Handbook history

Many people are responsible for this Handbook. In 1994 Kathleen Kowal of the Psychology Department undertook a year-long revision of the Faculty Handbook. Her effort at compiling, revising, formatting, and editing the handbook resulted in a definitive print edition in July 1995. In the following two years, several addenda were distributed to the faculty.

In the summer of 1997, Richard Veit of the English Department produced and edited the first online edition of the Handbook. In the summer of 1998, he and Carol Ellis, Faculty Assistant to the Provost, updated the Handbook.

In 2002, the Faculty Assembly constituted a Faculty Handbook Committee to be responsible for maintaining the Handbook. Richard Veit was named editor and conducted a complete revision of the Handbook in 2003, including a redesign of the web site. The revised Handbook was approved by the Faculty Senate and the Provost in Fall, 2003.