Faculty Development

New Faculty Seminar

The New Faculty Seminar is an academic year-long endeavor that seeks to orient new faculty to Western Michigan University. New faculty engage with speakers and more seasoned faculty on a wide variety of topics. Sessions begin mid-September and continue through mid-April.

2012-2013 New Faculty Seminar Schedule

Seminars are planned to occur every other Tuesday in the Fetzer Center from 12:30-1:45. There will be meetings every Tuesday in November.

This document contains finalized dates and presenters. Schedule

Fall 2012

From September 25th, 2012 until December 4th, 2012

Spring 2013

From January 15th, 2013 until February 26th, 2013 as well as March 19th and April 9th

Feel free to contact faculty-development@wmich.eduif you have questions or would like to get involved.

Date	Session	Presenters
9/25/2012	Tenure and Promotion Expectation	Provost Tim Greene
10/9/2012	University Library Services	Michele Behr, Donna Dluge
10/23/2012	Research Compliance	Julia Mays, John Center
11/6/2012	Advising	Kevin Knutson & Sue Stapleton
11/13/2012	Recognizing and Preventing Campus Violence	Cam Vossen & Andrew Bachmann
11/20/2012	Creating a White Paper for Grants	Leonard Ginsberg
11/27/2012	Active Shooter/Intruder Response: developing a survival mindset	Cam Vossen & Andrew Bachmann
12/4/2012	Course Development Basics I	Allison Kelaher Young
1/15/2013	Course Development Basics II	Allison Kelaher Young
1/29/2013	Managing Difficult Students and Academic Dishonesty	Donna Talbot, Kathy Mitchell, Joyce Lew
2/12/2013	Financial Planning	Sanford Financial
2/26/2013	Work-Life Balance: Staying Productive and Sane on the Tenure Track	TBA
3/19/2013	2nd Year Portfolio Prep	Allison Kelaher Young
4/9/2013	Academic Year in Review	Provost Tim Greene

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