Board of Trustees wrapup | Faculty granted tenure, promotion
When it reopens for fall semester as the new home of the School of Media and Communication, South Hall will be renamed The Michael & Sara Kuhlin Center.
The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees on May 6 approved the next collective bargaining agreement with the BGSU Faculty Association. The three-year agreement takes effect July 1, 2016. The faculty association had ratified the tentative agreement in April. President Mary Ellen Mazey and BGSU-FA President David Jackson signed it at the trustees’ end-of-semester meeting.
The University and the Faculty Association used the collaborative interest-based bargaining method to develop the contract, which provides for salary increases of 3 percent annually over the three-year agreement. It also addresses other issues such as shared governance, academic freedom, faculty review and professional development.
“We are extremely pleased, both with the collegiality of the process and the outcome,” President Mary Ellen Mazey said. “The agreement lays the foundation for closer collaboration with our faculty, which will strengthen our university and help us continue to meet the needs of our students.”
Also at the meeting, the trustees addressed academic, infrastructure and capital project matters. In addition to granting tenure and promotion and emeritus status to a number of faculty, they approved the naming of two campus areas.
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Faculty climb academic ladder with tenure, promotion
The BGSU Board of Trustees acknowledged and celebrated the accomplishments of faculty from a number of colleges and the University Libraries May 6 with the granting of promotions and for some, tenure.
Promotion to full professor
Heather Elliott-Famularo, art
Dr. Sandra Faulkner, media and communication
Dr. Andrew Hershberger, art
Dr. Sung-Yeon Park, media and communication
Dr. Michael Weber, philosophy
Kevin Schempf, music performance studies
Dr. Mary Murray, intervention services
Dr. Dawn Shinew, teaching and learning
Dr. Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, higher education and student affairs
Dr. Maureen Wilson, higher education and student affairs
Dr. Michael Kimaid, natural and social sciences, BGSU Firelands
Dr. Cynthia Miglietti, applied sciences, BGSU Firelands
Dr. Philip Weinsier, applied sciences, BGSU Firelands
