The Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) offers a variety of workshops, programs, and events to provide professional development opportunities for faculty members and administrators. These programs cultivate scholarly productivity, inform faculty members about the research of their peers, and hone leadership skills, while at the same time providing opportunities of networking and social interaction.
Faculty writing and workshop productivity groups are designed to support faculty members as they write for publication, and by extension, for promotion, tenure, and continuing contribution to scholarship. The program works with faculty members to promote and share strong writing practices and build communities of writers on campus.
These workshops provide an opportunity for chairs to discuss issues related to academic leadership, campus affairs and university administration. The informal, conversational-style sessions are designed for department/unit leaders to meet regularly, share resources and hear from other academic administrators on campus.
These sessions allow new faculty members to learn about university resources, and connect with campus colleagues across disciplines. The programs provide opportunities to access information, services, and programming to assist in career progression.
The Office of Faculty Affairs and the Graduate School collaborate on programs and events around developing faculty mentoring skills. Here are some guidelines.
Addressing issues that the faculty, our campus community, and higher education in general faces, the Forums provide timely information, lively discussion, and relevant resources to navigate life in academia at this moment.
Established in 2017 for emeritus and emerita status faculty members, UMEEA organizes programming to connect and engage with the university, and to support its members involved in academic, educational and social initiatives. UMEEA is supported by a foundation; to make a donation, please click here to visit the foundation page.
Leveraging resources and culling the expertise of its member institutions, the Big Ten Academic Alliance offers professional development opportunities that are highly relevant and effective.