Events for SU faculty

One of our goals as a Center is to engage SU faculty in conversation around the deeper questions of academic practice, based on national and international Higher Education research. CETL events are open to all SU faculty.  

Please note: Some of the workshops below are tele-workshops organized by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). An SU host will be available at each to facilitate a brief conversation at the end. Click here for more information about NCFDD. 


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Wed, April 3, 2013 | 12:00-1:30 | Pigott 308 | Lunch provided
NCFDD Facilitator: Kerry Ann Rockquemore
SU Host: David Green

This tele-workshop is designed to address issues faced particularly by newer faculty and provide participants with concrete skills to successfully transition from graduate student to professor. For those already well-established in academia, it provides a refresher to help re-balance your time.

Specifically, participants will learn
• The three biggest mistakes that new faculty make in managing their time
• Why and how to align work time with institutional and personal priorities
• How to create time for academic writing and research
• How to organize a network of support and accountability for writing productivity and balance

And for those who attend the live call, you can be matched with an accountability partner to support you in implementing the strategies learned in the workshop.

Please note: To make the most of this workshop, bring your calendar with you. REGISTRATION FOR THE ACADEMIC TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP IS CLOSED.

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Tues, April 30, 2013 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Casey Commons | Lunch provided

If you would like structure and support to move you forward with your writing and scholarship, please consider joining a Faculty Writing Group. At this informational meeting, we'll explain the structure and process of Faculty Writing Groups, discuss why this process works, and organize groups. Click here for more information. 

Jointly sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the Office of Research Services and Sponsored Projects (ORSSP).

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Wed, May 1, 2013 | 12:00-1:30 | Hunthausen 150 | Lunch provided
NCFDD Facilitator: Kerry Ann Rockquemore
SU Host:  Jacquelyn Miller

Do you often start the summer with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) to write a lot this summer? Do you want to figure out how to be more productive AND enjoy your life this summer?

Then join us for this hands-on planning workshop in which you’ll identify your personal and professional goals for the summer, create a strategic plan to accomplish them, and identify the types of community, support, and accountability you need to make this your most productive and balanced summer ever.

Please note: To make the most of this workshop, bring your calendar with you.

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Tues, May 7 | 12:00-1:30 | Chardin 143 | Lunch provided
NCFDD Facilitators: Kelly Ward & Lisa Wolf-Wendel
SU Host: David Green

This workshop is based on the facilitators’ longitudinal study of how women faculty on the tenure track manage work and family in their early careers (pre-tenure) when their children are young (under the age of five), and then again in mid-career (post-tenure) when their children are older. The women studied work in a range of institutional settings—research universities, comprehensive universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges—and in a variety of disciplines, including the sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.

In this tele-workshop, the facilitators will provide insights and policy recommendations that support faculty with children and offer mechanisms for problem-solving at personal, departmental, institutional, and national levels.

NCFDD’s title is “Academic Motherhood” based on the book of the same title by the facilitators; however, NCFDD assures us that the workshop is relevant for academic fathers as well.

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Tues, May 21 | 12:30-1:50 | Hunthausen 110 | Lunch provided
Facilitated by Jacquelyn Miller and David Green
OR
Wed, May 22 | 12:30-1:50 | Pigott 308 | Facilitated by Jacquelyn Miller

Research tells us that faculty generally experience greater dissatisfaction during the middle years of their careers. Reasons given for this trend include lengthy professional lives; increased workload; an absence of motivating professional goals; diversified faculty appointment types; and the fact that individuals’ mid-career years are often also mid-life years, which in many cases is a time of reflection and reassessment.

Which areas of your life will give you greatest satisfaction at this stage? Will you want to work on your teaching practices, for instance, or engage your disciplinary peers through professional service to your field? Or maybe it’s community service or academic leadership roles that interest you. How can you take control of your direction so that you feel you’re on the right road?

In this workshop, you’ll have an opportunity to articulate some of your professional and personal goals for the next five years and to create an action plan that is sensible and sustainable. We’ll also consider how department chairs, program directors, and faculty serving on personnel committees can support mid-career faculty in achieving their goals.

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