Learning community prepares grad students, postdocs for teaching roles
“One of the most valuable lessons I have gained from the program is the concept of building engagement through pedagogy,” says Shengshuai (Joshua) Shan, MD, PhD.
Graduate School Dean Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, has been appointed Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. In this role, Dr. Sullivan will be responsible for advancing the university's mission, ensuring excellence, and fostering innovation in both the delivery of existing knowledge and the discovery of new knowledge.
The Provost is accountable for the achievement of the university’s strategic priorities, through actively engaging in planning and resource allocation to deliver tangible results and provide a foundation for future prosperity.
The Office of the Provost is committed to:
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As Augusta University pursues its mission of teaching, research and public service, the provost is leading several initiatives to enhance the excellence, impact and reach of our work. These multi-year initiatives involve faculty, students, staff and community members working together to find solutions to university issues.
Creating an institutional framework for determining faculty workload and identify next steps for implementing processes, procedures, and policies for assigning and managing workload.
The Regents' Entrepreneur designation may be granted by the Board of Regents to an outstanding full-time tenured faculty member who has an established reputation as a successful innovator and who has taken their research into a commercial setting.
Regents' Professorships are bestowed by the Board of Regents on truly distinguished faculty whose scholarship or creative activity is recognized both nationally and internationally as innovative and pace-setting.
The Student Research Program (SRP) is an initiative funded by the Augusta University Provost office, intended to encourage outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activities by AU Students.
“One of the most valuable lessons I have gained from the program is the concept of building engagement through pedagogy,” says Shengshuai (Joshua) Shan, MD, PhD.
“It demonstrates the hard work of our faculty, publishing and presenting research and providing stellar service to the field and the community," says Wesley Mears, PhD.
"I always say artists should not cut a tree to make art; they should find a fallen tree or some other material to do it," says Cesar Delgado.
“Some students have presented a number of times and are pretty well seasoned, and then there are students who are here for the first time,” says Quentin Davis, PhD.