About the Center
The Center for Faculty Development exists to support faculty in their pursuit of the University's mission. To this end, the CFD:
- assists faculty in becoming excellent teachers and creative and fruitful contributors to their disciplines;
- equips faculty for potential advancement into positions of leadership; and
- encourages faculty as they seek to know and love God and see their teaching, scholarship, creative work, and service as part of their Christian calling to the academic world.
This Year In The Center (2008-2009)
Theme: The Christian Intellectual Tradition
The Faculty Development Committee Members:
- Matt Lunsford, Chair
- Patty Hamilton
- Ashley Blair
- Don Christensen
- David Malone
- Nancy Cherry
- Terry McRoberts
- Hal Poe
- Ann Singleton
- Mark Stephens
Fresh Start for New Faculty
- Schedule (.pdf)
Watch for updates on:
- In The Academy
- Best Practices
- Faculty Dialogue Groups
Upcoming Events
Recent Book Review
Gene Fant Reviews Renewing Minds: Serving Church and Society through Christian Higher Education
Richard Lynn, professor of psychology at the University of Ulster, recently provoked a spate of controversy when he told the Times Literary Supplement that religious people are stupider than other persons. 1 His so-called evidence was that “intellectual elites” are less religious. He further cited a few Gallup polls which show that persons with superior scores on some IQ tests tend to be more atheistic in their thinking. read more
More Book Reviews
Christian Learning at Union University
Justin Barnard | PowerPoint
The early church father Tertullian famously questioned the compatibility of the Gospel and the Greek philosophy of his day with his of quoted quip: “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” Tertullian’s challenge is typically construed as a question about the relationship between faith and reason. However, it serves just as well as a metaphor for thinking about the history of education. View the PowerPoint | read more
| Associate Provost
and Dean of Instruction: Barbara McMillin e-mail: bmcmilli@uu.edu phone: 731-661-5314 |
Associate Director of Faculty Development: Nan Thomas e-mail: nthomas@uu.edu phone: 731-661-5065 office: F-18A |
Director of Faculty Research: Randy Phillips e-mail: rphillips@uu.edu phone: 731-661-5209 |
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