Consider applying to be the inaugural Faculty Fellow of Mentoring Initiatives or nominating a colleague. Collaborating primarily with the VPFA, the Faculty Fellow will engage in activities to enhance mentoring offerings and programming and expand resources, training, and support across campus for tenure-track and teaching and professional faculty. This position institutionalizes the work of the […]
The Seasonal Scholarship Retreat, facilitated by Rebecca Campbell, Ph.D., is an opportunity for academics to hit the reset button to achieve a creative and productive scholarship season. Together we will reflect on your goals and values as a creative and scholar, reflect on your research pipelines and projects, and create personalized structures for you to […]
Welcome, new faculty! Faculty who have joined the DU community since August 2020, or who were hired earlier but missed the August orientation, are invited to attend the Winter New Faculty Onboarding session on Friday, January 8th from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Offered in collaboration with the Office of Teaching and Learning and Human […]
We invite you to join us along with Provost Mary Clark to learn about the faculty-led Creating Collaborative Department Cultures and Chairs initiative on January 8th from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Our DU faculty colleagues will share a year-end update on their efforts as part of the symposium implementation committees and we will discuss how these initiatives will continue moving […]
DU’s first emerita/us faculty panel will take place on Thursday, January 21st at 4:00 pm. Chaired by former Chancellor Rebecca Chopp and organized by the Tenure-Track Faculty MOARS committee, it will feature Emerita/us Professors: Bill Cross, Morgridge College of Education Margaret Whitt, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Art Jones, College of Arts, Humanities & […]
The Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty (PROF) fund is a collaborative enterprise between the Faculty Senate, the faculty, and the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education. This fund supports scholarly/creative activity by the faculty in a manner that strategically enhances the reputation of the University, and that supports increased external funding for research, […]
View Event Recording Join Provost Clark, Vice Provost Willink, and Resident Scholar for Teaching and Professional Faculty (TPF) Laura Sponsler to discuss the findings and recommendations of the TPF White Paper: “Institutionalizing a Culture of Respect for Teaching and Professional Faculty.” Following a discussion of the paper and current trends in higher education, the […]
In cooperation with the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, the Faculty Senate President is asking for nominations for five major faculty awards. November 2020 Invitation Letter from Mary Clark and Sarah Pessin for the 20-21 nomination process Nomination Guidelines Learn more about the five faculty awards
In this interactive workshop, participants will identify their core values and learn how to use those values to set goals, and develop their academic mission and vision. Participants will identify practices and strategies for developing and sustaining work-life balance and holistic well-being while enhancing professional productivity and achievement. Attendees will learn about the common limiting […]
In this interactive workshop, participants will develop an understanding of how mentoring can help advance their scholarly and/or professional goals and contribute to personal and professional flourishing. The workshop is focused on how to develop a mentoring network, including identifying one’s areas of mentoring needs, understanding the distinctions among advisors, mentors, and sponsors, identifying and […]
Facilitated by Amit Mrig and Gary Meyer, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Marquette University This session is devoted to resolving conflict and will help participants learn about their own tendencies and approaches to conflict management through a validated diagnostic instrument. Workshop participants will better understand the situational nature of conflicts and the need to remain flexible […]