Hartwick college

The Office of Academic Affairs is charged with ensuring that the College has high-quality faculty and a strong liberal arts curriculum that prepares students for life-long learning, rewarding careers, and interesting lives.

Responsibilities:

Faculty

• Personnel records office-maintain personnel files for all faculty members
• Hire in consultation with departments and department chairs
• Professional Development: provide financial support for professional meetings; professional memberships; grants; endowed chairs and awards
• Evaluations: teaching, scholarship, and service
• Faculty office assignments, office hours, and collect course syllabi (which get filed in the Library)

Curriculum (in consultation with faculty)

• Oversee academic instruction
• Work with Faculty Council on what will be taught and on evaluating the curriculum

Students

• Liaison to programs relating to the first-year experience
• Probation and dismissal in conjunction with Academic Standards Committee
• Academic misconduct (plagiarism, cheating, forgery of signatures, etc.)
• Irresolvable conflicts with faculty members
• Diversifying the campus in terms of students and programming

Fall and Spring

• Dean's List (preparation)
• Dean's Certificates (distribution)

Individuals & Programs Reporting to Academic Affairs:

Office of Advising and Registration
Matthew Sanford, Director & Registrar

• Registrar's Office
  • Scheduling of courses and course registration
  • Repository of students' transcripts and all academic records
  • Degree and Enrollment Verifications
• Academic advising services
• Disability Services
• Tutoring and Learning Support Services

Center for Professional, Service and Global Education (PSGE)
Teresa DiMagno, Executive Director
The Center for Professional, Service, and Global Engagement (PSGE) supports the administration of experiential and integrative learning in Hartwick's curriculum.

• Career Services
• Global Education
• Service Learning
  

Faculty
(via Department Chairs)
Download directory listing of Faculty Chair, Division Chairs, Department Chairs, Non-Departmental Studies Coordinators (pdf document).

Information Technology
Davis Conley, Executive Director
Deb Hilts, Associate Director

• Information Systems Services (Datatel, WebAdvisor, Informer)
• Copy Center (photocopying) and Mail Services (intra-campus, USPS, UPS)
• Technology Resource Center & TechStore (HelpDesk, hardware & software support)
• Telecommunications (telephone, cable TV, data network)
• Central Systems (Blackboard, WickIT, Ingeniux, Calendar, E-Mail, file server, computer labs)

Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Dr. Brian Hagenbuch, Director

The Pine Lake Institute and Environmental Campus promote sustainability education, research, and outreach in a setting that reflects environmental stewardship and integrates lessons and experiences among all at Hartwick College and in the regional community.

• Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies
• Pine Lake Environmental Campus
• Center for Sustainable Living
• Pine Lake Summer Institute
• Academic Theme

The Stevens-German Library
Paul Coleman, Director of Library and Information Resources

U.S. Pluralism Programs
Harry Matthews, Associate Dean and Director

Offers resources to students, faculty,and staff in planning instruction and events that explore cultural and racial diversity in the U.S.

The Yager Museum of Art & Culture
Donna Anderson, Coordinator, Yager Museum of Art & Culture

Houses the following:

• Yager Collection; Fine Arts Collection; regular exhibitions
• Foreman Gallery in Anderson Center for the Arts (contemporary art, student art exhibits).

Office of Academic Affairs Hours & Contacts:
Bresee Hall Room 205
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Closed for lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m.

Phone: 607-431-4400
Fax: 607-431-4405
E-mail: acadaff@hartwick.edu