CFA Calendar

Please click here for a PDF copy of the 2019-20 CFA Central Calendar (updated 8/19/19)

Please click here for the Google Calendar version of the 2019-20 CFA Central Calendar.  If you would like to download this calendar for your iCal, please click here.

CFA Annual College-wide Faculty & Staff Meeting

Each Fall semester, the College of Fine Arts hosts a College-wide Faculty & Staff Meeting, with a reception afterwards to honor our Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Winners. This year the meeting took place on September 6th. If you were unable to attend, and would like to view the PowerPoint presentation that was given at the meeting, please click here.

CFA Faculty Search Manual

This new Faculty Search Manual is intended as a resource for Department Chairs/School Directors, Admins, Search Committee Chairs, and Search Committee Members. It is an effort to provide information that will support the college in developing inclusive, fair, and successful search processes aimed at recruiting and hiring excellent candidates. We hope you will find it useful as you navigate the faculty search process. To download a copy of the CFA Faculty Search Manual, please click here.

CFA Financial Forms

• CFA Travel Summary Form
• CFA Mileage Reimbursement Request Form
• CFA P-Card Monthly Purchases Template
• Federal W-9 Form
• CFA Student Exception to Sales Tax

CFA Fund for Excellence Awards

DESCRIPTION

The Dean will provide Fund for Excellence Awards on a first-come-first-served basis for student projects that illustrate work of particularly high quality, as measured by the criteria listed below. Although the funds are primarily intended for student projects, in certain circumstances particularly worthy faculty projects will also be considered, particularly when they benefit students. All proposed projects should illustrate extraordinary learning and/or research activities. The Fund for Excellence is supported entirely by contributions from generous donors to the College of Fine Arts.

CRITERIA

Financial Matters

• • In order to receive a Fund for Excellence Award, other College monies must not be available for the project (e.g., FAF, grad travel)
  • Fund for Excellence Awards are not meant to replace what should be covered in the department's/school's base budget
  • The relevant department/school must provide some funding for the project

The High Caliber of Fund For Excellence Projects

• • A Fund for Excellence Award is an indicator of the high caliber of the CFA, as measured by our disciplines. Evidence of high caliber includes, but is not limited to:

- National/international dissemination and impact

- Top-tier location/venue

-  A Fund for Excellence Award will be an activity we can report to campus and our disciplines to illustrate the excellence of CFA students

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications will be accepted at any time, but please keep in mind that:

• • A Fund for Excellence application must be made well in advance of the event
  • A truly excellent opportunity generally will not be "last minute"
  • The Dean will review Fund for Excellence applications approximately once a month

The Chair/Director is responsible for submitting the request, along with a statement of support

A Fund for Excellence application must include a clear, detailed, and complete budget

APPLICATION FORM:  Please contact your Chair/Director for the Fund for Excellence Application

CFA Faculty Handbook

The Dean's Office has created a Faculty Handbook to assist faculty in the College of Fine Arts. It is filled with faculty resources, student resources, grading policies, information about the college, and many other helpful resources to help you be successful as a faculty member at the University of Utah. To download a copy of the Faculty Handbook please click here.

CFA Faculty Workshop Series

The College of Fine Arts Dean's Office is please to present the 2019-2020 Faculty Workshop Series. For a full schedule, please click here.

Individual event invitations will be sent via email to all CFA faculty emails. If you are not receiving these invitations, please reach out to Bridget Miller. 

Click the links below to register for workshops you'd like to attend:
Fall Career-Line Faculty Workshop - Thursday, October 3rd
Introduction to Research Resources - Tuesday, October 22nd 
Searching for Research Funds & Fellowships - Monday, November 18th
Fall RPT Prep Workshop - Thursday, December 5th
Explaining the Significance of Your Research to Non-Experts - Thursday, January 23rd
UCV Workshop #1 - Wednesday, January 29th 
UCV Workshop #2 - Thursday, January 30th
Spring Career-Line Faculty Workshop - Wednesday, February 5th
Managing Difficult Classroom Situations - Tuesday, February 25th
Spring RPT Prep Workshop - Tuesday, March 3rd
Budgeting Basics for Faculty Researchers - Friday, March 20th 

CFA Staff Performance Evaluation

The College of Fine Arts is committed to creating an environment in which staff can flourish and grow. Performance reviews provide an opportunity, at least once a year, for staff members to have a personal conversation with their supervisor about their contribution in the workplace and to get feedback and coaching about their job performance.

STAFF PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCESS--To be completed by employee and their immediate supervisor:

1.  The supervisor will ensure that the employee understands the purpose and the process of the review with the employee.  The employee should be instructed on where to find the Performance Review Form and provided with a current job description prior to February 1st.  (For a Word Doc version of the form, please click here.  For a fillable PDF version of the form, please click here. Note that the Word version will allow you to expand the response areas, but the PDF form will not. If you have a lot of text, we recommend using the Word Doc version.)

2.  Employees will fill out the Performance Review Form, either electronically or in hard copy during the Performance Review period.  Once the form is completed, the employee returns it to the supervisor.  A meeting should be set within a week, allowing for enough time for the supervisor to review the employee's responses. 

3.  The supervisor reviews the form and inputs comments from their perspective.

4.  When the employee and supervisor meet, the conversation can cover issues such as (1) differences in answers to the Performance Review questions, (2) differences in expectations about the quality of work, and (3) a plan for any professional development activities for the employee in the upcomign year.**Note that any plans for reclassifications of the employee need to be communicated to the supervisor, head of the unit, and the Dean.

5.  Once the Performance Review is complete, the employee and the supervisor need to sign the printed form.  The signature of the employee does not indicate that they agree with everything on the Review Form, only that they have been advised of the contents of the Review.

6.  After both the employee and the supervisor have signed the completed form, the employee will upload an electronic scan of the document into the University of Utah Performance Management system (UUPM) which can be accessed here. For a step-by-step guide on how to upload the document to the UUPM system, please click here.

The CFA Staff Performance Review period opens on February 1st and closes on April 30th. All Performance Reviews should be completed by the end of April.  Please contact Cami Rives at with any questions. 

U-CV (Formerly FAR)

The University of Utah announced that it is moving from Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) to a new platform U-CV. Please stay tuned for more details. If you have any questions please contact Associate Dean Murray at . 

Faculty Guide to Advising

The College of Fine Arts Academic Advising Team has provided information and resources for faculty members as they partner with the professional academic advisors in counseling and advising students. Click to access the Faculty Guide to Advising document. For additional information regarding academic advising in the CFA, please go to our Create Success webpage.