Posted on Mar 30, 2006

Union College and three other upstate New York institutions-Skidmore College; Hamilton College; and Colgate University-will share another $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support faculty career enhancement.
The grant will continue to support initiatives begun in the 2004-05 academic year: grants to mid-career faculty; exchanges among the institutions; and workshops, lectures and a speakers bureau.
“The Mellon grant provides excellent support for our faculty members' teaching and research,'' said Therese McCarty, Dean of Faculty. “We have already benefited from faculty exchanges and collaborative workshops with the other colleges involved in the grant. We are grateful to the Mellon foundation for providing the support for more such opportunities.''
The latest grant, which will fund programs for two years beginning in the 2006-07 academic year, follows a $600,000 Mellon grant awarded to the four schools in 2003.
The support has been used to help faculty with planning and research after they have reached tenure, typically at the start of their seventh year. In addition, two faculty members from each of the four schools have taught a course at one of the other schools, giving them exposure to new colleagues in a different academic and institutional culture.