Orientation for New Tenured and Tenure-Eligible Faculty
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
230-240 Scheman Building, ISU Campus
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Detailed Description of the Schedule
Online registration for the Iowa State University Teaching Seminar and New Faculty Orientation is now closed. If you are a new faculty member please call Julie Tarbox at 515-294-6410 to register for the New Faculty Orientation. If you have questions or concerns about the UTS or Teaching Assistant Seminar, please call Jen Leptien at 515-294-1948.
7:45 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome
8:30 a.m. What Does a Faculty Member Do?
9:30 a.m. Working at a Research Institution
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Bringing New Faculty Expertise to ISU: Disciplinary & Interdisciplinary Work. Small group discussions with Elizabeth Hoffman, Executive Vice President and Provost , and members of the Provost’s Academic Cabinet
12: 00 p.m. Luncheon
12:45 p.m. Luncheon Address, President Gregory L. Geoffroy
1:30 p.m. New faculty will choose to attend any three 20-minute roundtables with topics such as:
- Collaborating Across Disciplines
- Connecting With Centers and Institutes
- Extension: Land Grant Institution
- Networking With Your Funding Agency
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Starting Up and Maintaining a Lab
- What is Academic Freedom?
- Work/Life: How Do I Manage?
2:45 p.m. Faculty Senate: This Year’s Agenda
3:00 p.m. Dessert Break
3:15 p.m. Let’s Get Started: Meeting with College Peer Mentoring Coordinators
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
