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Provost and the Associate Provost review the candidates and, based on credentials, scholarly

record, teaching, and service to the College, identify a recipient and discuss that name with the

Promotion and Tenure Committee. The Provost then makes a recommendation to the President.

Not all named chairs currently have endowment funds supporting them, but all chair holders are

eligible for specific funds designated in the Provost’s Office for professional development and

research.

III.D.9. Taking Courses at the College

Full-time, continuing faculty members are eligible from the date of employment to receive

tuition remission for courses taken at the College. See

Appendix A

for information on tuition

remission for dependents of faculty members.

III.D.10. The Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award

The Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award is given annually to a non-tenured faculty

member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching the previous year. The selection is made

by the Provost of the College. The Whetstone stipend is placed in a separate travel account for

the sole use of the winner. This award serves as recognition of effective teaching among

younger faculty members; it helps provide additional opportunities for professional development;

and it maintains the commitment to good teaching and advising which characterize the Faculty of

Birmingham-Southern College.

III.D.11. New Faculty Mentors

Each new faculty member is assigned a colleague who serves as mentor during the new faculty

member’s first year. The Provost and Associate Provost assign these mentors. They serve as

faculty role models and help answer any questions the new faculty member may have about the

College, advising, our students, and faculty membership in general. In conjunction with the

Provost’s Office, new faculty members’ mentors help to design and to participate in an annual

program for new faculty members.

III.E. WORKLOAD

III.E.1. Academic

Faculty members are expected to teach three courses or the equivalent in the fall term, a January

Exploration term project, and three courses or the equivalent in the spring term. This expectation

is altered in the sciences, where laboratory sections may equal a lecture section in other

disciplines, and in some fine and performing arts disciplines, which rely on one-on-one teaching

techniques. The workload formulae of national accrediting agencies provide a measure of

guidance in determining the appropriate workload for these areas.