Proposal Due by Monday, October 14
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What are the College Fellows?
The heart of the College Curriculum is the College Fellows, faculty drawn from across the College and entrusted with designing and teaching the core Engagements Courses (Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement, Engaging Differences, Ethical Engagement) as well as representing faculty concerns and interests concerning the new curriculum as a whole.
For more information on the Engagement courses and the collective work of the College Fellows, please click here: What are the Engagements?
Who is Eligible?
All full-time Arts & Sciences faculty in ongoing appointments are eligible and encouraged to apply. This includes tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as General Faculty and Lecturers with ongoing appointments.
What is Required of the College Fellows, Cohort 10?
Term
Faculty appointed as College Fellows traditionally serve four consecutive semesters in the program, beginning in the Fall and concluding in the Spring of the following academic year. College Fellows must serve the entirety of their term (excluding summers) in residence at the University of Virginia, with the expectation of participation in College Fellows functions throughout the two-year term. For those faculty for whom commitment in four consecutive semesters would pose a barrier to participation, modified contracts–including those which allow for Sesqui leaves and which accommodate necessary teaching in a Fellow's home department–will be considered to allow for maximum flexibility. The Co-Directors and the Dean’s Office remain committed to working with individual faculty members and chairs to find ways for all interested faculty to participate.
| Cohort | Orientation | First Semester | Last Semester |
| Cohort 10 | Spring 2025 | Fall 2025 | Spring 2027 |
| Cohort 11 | Spring 2026 | Fall 2026 | Spring 2028 |
| Cohort 12 | Spring 2027 | Fall 2027 | Spring 2029 |
Two Options for Teaching
New for Academic Year 2025-26, we are recruiting two different types of College Fellows: Advising College Fellows (those who will serve as a pre-major advisor to students in their first-quarter Engagement) and Non-Advising College Fellows. The two types carry different teaching loads, though both are a reduction of a faculty member’s standard load.
Advising College Fellows
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Departmental Load If your standard departmental load is… |
EGMT Load …then your EGMT load will be… |
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2:2 |
YR 1 – 3 seven-week sections |
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YR 2 – 4 seven-week sections |
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1:2 or 2:1 |
YR 1 – 2 seven-week sections |
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YR 2 – 3 seven-week sections |
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1:1 |
YR 1 – 2 seven-week sections |
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YR 2 – 2 seven-week sections |
* In the first year, Advising College Fellows will teach 1 EGMT during the first 7-week quarter. Students in this course will be their advisees. In the second year, advising College Fellows will not teach during the first quarter.
Non-Advising College Fellows
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Departmental Load If your standard departmental load is… |
EGMT Load …then your EGMT load will be… |
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2:2 |
5 seven-week sections each year |
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1:2 or 2:1 |
4 seven-week sections each year |
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1:1 |
3 seven-week sections each year |
*Non-Advising College Fellows will not teach during the first quarter of the academic year.
General Faculty
General faculty are strongly encouraged to apply if they have at least two years remaining on their currect contract. General Faculty will often be asked to keep a 1:1 load in their home department and teach a 2:2 load for the Engagements. General Faculty who wish to serve as an Advising College Fellow will receive one EGMT course release each year for taking on the advising service.
Course Development
In addition to the two-year teaching term, College Fellows will devote several days to orientation and course development in the Spring prior to their term. During this time the Fellows will:
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Work alongside the already appointed College Fellows to conceptualize and refine the Engagement experience.
- Design and collaboratively develop individual Engagement courses.
In particular, members of Cohort 10 must be available to participate in the following Orientation and Course Design meetings in Spring and August '25 (locations TBD):
| Thursday, February 13 | 6pm-8pm | Welcome Dinner |
| Friday, February 14 | 9am-2pm | College Fellows Orientation |
| Thursday, February 27 | 6pm-8pm | Course Design Dinner |
| Friday, February 28 | 10am-2pm | Course Design Workshop 1 |
| Friday, April 11 | 9:30am-2pm | Course Desing Workshop 2 |
| Wednesday, April 30 | 10am-2pm | Course Design Workshop 3 |
| Tuesday, August 19 | 9am-3pm | Syllabus Critique 1 |
| Friday, August 22 | 9am-3pm | Syllabus Critique 2 |
Stewardship
For the duration of their term, College Fellows will participate in activities to build collegiality and a shared vision of the undergraduate experience. This will take the form of regular meetings, colloquia, and when possible, dinners among the Fellows. This may also include College Fellows-sponsored events such as lectures for the University community, symposia, and seminars devoted to the liberal arts and sciences at UVA.
Service
All research and service obligations to the College of Arts & Sciences and the faculty member’s home department continue during the College Fellow appointment. In addition, Fellows will share in the collaborative work of maintaining a robust program, including participation in new cohort orientation, course design workshops, research presentations for Engagements students, and other program development.
Modified Term
For those faculty for whom a full-time appointment to the College Fellows program would prohibit their ability to participate, modified appointments will be considered by the hiring committee. We also encourage College Fellow alumni to propose such a modified appointment.
What is the Compensation?
College Fellows will receive a salary supplement of $5,000 for every academic year in which they devote 100% of their instructional effort to the Engagements (for General Faculty candidates, 4 EGMT courses will earn the full supplement - or 3 EGMT courses with advising duties).
- Compensation can be offered in research funds rather than salary supplement if requested at the time of contract.
- Full departmental course release will be offered during the corresponding academic semesters in which fellows are teaching in the Engagements.
While salary supplements are commensurate with the time devoted to Engagements teaching, the supplements serve as compensation for the preparatory work the College Fellows will undertake in the development of their courses. This includes (but is not limited to) the Spring orientation and course design workshops, assessment work, and various College Fellows functions.
In addition, the respective Associate Dean of College Fellow's home department will work with the department to provide resources to meet the instructional needs of the department for courses foregone due to the Fellow's Engagements teaching.
How to Apply
Applications will be vetted by the General Education Advisory Committee. Final selection will be made by the committee in consultation with the Dean, Associate Deans, and with the approval of the applicants’ Department Chairs.
Applications must include the following:
- Brief statement of intent (1-2 paragraphs): Explain your motivation and reasons for wanting to participate in the College Fellows. Please relate your proposed participation to your disciplinary work and the broader aims of the curriculum
- State how you would contribute to the ongoing development of the Engagements.
- Note of Endorsement from Chair: Applications should include a short note of endorsement from their chair. Text may be copied and pasted or uploaded as a .pdf file.
- Brief description of your dream Engagements Course (1-2 sentences)
- Engagement preference: Identify at least two different Engagements (Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement, Engaging Differences, Ethical Engagement) that you would be willing to cultivate – both through the design of individual courses and in collaboration with the fellows throughout the program.
- CV: Please upload your CV (short versions acceptable in .pdf format).
Applications are due Monday, October 14, 2024