Nominations sought for 2024-25 Purdue Insights Forum

Faculty Affairs, housed in the Office of the Provost, is accepting nominations from faculty for the 2024-25 Purdue Insights Forum. 

The Insights program focuses on preparing and supporting faculty to take on enhanced leadership roles at Purdue, particularly as associate head, head, associate dean or center/institute director. Faculty members who are early in their time in one of these leadership positions have also found value in the program. 

Faculty must submit nominations to their respective deans. Deans are asked to provide up to four nomination packets for faculty from their college, selected from names provided by department heads.  

The nomination packet for each faculty member must include:

• A complete curriculum vitae.
• An applicant letter of interest, including a brief description of their administrative and leadership experience, as well as three goals reflecting what they hope to gain from participating in the Insights Forum (three-page limit).
• An acknowledgement that they are available to attend Insights sessions, which are held Mondays from 12:30-2:30 p.m. throughout both fall and spring semesters.
• A letter of support from their department head (two-page limit).
• A biographical statement (one-page limit) describing their career trajectory and experience most relevant to the Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program.
• A biographical statement (one-page limit) describing their career trajectory and university leadership experience.

All nomination packets will be reviewed by a selection committee and, based on the strengths of the applicant pool and representation of all colleges, a cohort of 16 faculty will be chosen to participate in the program.  

A listing of previous faculty cohorts in the Insights program is available online. 

Deans must send nomination packets to facultyaffairs@purdue.edu by March 18.