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Mission Statement
The central mission of the Faculty Development Advisory Committee at Eastern Illinois University is to develop and enable excellent faculty to provide high quality service and leadership across the university’s integrated missions of teaching, research, scholarship and creative activities. The aim is to promote overall faculty excellence, morale, and collegiality and to facilitate superior and timely responses to changing external and internal circumstances and priorities.

Function
The primary function of Faculty Development Advisory Committee is to provide professional development opportunities in the following areas:

• Teaching Effectiveness
• Research and creative activities
• Integration of instructional technologies
• Early, middle-and late career needs and interests

The Faculty Development Advisory Committee periodically assesses and refines its mission and functions accordingly. The committee develops plans for each academic year and provides a variety of programs, activities and resources that are relevant to the professional development of faculty at Eastern Illinois University.

Advisory Committee Members

Dr. Teshome Abebe Professor Economics		Dr. Robert Fischer Associate Professor Biological Sciences
Dr. Assegedetch HaileMariam Assistant Professor Psychology		Dr. Mary Anne Hanner Dean College of Sciences
Dr. Karla Kennedy-Hagan Assistant Professor Family & Consumer Sciences		Dr. Jinhee Lee Assistant Professor History
Dr. Jon Oliver Assistant Professor Kinesiology and Sports Studies		Dr. Suzie Park Assistant Professor English
Dr. Mildred M. Pearson Director Faculty Development		Dr. Joy Russell Chair Early Childhood, Elementary, & Middle Level Education
Ms. Jocelyn Tipton Associate Professor Booth Library		Dr. William Weber Associate Vice President Academic Affairs
Dr. Charles Wooten Professor School of Business