News - July 04, 2008

SU Florence Italian language professors publish didactic book

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor Eric Spina has approved a faculty leave program to provide full-time SUF faculty members the opportunity to pursue academic projects that will enhance their teaching at SUF. The length of the leave will be one semester, with one faculty member on leave in any specific semester.

The proposal, in the works for some time, had been approved by the Academic Council, was then forwarded to the Faculty Affairs Committee for its consideration, and was then approved by the Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina.

Says SUF Director Barbara Deimling, “Enabling full time SUF faculty to take a leave to pursue academic projects that will enhance their teaching at SUF contributes to the University’s Scholarship in Action in the areas of Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction, as well as Engagement with the World.”

Deimling continues, “I wish to thank Jon Booth and Don Saleh for all their efforts in making this a reality. This is an important step in acknowledging the crucial role that SUF faculty plays in delivering a program of the highest academic level within an international setting, and it shows the dedication of SU towards its colleagues abroad.”

For information and deadlines contact sbhetzel@syr.fi.it.