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Faculty Center faculty development seminar records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1021

Scope and Contents

Contains materials documenting the Faculty Development Seminar (FDS) for new faculty put on by the Brigham Young University Faculty Center. Records include FDS packets, participant directories, invitations, and FDS evaluations. Materials date from 1994 to 2008.

Dates

  • 1994-2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Faculty Center faculty development seminar records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Administrative History

The Faculty Center (est. 1992) at Brigham Young University is an institution to assist the university faculty members in the proper training and building of essential skills.

Founded in January 1992, the Faculty Center was intended to develop a broad range of faculty skills, especially to support faculty teaching and learning by orientation, support, feedback, and training. It was moved from the Heber J. Grant Building to the Wilkinson Student Center in May 1998.

The Faculty Center operates under a Director, an Associate Director, and several Assistant Directors with jurisdiction over specific areas. Donald K. Jarvis served as the founding director with J. Bonner Ritchie as the its first Associate Director and D. Lynn Sorenson as Assistant Director. By March of the following year, Louise M. Illes was serving as Assistant Director; in 1996, David A. Whetten took over as Director. Russell T. Osguthorpe was added as Associate Director the following year, while A. Jane Birch and Trav D. Johnson were serving as Assistant Directors. By 2001, Terrance D. Olson was serving as Associate Director, followed in 2004 by Robert L. Millet and James E. Faulconer. They were followed in 2007 by R. Kent Crookston and in 2008 by Alan Wilkins.

Presently, the Center is operated by Director David A. Whetten, Associate Directors Alan Wilkins and R. Kent Crookston, and Assistant Director for Faculty Development A. Jane Birch. Under their direction, the Faculty Center continues to explore new ways to support teaching, scholarship, citizenship, and collegiality.

Extent

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Original order maintained. The majority of the material is chronological.

Custodial History

Materials were transferred by the Faculty Center in December 2002. Additional related materials added to collection by University Archivist in 2013.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred; Faculty Center; December 2002.

Transferred; University Archivist; October 2013.

Appraisal

Faculty development (University Archives collecting policy, February 2010).

Processing Information

Processed; University Archives; 2002.

Processed; J. Gordon Daines III; 2013.

Title
Register of Faculty Center faculty development seminar records
Status
Completed
Author
Jennifer Kim
Date
2011 August 9
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Revision Statements

  • 2013 October 29: Addendum added and description updated; J. Gordon Daines III.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US