James Marsh Professors at Large Program
We are pleased to announce the fourth round of nominations for the James Marsh Professors at Large Program detailed in the attached document. The program, endorsed by the Faculty Senate, will bring to the University of Vermont for six-year terms of appointment individuals of international distinction from across the disciplines. We expect that these non-resident faculty, who will each have multiple one-to-two week residencies on campus during their tenure, will contribute significantly to the intellectual and cultural life of the University.
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Any individual faculty member, academic department, or group of departments may nominate individuals for selection as James Marsh Professors at Large. The process of selecting the Professors at Large involves two steps. The first involves a pre-proposal letter due on December 7, 2007. Full proposals are due on February 15, 2008.
The program is named for James Marsh, the University’s fifth president, a major figure in nineteenth-century American intellectual life. President Marsh was the first college leader to promote the elective system of course work for undergraduates that has become the norm in the United States and throughout much of the world, and it is thus fitting that a program designed to enlarge intellectual and cultural opportunities for undergraduate students, and for all members of the University community, should bear his name. More on the program, including the sixteen current Marsh Professors at Large is available at this website
We look forward to receiving the final recommendations for appointment of the fourth James Marsh Professors at Large in late spring. If you have any questions, please contact Gary Derr, Chief of Staff, at 656-8937 or email.