Teacher-Scholar Ideal

The duty of all faculty members is the commitment to the Teacher-Scholar ideal.

1. Excellent teaching at all levels, student engagement, and advising.
2. Advancing the frontiers of knowledge through nationally/internationally recognized research, scholarship, interdisciplinary activities and/or creative work.
3. Involvement of students in research, scholarly or creative work and/or academically-oriented service learning, community-based research, civic engagement, and experiential learning.
4. Active participation in the governance and life of the program, department, college, and university.
5. Active, consistent, and extensive presence on campus (and/or at campus-related or research facilities) and regular face-to-face availability to students and colleagues.