Fall 2025 Faculty Professional Development Opportunities
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Faculty Professional Development Workshops
Strategic Planning Your Semester (Virtual - 30 minutes)
Take 30 minutes to kick off your semester with this brief, practical workshop on how to create a strategic plan for getting your most important work done this semester.
August 19 @ 12 or August 20 @3
Writing with Grad Students (Virtual - 30 minutes)
Learn strategies for helping your graduate students learn to write scholarly papers.
September 10 @ 12 or September 11 @ 3
Not Just a Letter: Writing Better References through Authentic Relationships (In-person - 60 minutes)
This session will discuss best practices for using letters of recommendation (LORs) as a teaching moment to demystify the hidden curriculum, the evidence for the implicit biases produced by letter writers and generative AI, and specific strategies that participants can implement to encourage a co-creative process between the letter-writer and the student/postdoc for effective LORs.
Led by Karena Nguyen, PhD
October 16 @ 3
Giving and Receiving Professional Feedback (Virtual - 30 minutes)
Learn strategies providing feedback on writing and performance as well as how to graciously receive feedback yourself.
November 18 @ 3 or November 19 @ 12
Fall Writing Retreats
Join other faculty writers for twice-monthly, three-hour virtual writing retreats to move forward the writing project(s) of your choice. In each three-hour writing retreat, participants will identify concrete, achievable writing goals for the retreat; receive structure and support in achieving those goals; learn tips and strategies for enhancing your writing productivity; and spend 2.5+ hours making progress on the writing project of their choice.
Wednesday, August 27, 9-12
Thursday, September 11, 9-12
Wednesday, September 24, 1-4
Thursday, October 2, 9-12
Wednesday, October 15, 1-4
Tuesday, November 4, 9-12
Wednesday, November 19, 1-4
Thursday, December 4, 9-12
We will send a calendar invitation with Teams information for each retreat you register.