complex topics. This speaker series will offer the WashU community the chance to hear from a range of insightful scholars, to celebrate the value of open dialogue and to strive to comprehend the disparate perspectives, motivations, and feelings of others. The evaluation committee invites proposals for creative, engaging ways of achieving these aims. Selected proposals will receive funding to cover the costs associated with their events. Applicants must be full-time faculty members (or partnered with full-time faculty) at WashU at the time of application. Application deadline extended to October 25. Please visit the Faculty Senate website for more information and to apply.