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The overall goal of the Academic and Faculty Excellence SIT is to achieve academic excellence with exceptional programs and outstanding faculty:

  1. Ensure the relevancy of academic programs: Update the curriculum regularly to provide students with the latest industry-relevant knowledge and experiences.
  2. Ensure continuous improvement of instruction: Provide opportunities for faculty to continuously improve their instructional skills.
  3. Expand faculty role in student retention initiatives: Involve faculty in designing and evaluating measures to improve retention rates through collaboration with academic support units.
  4. Recruit and support outstanding faculty: Enhance best practices for faculty recruitment and retention.

View the Academic and Faculty Excellence components of the Strategic Plan.

SIT Members

Chair

  • Kelly Austin, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost — University Administration

Executive Committee

  • Eduardo Divo, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Bert Zarb, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Will Miller, Associate Vice President for Continuous Improvement & Institutional Performance
  • Mary Frances Causey, Chief Business Officer — Prescott
  • James Gregory, Dean and Professor, College of Engineering — Daytona Beach
  • Alan Stolzer, Dean and Professor, College of Aviation — Daytona Beach
  • Bettina Mrusek, Dean and Associate Professor, College of Aviation – Worldwide
  • Tom Drape, Dean and Professor, College of Business, Security and Intelligence — Prescott
  • Maneesh Sharma, Dean and Professor, College of Business — Worldwide
  • Cheily Diaz, Director, Compensation and HR Compliance
  • Julie Ferguson, University Registrar

Steering Committee

  • Eduardo Divo, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Keith Wilson, Assistant Dean of Curriculum & Accreditation and Assistant Professor, College of Aviation — Worldwide
  • Farshid Azadian, Chair and Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Operations — Daytona Beach
  • Ashley Lear, Professor of Humanities and Composition — Daytona Beach
  • Marti Klemm, Associate Professor of Aeronautical Science — Daytona Beach
  • Stacey McIntire, Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautical Science — Prescott
  • Hadi Ali, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering — Prescott
  • Deborah Prosser, Hunt Library Director
  • Angela Atwell, Executive Director, RCTLE — Worldwide
  • Adam Raab, Associate Director of Rankings Research and Outreach, Institutional Research
  • Claudia Cornejo Happel, Director of CTLE — Daytona Beach
  • Meachelle Darley, Associate Athletics Director for Internal Affairs – Daytona Beach
  • Lin Zhao, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, College of Business – Daytona Beach
  • Dean Goon, Dean of Academic Innovation — Worldwide
  • Joshua Caulkins, Director of CTLE — Prescott
  • Heidi Steinhauer, Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Engineering Fundamentals — Daytona Beach

Strategy Sub-Groups

  • Relevancy of Academic Programs — Lin Zhao (lead)
  • Continuous Improvement of Instruction — Dean Goon (lead)
  • Faculty Role on Student Retention — Joshua Caulkins (lead)
  • Faculty Recruitment and Retention — Heidi Steinhauer (lead)