New Faculty Orientation 2020!
NFO Schedule Overview – click here for the Full NFO Program
Day One: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
New Faculty 2019. L-R: Natasha Bissonauth (back, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Bhakti Mamtora (Religious Studies), Maurice Adkins (History Fellow), Rebecca Garonzik (Spanish), Aubrey Whitehead (Psychology Fellow), and colleagues.
10:00 a.m. Virtual Introductions with Educational Technology & Academic Affairs Staff
10:30 a.m. Meet in the “NFO 2020” Meetings Channel
11:30 a.m. Perspectives on the 1st-Year: Conversation with 2nd-Year Faculty
12:00 p.m. Virtual Lunch with 2nd-Year Faculty in Breakout Channels
1:00 p.m. Meet College President Sarah Bolton
1:30 p.m. Health & Safety Q&A with members of our Health & Safety Team
2:00 p.m. Supporting Our Students with members of Wooster’s Care Team
3:00 p.m. Things to Know: Academic Policies for Fall 2020 (with Dean Jennifer Bowen)
Day Two: Thursday, August 13, 2020
10:00 a.m. Awareness, Inclusion, Prevention & Response
Title IX, Sexuality & Gender Inclusion & Bias Reporting
11:00 a.m. State of the College Address by President Bolton
12:15 a.m. Virtual Lunch: Anonymous Questions
1:00 p.m. Doing More with Less: Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed Teaching
Ivonne M. García, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer &
Staff from the Dean of Students office & the Center for Diversity & Inclusion
2:30 p.m. Q&A with Library Subject Liaisons
3:00 p.m. Virtual “High Tea”/Happy Hour (BYO … ): Time for Virtual Mingling