Faculty Development Committee (FDC)
Function: To advise the Dean of the Faculty on faculty development policies; to initiate ideas for faculty growth and improvement, including programs to support both scholarly and professional activity and the improvement of teaching; to allocate such research funds as the Dean shall designate; to represent the faculty on the award of pre-tenure paid research and sabbatical leaves, and to make recommendations on such leaves to the Dean of the Faculty; and to select the annual Edwin Moseley Faculty Research Lecturer and recipients of The Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Distinguished Faculty Service Award.