The mission of the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support (OFDAS) is to provide instructional and professional development activities and services for UHM faculty and academic staff. In addition, OFDAS provides opportunities for faculty members to participate in an array of instructional and curriculum development activities to improve teaching and learning on the Manoa campus. All OFDAS activities and services are available to full-time tenure track, full-time non-tenure track, adjunct, and part-time faculty. OFDAS is presently organized into three functional units: the Center for Instructional Support (CIS), the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), and the Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP), which are actively engaged in providing support in the areas of teaching, assessment, and instructional technology. While each of the functional units have distinct foci, they work in collaboration within OFDAS to respond to faculty requests and needs. A third OFDAS unit, the Center for Studies of Multicultural Higher Education (CESOMHE) has been unofficially decommissioned due to lack of funding and loss of positions. Consequently, some of the multicultural and diversity aspects of teaching and learning have been integrated with CTE activities and other department programs. The Chair of OFDAS reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.     Please contact Dr. Gerald Meredith, Interim Chair, if you have any questions about OFDAS. University of Hawaii at Manoa 1733 Donaghho Road, Kuykendall 106 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-8075 Fax: (808) 956-9535 E-mail: jerry@hawaii.edu Revised 10/16/08