{"id":18,"date":"2023-08-10T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:21:24","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim Dean of the Faculty Welcome"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_72\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<img src=\"http:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-72\" \/> Deborah Eastman <br \/>Interim Dean of the Faculty<br \/>Professor of Biology[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<span class=\"no-hyphens\">Welcome to Connecticut College! We are happy to have you join our community of dedicated and creative faculty. Whether <span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">you are with us for multiple years or just a semester, Associate Dean of Faculty for Academic Affairs Chad Jones, <span>Interim Associate Dean of the Faculty for Faculty Affairs Rosemarie Roberts, <\/span>and I appreciate the experience, energy, and creativity you will bring to teaching and learning with our students and to your connections with faculty and staff.\u00a0 Our community is committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging in our classrooms and across campus.\u00a0 We welcome you to engage fully in our governance, activities and programs. \u00a0 Your department chair will be in regular contact and we invite you to connect with other colleagues in your department and across campus as you have time and interest.\u00a0 Our Center for Teaching and Learning offers programming throughout the year that is also available to you.\u00a0 The Dean of Faculty Office, along with other offices across campus, provide an array of support for all faculty.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nWe look forward to meeting you and again, welcome.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Sincerely,\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2026\/07\/deb-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"114\" class=\"wp-image-325 alignright\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><\/p>","rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-225x225.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2023\/08\/Eastman-Deb-Conn-New-Faculty-Headshots-2022-10-1-400x400-1.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Eastman <br \/>Interim Dean of the Faculty<br \/>Professor of Biology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"no-hyphens\">Welcome to Connecticut College! We are happy to have you join our community of dedicated and creative faculty. Whether <span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">you are with us for multiple years or just a semester, Associate Dean of Faculty for Academic Affairs Chad Jones, Interim Associate Dean of the Faculty for Faculty Affairs Rosemarie Roberts, <\/span>and I appreciate the experience, energy, and creativity you will bring to teaching and learning with our students and to your connections with faculty and staff.\u00a0 Our community is committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging in our classrooms and across campus.\u00a0 We welcome you to engage fully in our governance, activities and programs. \u00a0 Your department chair will be in regular contact and we invite you to connect with other colleagues in your department and across campus as you have time and interest.\u00a0 Our Center for Teaching and Learning offers programming throughout the year that is also available to you.\u00a0 The Dean of Faculty Office, along with other offices across campus, provide an array of support for all faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to meeting you and again, welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Sincerely,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/files\/2026\/07\/deb-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"114\" class=\"wp-image-325 alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[12],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-18","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry","front-matter-type-introduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/18\/revisions\/527"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/18\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/nfgva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}