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Call for Applications: Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships

January 30, 2024

Dear Chancellors and Provosts,

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships, to recognize full-time faculty who have a demonstrated commitment to working on issues faced by the University’s diverse student population. Dr. Cheryl Wall was a champion of such efforts and as such this award bears her name. She pioneered cluster hiring at Rutgers and offered advice on various diversity projects including the Rutgers AAUP-AFT's work on race and gender equity. Through a negotiated agreement between the University and the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, these Fellowships will be available for the academic year 2024–2025.

The Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships, in the form of a course release, will be awarded to full-time faculty for mentoring, advising, and outreach, to support the University’s efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. This support includes, but is not limited to, the development and implementation of high-impact educational practices; curricular redesign intended to improve student access and success; service to the department, school, University, or community, that exceeds the normal expectations for faculty; assignment to courses where increases to enrollment have demonstrably increased workload; and other extraordinary forms of service to students.

All Rutgers University full-time faculty members (not including Legacy AAUP-BHSNJ faculty) are eligible for consideration of Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships, of up to one course release per academic year.

The application process is as follows:

  • Chancellors, or their designee, shall review all applications for Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships and make recommendations to the University Committee on Diversity, Race and Gender (UCD).
  • The UCD will make final recommendations as to the award of Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships to the EVPAA. The EVPAA, or their designee, shall make final determinations.
  • Please note that eligible faculty may receive a Fellowship only once during the term of the 2022–2026 collective negotiations agreement between the University and the AAUP-AFT beginning in Fall 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2026.

Those named as Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowship recipients for the 2024–2025 academic year will be announced on April 1, 2024.

The application form that provides a brief description of the award, and instructions for completing and submitting the application packet can be found here. Please initiate the application process in your academic units, providing faculty until February 21, 2024, to apply. In this regard, please circulate this announcement to deans, department chairs, and directors for dissemination. Chancellors, or their designee, shall then review all applications and upload recommended applications (in a single pdf file) to this folder no later than March 6, 2024. For questions regarding the application process, please contact Dr. Angela Mullis (amullis@oq.rutgers.edu) of the Office of the EVPAA, who will coordinate the process for the Committee.

Sincerely,

Prabhas