Office of the Provost
Recognition of Honors and Awards 2024
Each year we recognize F&M students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, leadership, character, and more. See this year's honorees and award winners, plus meet new members of honors societies.
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Dr. Mary Osirim is the Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty. She is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former Provost at Bryn Mawr College. At Bryn Mawr, she held several other positions including Dean of Graduate Studies, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Director of Africana Studies, and Faculty Diversity Liaison. Dr. Osirim鈥檚 scholarly research has focused on women, entrepreneurship, the state and non-governmental organizations in the microenterprise sectors of Nigeria and Zimbabwe, the development of gender studies scholarship in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as transnationalism and community development among African immigrants in the United States.
The Office of the Provost at F&M oversees the Academic Affairs division including the curriculum, faculty governance and personnel matters, and the academic resources, institutes, and centers listed below. In this role, Dr. Osirim works closely with faculty and staff to ensure that academic initiatives align with the College's mission of excellence in liberal arts education.
Dr. Osirim maintains an open-door policy and encourages faculty, staff, and students to stop by and say 鈥渉ello.鈥
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July 3, 2024 As part of an internship-for-credit course, F&M students visit McCaskey High School throughout the semester to discuss philosophy and ethics with Lancaster students. June 5, 2024 Ongoing research into robots and machine ethics has resulted in a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant for Jason 鈥淲illie鈥 Wilson, assistant professor of computer science at F&M. May 24, 2024 This semester, more than $2,630,627 in grant and fellowship opportunities was awarded to faculty across various departments, with many award announcements still pending.果冻APP传媒Faculty Are Doing Amazing Work
F&M Students Take Philosophy to High School Classrooms
Willie Wilson Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Computer Science
Faculty Awarded Over $2.63 Million in Recent Grants & Fellowships
F&M faculty have access to a robust set of resources related to teaching, scholarship,
and service. The Office of the Provost is dedicated to connecting faculty with people
and programs throughout Academic Affairs that can support their personal and professional
growth.Offices, Centers & Initiatives
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F&M Academics in the Spotlight
July 16, 2024
Summer Brings Calmer Campus Days
Franklin & 果冻APP传媒鈥檚 signature blue Adirondack chairs won鈥檛 be empty for long. Students are already returning to campus for various academic commitments.
July 3, 2024
F&M Students Take Philosophy to High School Classrooms
As part of an internship-for-credit course, F&M students visit McCaskey High School throughout the semester to discuss philosophy and ethics with Lancaster students.
June 14, 2024
Grads Give Best Advice to Incoming Class
If you could give one piece of advice to the students who will start attending F&M this fall, what would that be? See what F&M grads have to say.