MSCHE Self Study April 2021

one ‐ half salary support is available if the sabbatical’s duration is one year. With prior approval, faculty members may supplement salaries up to their full salary. A new program for mid ‐ career qualified (clinical) faculty was developed in 2019 and announced to the faculty at the May 7, 2019 faculty meeting. The program provides for up to 0.2 additional faculty development FTE for approved applications, applied for up to one year. Applications with program description, objectives and outcomes are due in December for the following academic year. The application must be approved by the primary supervisor and submitted to Academic Affairs for review and recommendation by the Dean’s Council. FT clinical faculty are eligible after 7 years of service. Information Technology support is provided at the college for teaching, research and patient care activities (e.g., Moodle LMS, TurningPoint assessment software, Poll Everywhere, ExamSoft assessment software, Scantron assessment software, Panopto, Zoom, video capture, Meditrek, and NextGen EHR). Full ‐ time faculty members are provided with an office space, telephone, computer with supporting software, and desktop support. Computers are upgraded and replaced as needed. Outstanding faculty contributions may be recognized on an annual basis through the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service and the prestigious SUNY Distinguished Professor recognitions. An ad hoc committee appointed by the president confidentially solicits from faculty, staff and students. The Office of the SUNY Chancellor approves these awards. Faculty members who receive these awards are recognized at the College’s annual Scholar’s Dinner, and for the Distinguished Professor recognitions, at an event sponsored by the chancellor in Albany. Additional recognitions for faculty and staff are made through the Recognition Committee appointed by the president. These awards are presented at the annual College recognition ceremony. Research and scholarly activity are institutional priorities and essential elements of the College’s mission statement. The College maintains active vision research laboratories performing basic, translational and clinical research. As indicated in Goal 3 of the Strategic Plan 2018 ‐ 23 , we seek to grow translational research that complements our College’s Clinical Vision Research Center (CVRC). The College successfully develops, maintains, and supports research and scholarly activity in a broad range of vision and related sciences . Current research efforts fall into the areas of cell and molecular biology of eye and retina; ocular pharmacology; visual optics; visual neuroscience; vision and visual perception; and clinical research The College’s research faculty publish regularly in top general interest science journals and high impact neuroscience, eye, vision, and optometry journals, maintain collaborations with scientists at other institutions around the world and are successful at procuring grants and contracts. From Research and Scholarship Overview

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