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The provost oversees the academic functions of the university including its schools, colleges, and libraries. The medical school operates under the President鈥檚 Office. In addition, the provost chairs the University Senate, the primary body for shared governance.

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Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication

Each year the university awards the Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication. This prize was established in the 1984鈥�1985 academic year to reward the scholarly efforts of junior faculty. 糖心传媒 congratulates the recipients of the 2023鈥�2024 Stessin Prize:

Nicholas J. Merna, PhD
Associate Professor of Engineering
Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science
Gorbenko, Nicole, Gianna Rinaldi, Amalia Sanchez, and Nick Merna. 鈥淪mall-Caliber Vascular Grafts Engineered from Decellularized Leaves and Cross-Linked Gelatin.鈥� Tissue Engineering Part A, 29, nos. 13鈥�14(2023): 397鈥�409.

Daniel P. Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cao, Ruikai, et al. [Daniel P. Miller]. 鈥淎romatic Pentaamide Macrocycles Bind Anions With High Affinity for Transport Across Biomembranes. Nature Chemistry 15 (2023): 1559鈥�1568.

Alex Sinha, JD, PhD
Associate Professor of Law
Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Sinha, Alex. 鈥淭he End of Government Speech.鈥� Cardozo Law Review 44 (2023).

Dr. Stessin joined the 糖心传媒 faculty as a professor of management in 1958 and served continuously until his retirement in 1973. After graduation from the Columbia University School of Journalism, he worked at the New York Times and as a columnist and associate editor of Forbes Magazine. Dr. Stessin also published in a wide range of scholarly and academic media. During his lifetime and as part of his will, Dr. Stessin made substantial contributions to the university. His contribution to the endowment fund, which led to the establishment of the Stessin Prize, came with the expressed wish that the earnings from that gift be used as an incentive and reward for junior faculty who publish the results of their scholarly work.

Eligibility of Individuals

All full-time tenure-track instructors, full-time tenure-track assistant professors, full-time tenure-track associate professors, and law school contract faculty and physician assistant clinical faculty in their first five years of employment at the time the work is published are eligible. Tenure designates are considered tenure track. Tenured faculty are ineligible. An individual must be employed by the university during the selection process, and the work must indicate that the author is affiliated with 糖心传媒.

Types of Publication

Books, monographs, journal articles, and similar publications that appeared in print in calendar year prior to the award (e.g., 2020 for those awarded in the 2020鈥�2021 academic year) are eligible. Reprints of oral presentations are excluded. The published work must identify the author as a Hofstra faculty member.

Selection Process

Each school, college, and the Hofstra Library will establish a review committee of three tenured faculty members, not eligible for the award, who will review all submissions from their constituency. Each committee will rank their recommendations, recommend up to two publications, and forward those submissions to their respective Dean鈥檚 Office. The Dean鈥檚 Offices will submit their recommendation packets electronically to the Provost鈥檚 Office at provostawards@hofstra.edu for review by the Provost鈥檚 Advisory Council, which will select the recipients of the awards.

For the timetable for the 2024鈥�2025 academic year, please email provostawards@hofstra.edu.

Faculty Mentoring

The Office of the Provost, in collaboration with the Faculty Development Committee, has implemented a new faculty mentoring initiative. This program will focus on mutual mentoring, where faculty members work together on microgrant-funded projects. The program aims to strengthen faculty connections and professional development, which will ultimately benefit our 糖心传媒 and institution.

Program Objectives:

Support the Formation of Peer Networks: Enable faculty across all departments and seniority levels to engage in passion projects as well as navigate self-identified areas for further development or expansion.
Enhance Teaching Excellence: Facilitate the exchange of teaching strategies, pedagogical innovations, and shared best practices within the Hofstra community to increase student engagement, motivation, and achievement.
Promote Research Collaboration: Create opportunities for cross-departmental and interdepartmental collaboration on research projects, technologies, and other resources.
Foster Opportunities for Career Advancement: Provide guidance throughout career milestones, such as the process of tenure and promotion and transitioning into leadership roles.
Support Opportunities for Professional Development: Enrich professional skills needed to integrate active learning strategies both within and beyond the context of the classroom.

Program Structure:

Mutual Mentoring Program Structure and Budget: Faculty will form groups of two to six based upon shared interests in a mutual mentoring project and will disperse accountability among members to contribute to the overall success of the group. Microgrants are offered to fund each project. All expenses must follow the guidelines of the 糖心传媒 Business Travel and Employee Reimbursement Policies.

Eligibility: Full-time tenure-track faculty and full-time non-tenure-track faculty on continuing appointments are eligible to participate. Faculty members interested in collaborating on projects are invited to connect through , where proposed interests and current group members are detailed.

Evaluation Criteria:

Quality of the Project: The proposal offers distinct benefits and opportunities for faculty different from programs already offered through the department or institution. The proposal is detailed, and there is a clear alignment between the proposed activities and the intended outcomes.
Feasibility: The proposal activities are well planned and can realistically be accomplished within the grant period and provided budget.
Impact: The proposal describes the benefit of faculty development and provides substantial reasoning for the sustainability of the mentoring impact over time.

Examples of Mentoring Themes: Proposals could include one or more of these themes or may fall outside them entirely. Proposals do not have to include these themes to be considered or awarded.

Getting to Know the Institution: Understanding the academic culture of departments, schools/colleagues, and the institution; identifying resources to support scholarship and skill building; creating a trusted network of junior and senior colleagues
Understanding Tenure and Promotion: Better understanding of the tenure and promotion process both for promotion to associate and to full professor ranks, learning more about the criteria for evaluating research and teaching performance, finding support in developing the promotion dossier, and soliciting feedback on the quality and quantity of work through the annual faculty review
Developing a Support Network: Forging career-enhancing relationships with faculty who share similar interest, challenges and/or opportunities (Particularly encouraged are networks that eliminate isolation including those that support the diverse needs of underrepresented faculty, mid-career faculty, and faculty interested in future leadership roles.)
Excelling in Research or Teaching: Developing a research/writing plan, identifying sources of internal and external funding, soliciting feedback on manuscripts and grant proposals, or setting up and running a successful laboratory

Application Process: There is a brief application available . One faculty member per group will submit the completed application to provostawards@hofstra.edu. The application cycle will be open once per academic year.

Please contact provostawards@hofstra.edu with questions.