Provost Scott Coltrane will meet with faculty members on Friday, Feb. 28, at 8:30 a.m. in Gerlinger Lounge to discuss the proposed new faculty cluster of excellence hiring initiative.

This academic planning session is the fifth in an ongoing effort to engage faculty members in a discussion on the future of academics at the university.

The provost is looking for feedback on the draft process for cluster hiring of new faculty with plans to finalize the call for proposals in the next two weeks. Groups of faculty can propose new faculty cluster hiring initiatives to be submitted by May 1 with the hope of hiring new faculty through this process as early as next year. Feedback can also be giving via the Qualtrics link.

The next academic planning discussion will be held on Tuesday, March 18, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Gerlinger Lounge. Additional details and documentation about academic planning are posted on the Provost’s website.

- From the provost’s office