The University Travel Awards Committee makes recommendations to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs regarding special travel awards to faculty.
Meeting Schedule
Meetings are schedule by the chair of the committee. No action can be taken at committee meetings unless a majority of the voting membership is present.
Members
Sharon Wang, Chair
College of Health Professions and Sciences
School of Social Work
Email: Xiaochuan.Wang@ucf.eduJennifer Peck, Vice Chair
College of Community Innovation and Education
Criminal Justice
Email: Jennifer.Peck@ucf.edu
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Jana Jasinski
Academic Affairs-Faculty Excellence; Committee Administrator, University Travel Awards Committee; Administrator-Strategic Planning Council; Ex Officio-Commencements and Personnel Committees -
Jennifer Peck
College of Community Innovation and Education-Criminal Justice; Faculty Representative -
Romain Gaume
College of Optics and Photonics; Faculty Representative -
Lindsay Taliaferro
College of Medicine-Population Health; Faculty Representative -
John Venecek
University Libraries-Reference; Faculty Representative -
Sharon Wang
College of Health Professions and Sciences-School of Social Work; Faculty Representative; Vice Chair, University Travel Awards Committee -
Mary Amon
College of Graduate Studies-School of Modeling, Simulation & Training; Faculty Representative -
Ayse Malatyali
College of Nursing-Nursing Systems; Faculty Representative -
Michael Strawser
College of Sciences-Nicholson School of Communication & Media; Faculty Representative -
Jeong-Yeol Park
Rosen College of Hospitality Management-Hospitality Services; Faculty Representative -
Frances Ragsdale
Academic Affairs-Faculty Excellence; Administrator -
Nancy Swenson
Division of Digital Learning; Faculty Representative -
Vijay Chopra
College of Business Administration- Finance; Faculty Representative
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Leah Gaines
College of Undergraduate Studies- Interdisciplinary Studies; Faculty Representative -
Kausik Mukhopadhyay
College of Engineering and Computer Science-Materials Science & Engineering; Senate Representative
Membership
The committee shall consist of one faculty member from each academic unit (selected by the Committee on Committees), and the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs (ex officio) or designee. The chair and vice chair is elected annually from the faculty membership. Terms of service shall be two years, staggered.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To develop guidelines for travel awards to faculty.
- To make announcements to the faculty regarding availability and procedures for application for travel awards.
- To solicit applications for travel awards.
- To review faculty applications for travel awards and make recommendations to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for making these awards.
Meeting Materials and Reports
The committee submits a brief annual report of the committees’ activities by the end of the second week of August each year. Below are the annual reports for the committee.
Committee Guidance
Travel Award for Recognition of Faculty Excellence website