By: Laura E. Sponsler, Director of Faculty Development
Given all the challenges facing faculty and higher education, we want remind you of resources provided through our membership with NCFDD to support your wellbeing. Every DU faculty member has free access to a personal NCFDD account which includes webinars and courses. To access your free NCDD account:
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Navigate to https://www.ncfdd.org/Join
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Choose the University of Denver from the drop-down menu
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Select “Activate My Membership”
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Complete the registration form using your institutional email address (firstname.lastname@du.edu)
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Go to your DU email to find a confirmation email. Click “Activate.”
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Start accessing great content!
Here are two recommendations:
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Leading expert on faculty burnout, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, offers a two part workshop series on faculty burnout and wellbeing. The workshops define burnout, describe characteristics and consequences of burnout experiences, and address faculty well-being with compassion and connection
- In this workshop, faculty are invited to rethink self-care as a vital component of faculty wellbeing and success.
In addition, Faculty Affairs will shortly be sharing details about upcoming programming open to all faculty to gather, build supports, share information, and develop skills together.