Agenda and Presentations
The goals of our New Faculty Orientation program are to:
- Build community and provide informal opportunities for interaction
- Provide practical resources that faculty will repeatedly use in their teaching, their research, and their daily University life
- Communicate importance of mentoring
- Provide faculty contacts for new faculty
- Demonstrate importance of high quality teaching and learning
- Welcome new faculty into the University’s community of scholars
- Promote healthy work-life balance
New Faculty Orientation took place August 19 to 21, 2008. Thank you to all of the presenters, volunteers, and staff who helped make this year's program successful. Also thank you to all of the new faculty who attended. Welcome to the University of Minnesota community!
2008 New Faculty Orientation Agenda
The following presentations from the 2008 New Faculty Orientation are now available for viewing:
- Academic Advising, Laura Coffin Koch, Associate Vice Provost
- College of Liberal Arts Proposals, Barbara Scott Murdoch, Institute for Global Studies
- Diversity is a Renewable Resource, Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo, Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity
- Effective Lectures, Christina Petersen, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Faculty Affairs, Promotion and Tenure, Arlene E. Carney, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
- Interdisciplinary Research, Frances Lawrenz, Associate Vice President for Research
- Internationalization of the Curriculum, Barbara Kappler, International Student and Scholar Services
- Liberal Education and Writing-Enriched Curriculum, Bob McMaster, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
- Public Engagement, Andrew Furco, Associate Vice President for Public Engagement
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Expression, R. Timothy Mulcahy, Vice President for Research
- University Bookstore, Bob Crabb, University Bookstore
- University Libraries, Karen A. Williams, Associate University Libraries for Academic Programs
- University Tools for Supporting Teaching, Linda Jorn and Brad Cohen, Digital Media Center