New Faculty Development Workshops

In fall 2015, Provost Deek established the first ever New Faculty Development Workshop with the intent to provide guidance and support to the newly hired tenure-track Assistant and Associate Professors.

New Faculty Workshops

Academic Year 2021 – 2022 

New Faculty Development Workshop

Dates: Specified below

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (includes working dinner served at about 6:00 p.m.)

Place: Ballroom B

Total number of sessions: 10

Attendees are placed in groups and each group has a mentor (Distinguished Professor, Master Teacher, etc.).  

Each session has typically three time slots.

  1. Slot-1: Interactive Talk
  2. Slot-2: Brainstorming/Mentoring (group activity)
  3. Slot-3: Case-Study Presentations

The workshop has three themes; two themes have three sessions and one theme has four sessions; the themes are:

  • Effective Teaching 
  • Successful Grant Funding
  • Professional Service & Tenure

Week-1: Tuesday, September 14, 2021

  • Theme: Effective Teaching: Student Engagement

Week-2: Tuesday, September 21, 2021

  • Theme: Effective Teaching: Classroom Material

Week-3: Tuesday, September 28, 2021

  • Theme: Effective Teaching: Assignments, Assessment and Outside Classroom Activities

Week-4: Tuesday, October 5, 2021

  • Theme: Successful Grant Funding: Proposal Preparation

Week-5: Tuesday, October 12, 2021

  • Theme: Successful Grant Funding: Budget Preparation and Submission

Week-6: Tuesday, October 19, 2021

  • Theme: Successful Grant Funding: Proposal Review and Funding

Week-7: Tuesday, October 26, 2021

  • Theme: Professional Service & Tenure: Professional Societies

Week-8: Tuesday, November 2, 2021

  • Theme: Professional Service & Tenure: Scholarly Publications

Week-9: Tuesday, November 9, 2021

  • Theme: Professional Service & Tenure: Professional Ethics, IP and Students 

Week-10: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

  • Theme: Professional Service & Tenure: Tenure Considerations