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The book form in Drupal is useful for creating lots of content items that are related. We use the book form for the APT Guidelines, and for the AEP Guidelines. 

The website includes individuals in a number of categories.

Some of the content on the site are presented in a "Click to Read More" format, also known as an Accordion.

The OFA Events Calendar is created with date items that have a special tag.

The Media Library is an organizational tool for documents -- especially those that might get revised -- and images.

The University of Maryland is committed to ensuring that textbook adoptions promote a high quality educational experience.

Our new site has some changes to the way you enter content. It may take you a little time to grow accustomed to the changes.

Since we are no longer using the Gutenberg page format, I have reimagined the differences between Articles and Pages.

The Faculty Affairs newsletter is an important tool for communicating with faculty and staff, as well as other members of our community.

Information about campus awards (e.g., Distinguished Scholar Teacher) is stored in a separate content type, which includes space for the award description and links for the award criteria and etcet

Faculty, please review these essential policies related to expectations and our campus community. Contact the Office of Faculty Affairs with any questions. 

Recent events on our campus and at campuses across the world have raised questions about faculty members' rights and responsibilities regarding academic freedom, First Amendment rights to free spee

The 2023 Annual Activity Report submission process officially opened on January 16, 2024. All tenured and tenure-track faculty members must complete and submit their 2023 Annual Activity Report by March 15, 2024. Many units will require Professional Track (PTK) faculty members to submit these reports as well. All benefits-eligible PTK faculty will have access to 2023 Annual Activity Reporting using the Workflow function within Faculty Success.

Fearless Unit Leadership prepares academic unit heads (department chairs, institute directors, or their equivalent) at the University of Maryland for inclusive, compas

The easiest way to find a piece of content, for editing or deleting, is to use the filter function on the content list. 

Foreign non-paid faculty appointments are appointments for international visitors that do not involve payment of salary or other compensation but do provide an academic rank.

Front Page Cards display short notices to users, such as reminding them to register for an upcoming workshop, or to review content.

In January, we were delighted to learn that Governor Hogan granted a comprehensive compensation package for eligible state employees at the University of Maryland to include a bonus, COLA, and meri

Procedures for Faculty and Administrators

The following instructions are based on the University System of Maryland's

The Media Library is a separate content type that allows us to use and reuse all kinds of media, though we primarily use it for images and documents.

To add feature articles to the website, create an article item, but for the text type, choose Newsletter Article.

Non-Renewal: The first year of the initial appointment shall be a probationary year, and the appointment may be terminated at the end of that fiscal year if the appointee is so notified by March 1. In the event that the initial appointment is for two years, the appointment may be terminated if the appointee is so notified by December 15 of the second year.

University of Maryland College Park Mission Statement, VI-1.05 BOR Policy of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression, VI-1.10 BOR Policy on Acts of Violence and Extremism, VI-1.00(B) University of Maryland Non-Discrimination Policy and Procedures, VI-1.00(C) University of Maryland, College Park Policy on Inclusive Language

A list of faculty who were tenured and or promoted during the most recent academic year.

To maintain and strengthen its excellence, the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) must recruit and retain an outstanding faculty. Many faculty members who are being recruited by UMD have spouses or partners who are accomplished scholars. The ability of a dual career spouse or partner to find a satisfactory career opportunity is often a key factor in the recruitment process, and ultimately in the couple’s decision to accept an offer at UMD.

In the Spring of 2022, Faculty Affairs worked with the Faculty Success Advisory Group and the Council of Assistant Deans for Faculty Affairs to find a way to represent faculty involvement in p

A taxonomy is a group of categories or terms that can be used to organize content. If a term is added to a piece of content, the user can then click the term to find all the other pieces of content that have the same assigned term.

The Teaching and Learning Transformation Center inspires excellence and innovation in teaching, learning and scholarly activities in the pursuit of transformative educational experience at UMD.

The State of Maryland’s College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009 has as its purposes to establish practices in higher education institutions in the State in which textbook selecti

In early summer or late spring, it's necessary to update the dates on the Useful Dates list.

Each of the items added to the media library has an ID number (like everything else in drupal). You can learn the ID number by hovering your mouse over the download link:

The Shortcuts bar is a useful way to streamline your work.