Dear faculty colleagues,
This is the last faculty affairs update of 2021! The year feels like it has flown by at a snailās pace. Thank you for your flexibility and your efforts to support your students and colleagues through another particularly challenging semester and year.
Below are a few updates as we finish out the semester and start planning for the spring semester (after your break). I have also included some reminders about some campus opportunities. Do please consider applying and share these with other faculty who might be interested.
Reminder: Accepting Submissions – Faculty Authors Recognition
We are still accepting submissions for the Faculty Authors Recognition (formerly Faculty Authors Reception) until Monday, January 3, 2022!
Eligibility
- Published works including scholarly monographs, published creative works (e.g., novels and anthologies of poetry), exhibition catalogs, and edited collections.
- Published works must have been published between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Note: Don’t remember whether you already participated in this for your 2020 published work? Check out this link.
- Current UT Austin faculty member.
There will be an in-person event this spring to celebrate authors with published works from both 2020 and 2021. Please save the date for Monday, January 31, 2022. RSVP information will be sent directly to those who submit books.
Faculty Authorsā Recognition
Reminder: Call for Applications – Provostās Authors Fellowship
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost is pleased to announce the call for the third cohort of the Provostās Authors Fellowship program. This program provides faculty development support for tenured associate professors who are engaged in the development and publication of scholarly books as they pursue promotion to full professor.Ā Faculty members accepted into this program are awarded summer support, access to a community of dedicated writers, and course release time so that they can focus on their scholarly activities and writing. The application system is open until Friday, January 28, 2022.
Provostās Authors Guidelines and Application
Reminder: Accepting Nominations & Applications – Provostās Distinguished Service Academy (DSA)
The call for nominations and applications for theĀ second cohort of the Provostās Distinguished Service Academy (DSA)Ā is now open. The DSA represents a formal organization of distinguished tenured and senior professional-track faculty members with extraordinary achievements, particularly in terms of their excellence in mentorship and service to their college or school, the university, the state and the nation.Ā The application deadline is Tuesday, February 1, 2022. To learn more, please visit theĀ website, attend one of the information sessions, or emailĀ facultyawards@utexas.edu.
Mental Health Resource Guide
The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) is dedicated to providing a wide variety of high-quality and accessible mental health services to help all Longhorns succeed. The following one-pager includes information about mental health resources for faculty and resources to keep top-of-mind for students.
HB 2504 Requirements
Pursuant to regulations in the General Information Catalog and the Texas Administrative Code the instructional faculty must provide a syllabus to students by the first class meeting each semester. Course syllabi and instructor-of-record CVs are due to your departmental or deanās office no later than Tuesday, January 18, 2022 because units must upload syllabi and instructor CVs by January 25 to allow public access to syllabi and CVs
Full details about HB 2504 requirements ā
New Syllabus Content Webpage and Template Available
We just published a new website, Your Syllabus at UT Austin, to provide a central repository for required and suggested verbiage to include in syllabi. The webpage lists required content, highly recommended content, and wording or resources for other content that you might want to include. We also created an optional template that you can customize that also includes required wording for all of the common disclosures. This website was created in collaboration with all of the relevant offices across campus, including Services for Students with Disabilities, Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, Student Affairs, Legal Affairs, the Faculty Innovation Center, etc. We welcome feedback through this Syllabus Feedback Link.
Learn More – Your Syllabus at UT Austin
Wishing each of you a restorative holiday season and hopefully a true break from work.
Please reach out with any faculty-related questions to the Faculty Affairs team. For COVID-related questions, please continue to check the Protect Texas Together website for the latest information and guidance.
Stay well,
Tasha Beretvas