Professional Development Lunches
Thursdays, 12-12:45pm in the Tartan Room (Lunch Tickets @ 11:45am)
All Faculty & Staff are invited!
Resources for each event will be available in the Academic Professional Development (APD) Microsoft Team. You can also use the APD Team Calendar tab to see future event topics and add individual events to your calendar (or the full series).
April 3: Let’s Talk about Advising
Jen Bowen, Dean for Curriculum & Academic Engagement
Mark Graham, Associate Dean of Academic Advising
How can faculty help students to make sound academic choices and make the most of our advising conversations? As we enter our spring advising period, we are using the PDL time for conversations about advising best practice and discussion about advising concerns.
April 10: Faculty Meeting & Governance Structure
Sarah Sobeck, Dean for Faculty Development
Mark Gooch, Chair for Faculty Meeting
Marina Mangubi, Chair for Faculty Meeting Elect
Following from the winter faculty governance survey, action items have been identified for potential changes in the next academic year. We will present potential straw poll topics and discuss how to continue to evolve our meeting structures to facilitate faculty governance and discussions.
April 17: Prioritizing Your Wellness
Anne Ober, Director of Wellbeing & Counseling Services
Finding work-life harmony can be a challenge. The demands of work, supporting students and outside expectations can take their toll on how we prioritize our own health. Come learn about strategies to promote healthy habits and wellness programming on our campus.
April 24: Spotlight on Curriculum to Career Initiatives
Meagen Pollock, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning & Professor of Earth Sciences
The Faculty and Staff Learning Communities for Curriculum to Career are in their second year. Come learn about faculty and staff projects that have come from this work and ways to further expand the reach of the Career Everywhere initiative on our campus.
May 1: School’s (almost) Out for Summer
Join us for the final PDL of the academic year, where we’ll focus on setting personal and professional goals for the summer. Come share your tips for making the most of the coming months, as well as suggestions for fun regional activities for those looking to explore.
Celebration of Scholarship Series – Faculty Research Gatherings
Select Fridays, 4:15-6pm, Kauke 305
Spring 2025 Schedule
February 7: Beth Muellner (German Studies)
On the Possibility of Sympathetic Collaboration at Court: Carmen Sylva and Mite Kremnitz
March 7: Erum Haider (Political Science & Environmental Studies) Rewiring Citizenship: Public Goods and Privatization in South Asia
April 4: Matt Mariola (Environmental Studies) & Hilary Edgington (Biology) “Maintaining a Successful Campus Garden: The Why is as Important as the How”
May 2: Senior Research Symposium (all day)
* All faculty, and staff in APEX, CDI, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Educational Technology, and the Wellness Center receive announcements about professional development events in the DFD Digest newsletter. If you are a staff member outside of these offices & would like to receive more information, we’re happy to add you! Please let the DFD know, and we’ll add you to our Professional Development list.