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Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (OVPFA) is dedicated to facilitating and promoting the success of all faculty members at Penn State over their careers.
We seek to facilitate Penn State’s attainment of its mission through the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, a commitment to shared governance, the development of guidance and implementation of policies that promote faculty success over the course of their careers, and the creation of programs and practices that enable and foster faculty development and success.
The OVPFA oversees promotion and tenure, faculty development, leadership training, executive searches, and reviews, and other issues related to academic personnel and their concerns.
The Vice Provost serves as the Provost’s contact person for the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the academic arm of the Big Ten Conference; the University Faculty Senate in issues relating to faculty affairs; and is the liaison for the Provost and President to University deans and chancellors.
Penn State Faculty Affairs News
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- Faculty FUEL – Frequently Utilized and Essential Links
- Nominations sought for 2024-25 Penn State Laureate
- Nominations open for President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration
- Schedule announced for 2023-24 Promotion and Tenure Workshop Series
- Five named 2023 Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer Fellows
- Six named 2023-24 Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellows
- Penn State announces promotions in academic rank for tenured and tenure-line faculty effective July 1, 2023
- Penn State announces nontenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023
- Three selected as Administrative Fellows for 2023-24
- Greater Allegheny’s Lori Hepner named 2023-24 Penn State Laureate
- Nominations open for University Undergraduate Teaching Awards
- Christina Grozinger receives 2023 President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration
- Penn State names seven new Distinguished Professors for 2023
- Faculty Senate passes resolution on academic freedom, racial justice
- Penn State joins national effort to develop more inclusive, diverse STEM faculty
- University provides faculty with social media support, resources document
- New resources available for underrepresented, marginalized faculty members