Faculty Meetings

The future of undergraduate education was the focus of the March Faculty Meeting with rich presentations and discussions about proposals related to a new grading policy and a new interdisciplinary climate concentration. Before taking up the aforementioned...

Helming her first Faculty Meeting of the spring term, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Hopi Hoekstra recognized the work of faculty committees undertaken over the past year to understand the academic, financial, and...

Edgerley Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Hopi Hoekstra used the last Faculty Meeting of the fall term to underscore her solutions-based approach to present challenges while keeping an eye toward investment in the future. In her opening...

Edgerley Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Hopi Hoekstra devoted this month’s Faculty Meeting to the current state of the FAS’ finances. Hoekstra set the tone early, noting that tackling the “persistent structural gap,” could no longer be...

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra used the first Faculty Meeting of the 2025-26 academic year to express confidence in how the FAS is facing this time of continued uncertainty. “I can say with confidence that in the...

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra brought a full agenda to the March Faculty Meeting, one that began with remarks regarding the continued “uncomfortable uncertainty” related to recent federal orders and anticipated...

The final Faculty meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year opened with a celebration of outstanding teaching and advising, as 39 faculty were honored for their exceptional contributions in these areas. Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and...