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 My highest
priority for the Winthrop faculty is to enable the institution
to become the best public comprehensive university in the
southeast and among the best in the nation. In recent years we
have directed considerable effort toward strengthening the
curriculum with a new general education program and an
increased emphasis on the academic and co-curricular
experiences of freshmen. These efforts are intended to engage
our entering students and produce expectations in them that
all their Winthrop experiences will be meaningful, challenging
and enriching.
Winthrop is seeking faculty who want student learning and
development to be their primary professional responsibility
and who would like to be part of a community committed to
learning as our central activity, with student learning at its
heart. In order to engage students in learning, faculty must
be active, engaged learners themselves, and we expect faculty
to develop and demonstrate their learning through productive
scholarship, which often involves participation of student
co-investigators. While disciplinary studies remain the
dominant type of scholarship for Winthrop faculty, we
encourage efforts that cross discipline boundaries and
approach issues from multiple perspectives.
Being a Winthrop faculty member presents opportunities to
participate in university life through varied service
activities. Service is central to our mission, and we expect
everyone in the Winthrop community to contribute to making the
university and the larger community better for their being
here.
As you consider becoming a faculty member here, I encourage
you to get as much information as possible about us. I am
convinced that for faculty who want teaching to be the center
of their professional life, the more you learn about Winthrop,
the more likely you are to want to join our community. Thank
you for your consideration. |
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