Scholarly and/or Creative Activities Sample Clauses

Scholarly and/or Creative Activities. Each faculty member is expected to be actively engaged in and contribute to the intellectual life of that member’s program, school, discipline and profession. We support the principles of Xxxxx’x Model of Scholarship which states in part, “the work of the professoriate might be thought of as having four separate, yet overlapping, functions. These are: the scholarship of discovery; the scholarship of integration; the scholarship of application; and the scholarship of teaching.” (Scholarship Reconsidered by Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx.) Each faculty member shall engage in scholarly and/or creative activities which shall be documented and include peer review and dissemination. This does not apply to Lecturers and Senior Lecturers. These activities should be discussed with the faculty member’s academic Xxxx and/or Associate Xxxx each year and recorded in the faculty planning worksheet. Examples of appropriate documented, peer reviewed and disseminated activities include, but are not limited to, the following: a. Study or research in an academic or intellectual activity relevant to the faculty’s program or school or to new courses, labs and studios or other curricular learning experiences. b. Presenting at a conference or seminar or presenting as an invited speaker c. Publications in journals, conference proceedings, books and other appropriate media that have been peer-reviewed d. Creative work: fiction/non-fiction writing, art, architecture, interior design, industrial design, performance, etc. e. Juried shows of design or artistic work, estimation competitions, art/gallery showings, work generated by Accelerate programs/business incubation that is externally reviewed and disseminated. f. Creation of blog, website, podcast, or other digital media that contributes to the advancement of that faculty member’s discipline or profession. Metrics that can be used shall include but are not limited to citations, pingbacks, page rank, views, likes/shares, and subscribers. g. Preparing and submitting grant proposals h. Scholarly and/or creative works in progress i. Develop, document and present findings on project-based and/or interdisciplinary learning techniques. j. Technical reports on innovation of teaching and learning that have been peer-reviewed k. Dissemination of developed curricula that have been peer-reviewed
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  • Outside Activities (a) The General Partner, for so long as it is the General Partner of the Partnership (i) agrees that its sole business will be to act as a general partner or managing member, as the case may be, of the Partnership and any other partnership or limited liability company of which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner or member and to undertake activities that are ancillary or related thereto (including being a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and (ii) shall not engage in any business or activity or incur any debts or liabilities except in connection with or incidental to (A) its performance as general partner or managing member, if any, of one or more Group Members or as described in or contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement, (B) the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt securities or equity interests in any Group Member, (C) the guarantee of, and mortgage, pledge, or encumbrance of any or all of its assets in connection with, any indebtedness of any Group Member or (D) the performance of its obligations under the Omnibus Agreement. (b) Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(c), each Unrestricted Person (other than the General Partner) shall have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise, to any Group Member or any Partner. None of any Group Member, any Limited Partner or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any Unrestricted Person. (c) Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a) and Section 7.5(b), but otherwise notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the engaging in competitive activities by any Unrestricted Person (other than the General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners, (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any duty or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of the General Partner or any other Unrestricted Person for the Unrestricted Persons (other than the General Partner) to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Partnership and (iii) the Unrestricted Persons shall have no obligation hereunder or as a result of any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise, to present business opportunities to the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner). No Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Partnership, shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Partnership, and such Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) shall not be liable to the Partnership, to any Limited Partner or any other Person bound by this Agreement for breach of any duty by reason of the fact that such Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) pursues or acquires for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Partnership, provided that such Unrestricted Person does not engage in such business or activity using confidential or proprietary information provided by or on behalf of the Partnership to such Unrestricted Person. (d) The General Partner and each of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other Partnership Interests in addition to those acquired on the Closing Date and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall be entitled to exercise, at their option, all rights relating to all Units and/or other Partnership Interests acquired by them. The term “Affiliates” when used in this Section 7.5(d) with respect to the General Partner shall not include any Group Member.

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