Marshall College Faculty Involvement
Thurgood Marshall College has over 160 affiliated campus faculty from every discipline of study as part of our college identity. Many of these professors serve as faculty mentors for TMC Mentor Program for Transfer Students. They also teach in our Dimension of Culture core writing program, as well as developing topics and teaching in our Honors Seminars. Marshall Faculty serve on our college’s Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee and the Preuss Charter School Board of Advisors. In additional, Marshall Faculty lead key academic programs based at TMC such as our Public Service Minor and African-American Studies Minor.
Service and Academic-related Opportunities for Faculty
- Academic Senate Representatives
- Executive Committee
- Curriculum Committee
- Guest Lecture for a quarter - TMC 20 Honors seminar
Student Involvement Opportunities for Faculty
Thurgood Marshall College is as committed today to its founding principles of social justice and social equality as it was in 1970. As affiliated TMC faculty, you have the opportunity to serve alongside our dedicated staff to enhance the education of our students.
- Marshall Mentor Program for Transfer Students
- Dine-With-a-Prof
- San Diego Charter School Outreach
- Faculty Involvement with Admit Day
- Faculty Involvement with Family Weekend 2009
- Faculty Involvement with Orientation
- Advising Student Organizations and Committees
Faculty are warmly invited to attend any of the campus-wide events that we sponsor throughout the academic year. We are proud to feature UC San Diego faculty as moderators at our open forum public events. These include our annual Marshall Week festivities in November, Past guests included legendary film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Nobel Laureate and activist Wole Soyinka, award winning author and NPR journalist Juan Williams, Nobel Laureate Poet Derek Walcott, noted actor and comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence, TV and film star David Alan Grier.
Faculty are urged to match the challenge posed by our students in making a service commitment to the college. Each quarter we need volunteers to conduct the Thurgood Marshall College Honors Seminar on topics related to college themes, a minimal commitment equivalent to running a Freshman Seminar.
In keeping with its tradition of community service and social activism, Marshall College invites you to participate and become involved in the many activities, events, and projects with a social emphasis that it sponsors. Any member of the campus community can volunteer in our outreach efforts in the local public schools, most notably the Preuss School here on campus, and the Gompers Preparatory Academy charter school in Southeast San Diego. Gompers in particular needs lots of academic support in the form of tutors and consultants during this, its fledgling year as a charter school with a college prep curriculum.
There are more exciting things going on at Marshall than you might expect, and look forward to your participation and involvement in them.
Please contact the Provost office for more information,
858-534-4004 or tmcprovost@ucsd.edu.
