by justine | Oct 2, 2020 | Faculty Relations
Faculty Workload & Well-Being As we know, faculty (and academic leader!) burnout is real. Managing faculty workload in an equitable way is important and challenging. Here are some virtual and actual resources to better understand and support faculty thriving:...
by justine | Sep 1, 2020 | Faculty Relations
We are delighted to welcome new chairs across campus and express deep appreciation to all chairs who finished their service this year. Duan Zhang – Research Methods and Info Science (MCE) Bruce Urhmacher – Higher Ed (MCE) Jayson Richardson – ELPS (MCE) Kevin O’Brien –...
by justine | Sep 1, 2020 | Faculty Relations
We are excited to launch the Faculty & Staff Support Network (FSSN) and ask you to share this new resource with the faculty and staff in your unit. The FSSN is designed to address an important gap: how to intervene on behalf of someone who appears to be...
by justine | Aug 31, 2020 | Faculty Relations, Teaching & Learning
Let’s make DU more religiously inclusive! As the new academic year gets started, we can all make more of our community members feel more welcome if we take just a few simple steps. Consider taking a moment each month to check an interfaith calendar or go the full...
by justine | Aug 28, 2020 | Faculty Relations
In our continued effort to build a diverse and inclusive educational environment at DU, and to provide a resource for deans and department chairs to leverage in their own hiring models, we have compiled some examples of best practices for inclusive hiring that are...
by justine | Aug 28, 2020 | Faculty Development, Faculty Relations
In August, the Chair Development group hosted two orientation sessions via Zoom. The first session was for all chairs and focused on the topic of “Chairing in Crisis.” The second session was for new chairs and included an introduction to the chair handbook website and...