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AFW
Association for Faculty Women (AFW)
 An organization dedicated to an equitable, collegial environment for all university faculty
Founded in 1975

NEWS and NOTES
  
AFW ACTIVITIES and INFORMATION

NEW!! Check out the Resources for Women and Faculty Mentoring websites at the Provost's Office!!

A manual on faculty evaluation has been distributed by the Provost's Office: A Guide to WSU's Policies and Procedures for Evaluating Tenture-track Faculty Members.

Office of Equity and Diversity.  View the draft Strategic Plan.
Handouts of Cohort Analysis of Tenure-Track Faculty from Feb. 2007 meeting with Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Fran McSweeney.
WSU Climate Survey results announced. Brief summary was presented in WSU Today.  A Word document with results is available (35 page report).
Final Report From Tenure and Promotion Task Force - See the recommendations from the Provost's Task Force on Tenure and Promotion.  Send comments to the Task Force, bring them to an AFW meeting, or circulate them on AFW_MemberTalk.
President Floyds' Perspectives - "In our supplemental request to the legislature..."
Opportunities, Resources, and Links - includes link to WSU salaries, women's groups at other universities, career resources, opportunities for faculty, and more - Link(s) updated January 8, 2009.
  • Please note a new design for the AFW website is being developed and will be online by the end of the spring semester. If you have any questions please contact the webmaster.

  • Calendar - next meeting: Summer Picnic and Meeting. To be held at the home of Nancy Magnuson at 5.30 pm on Thursday, July 9, 2009.
 


Purpose of AFW:

  • To provide a means for faculty women to share mutual interests, activities, and concerns, particularly as they relate to the academic responsibilities of teaching, research, and service at WSU.
  • To provide a structure through which issues that impact faculty women, as an academic group, are considered and addressed, particularly by providing input and recommendations to bodies including the University Administration, the Commission on the Status of Women, the WSU Faculty Senate, and university committees.
  • To further the professional growth of faculty women through professional programs, state and national speakers, and consultants.

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