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New Faculty Orientation (January 2016)

No separate part- and full-time new faculty orientation is held in January. All new faculty are welcome to this evening event that will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of teaching at UNG.

Cumming Campus: 262, led by Ann Marie Francis
Dahlonega Campus: Newton-Oakes (NOC) 013, led by Mary Carney
Gainesville Campus:  Nesbitt 3103, led by Diana Edelman-Young
Oconee Campus: Student Resource Center 501, led by Katherine Kipp
Blue Ridge Campus: please attend on one of the other campuses

  • A light dinner will be provided at 5:30

 

New Faculty Orientation (August 2015)

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, through Thursday, August 6, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All full-time faculty are expected to attend the three-day event, which is primarily geared to tenure-track faculty, but is useful to all instructors. Part-time and non-tenure-track faculty are also welcome.

Tuesday, August 4  – All new faculty will gather at the Dahlonega campus, Library Technology Center, Room 382.
Wednesday, August 5   – All new faculty will gather at the Gainesville campus, Nesbitt building, Room 3110.
Thursday, August 6 – New faculty will attend on their primary campus. Dahlonega faculty will meet at the Library Technology Center, Room 382. Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 3110. Oconee faculty will meet in Room 564

  • Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day

New Faculty Orientation (August 2015)

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, through Thursday, August 6, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All full-time faculty are expected to attend the three-day event, which is primarily geared to tenure-track faculty, but is useful to all instructors. Part-time and non-tenure-track faculty are also welcome.

Tuesday, August 4  – All new faculty will gather at the Dahlonega campus, Library Technology Center, Room 382.
Wednesday, August 5   – All new faculty will gather at the Gainesville campus, Nesbitt building, Room 3110.
Thursday, August 6 – New faculty will attend on their primary campus. Dahlonega faculty will meet at the Library Technology Center, Room 382. Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 3110. Oconee faculty will meet in Room 564

  • Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day

New Faculty Orientation (August 2015)

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 through Thursday, August 6, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All full-time faculty are expected to attend the three-day event, which is primarily geared to tenure-track faculty, but is useful to all instructors. Part-time and non-tenure-track faculty are also welcome.

Tuesday, August 4  – All new faculty will gather at the Dahlonega campus, Library Technology Center, Room 382.
Wednesday, August 5   – All new faculty will gather at the Gainesville campus, Nesbitt building, Room 3110.
Thursday, August 6 – New faculty will attend on their primary campus. Dahlonega faculty will meet at the Library Technology Center, Room 382. Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 3110. Oconee faculty will meet in Room 564

  • Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Constant Change: The Challenging Context of the 21st Century ~ George Mehaffy, Ph.D.

CU | 262
DC | LTC 382
GC | Library 134 (VTC launch site)
OC | 522
An identical session is being held at 10:00am in the following rooms. For more information click here.
CU | 208
DC | LTC 382 (VTC launch site)
GC | Library 134
OC | 564

Constant Change: The Challenging Context of the 21st Century ~ George Mehaffy, Ph.D.
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

Technology, demographics, and economics are powerful forces of disruption that are challenging colleges and universities.  Traditional missions, core assumptions, and ways of operating all have to be reconsidered in this era of transformation.  How can colleges and universities survive and indeed thrive in this dramatically new environment?

George L. Mehaffy serves as the Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in Washington, D.C., a higher education association representing 400 public colleges and universities and their 3.8 million students. His division is responsible for developing and managing programs for member institutions in areas such as organizational change, civic engagement, leadership development, undergraduate education, technology, international education and teacher education. He works closely with university presidents and chief academic officers on a variety of national initiatives. Each year, his division organizes a number of conferences, including two national conferences each year for AASCU chief academic officers. He has directed a series of innovative projects, including international programs with China and Liberia; a technology transformation annual conference with EDUCAUSE and the University of Central Florida; and two major national studies of student success. In 2003, he launched the American Democracy Project, a civic engagement initiative involving 240 colleges and universities, in partnership with The New York Times. Most recently, he organized the Red Balloon Project, a national initiative to transform undergraduate education. Before coming to AASCU, he had more than twenty years of teaching and administrative experience in higher education in Texas, New Mexico, and California.

 

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Constant Change: The Challenging Context of the 21st Century ~ George Mehaffy, Ph.D.

CU | 208
DC | LTC 382 (VTC launch site)
GC | Library 134
OC | 522

An identical session is being held at 2:00pm in the following rooms. For more information click here.

CU | 262
DC | LTC 382
GC | Library 134 (VTC launch site)
OC | 522

Constant Change: The Challenging Context of the 21st Century ~ George Mehaffy, Ph.D.
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

Technology, demographics, and economics are powerful forces of disruption that are challenging colleges and universities.  Traditional missions, core assumptions, and ways of operating all have to be reconsidered in this era of transformation.  How can colleges and universities survive and indeed thrive in this dramatically new environment?

George L. Mehaffy serves as the Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in Washington, D.C., a higher education association representing 400 public colleges and universities and their 3.8 million students. His division is responsible for developing and managing programs for member institutions in areas such as organizational change, civic engagement, leadership development, undergraduate education, technology, international education and teacher education. He works closely with university presidents and chief academic officers on a variety of national initiatives. Each year, his division organizes a number of conferences, including two national conferences each year for AASCU chief academic officers. He has directed a series of innovative projects, including international programs with China and Liberia; a technology transformation annual conference with EDUCAUSE and the University of Central Florida; and two major national studies of student success. In 2003, he launched the American Democracy Project, a civic engagement initiative involving 240 colleges and universities, in partnership with The New York Times. Most recently, he organized the Red Balloon Project, a national initiative to transform undergraduate education. Before coming to AASCU, he had more than twenty years of teaching and administrative experience in higher education in Texas, New Mexico, and California.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: “If the Answer is Community Engagement: What is the Question?” ~~ Lorilee Sandmann (Session 2 – OCO)

OC | 522

Guest Lecturer: Lorilee Sandmann, P.h.D
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

An identical session will be held on the Cumming, Dahlonega, and Gainesville campuses by video-teleconference at 10:00am.

Sandmann will discuss how increasingly universities must address local and global complex issues by engaging with key stakeholders outside the academy. This engagement takes the form of mutually beneficial partnerships that produce and apply knowledge–a high-impact practice known as community engagement. For academic scholars and staff involved, this means applying their expertise and involving their students in real-world problems and collaborating with peers in other sectors who also bring their knowledge and wisdom to the table. Know about community engagement as a strategy for UNG to be a regional force and the implications for your work, discipline, and campus.

Sandmann is a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, & Policy, in the College of Education and a fellow with the Institute of Higher Education at The University of Georgia as well as the editor of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Based on her research, she has published widely in journals such as Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, and Change, among others. Her latest book is Institutionalizing Community Engagement in Higher Education: The First Wave of Carnegie Classified Institutions (Sandmann, Thornton, & Jaeger, 2009).

Dr. Sandmann has been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, was president of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, chaired what is now the Council of Engagement and Outreach for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and is on the National Advisory Committee for Community Engagement of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was awarded UGA’s Outstanding Faculty Scholarship of Engagement Award in 2012 and is the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award by the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in adult education and business management.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: “If the Answer is Community Engagement: What is the Question?” ~~ Lorilee Sandmann (Session 1 – DC, GVL, CU)

CU | 262
DC | Library Technology Center | 382
GC | Library | 134

Guest Lecturer: Lorilee Sandmann, P.h.D
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

An identical session will be held on the Oconee campus at 2:00pm.

Sandmann will discuss how increasingly universities must address local and global complex issues by engaging with key stakeholders outside the academy. This engagement takes the form of mutually beneficial partnerships that produce and apply knowledge–a high-impact practice known as community engagement. For academic scholars and staff involved, this means applying their expertise and involving their students in real-world problems and collaborating with peers in other sectors who also bring their knowledge and wisdom to the table. Know about community engagement as a strategy for UNG to be a regional force and the implications for your work, discipline, and campus.

Sandmann is a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, & Policy, in the College of Education and a fellow with the Institute of Higher Education at The University of Georgia as well as the editor of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Based on her research, she has published widely in journals such as Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, and Change, among others. Her latest book is Institutionalizing Community Engagement in Higher Education: The First Wave of Carnegie Classified Institutions (Sandmann, Thornton, & Jaeger, 2009).

Dr. Sandmann has been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, was president of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, chaired what is now the Council of Engagement and Outreach for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and is on the National Advisory Committee for Community Engagement of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was awarded UGA’s Outstanding Faculty Scholarship of Engagement Award in 2012 and is the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award by the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in adult education and business management.

 

New Faculty Institute Meeting #3 – Faculty Annual Report Review – Gainesville

Gainesville | Nesbitt | 3110B

Facilitated by Mary Carney

New faculty and their mentors are invited to participate in this conversational exchange supporting faculty as they prepare for the Faculty Annual Report process.

Annual Evaluation guidelines and the Faculty Annual Report Form can be found in the Faculty Handbook by clicking here.

Lunch will be provided.

New Faculty Institute Meeting #3 – Faculty Annual Report Review – Oconee

Oconee | 318

Facilitated by Mary Carney

New faculty and their mentors are invited to participate in this conversational exchange supporting faculty as they prepare for the Faculty Annual Report process.

Annual Evaluation guidelines and the Faculty Annual Report Form can be found in the Faculty Handbook by clicking here.

Lunch will be provided.

New Faculty Institute Meeting #3 – Faculty Annual Report Review – Dahlonega

Dahlonega | Young Hall 214

Facilitated by Mary Carney

New faculty and their mentors are invited to participate in this conversational exchange supporting faculty as they prepare for the Faculty Annual Report process.

Annual Evaluation guidelines and the Faculty Annual Report Form can be found in the Faculty Handbook by clicking here.

Lunch will be provided.

 

 

 

Advising Student Organizations

Cumming | 262
Dahlonega | Library Technology Center | 162
Gainesville | Nesbitt | 5105
Oconee | 564 (videoteleconference launch site)

Facilitated by Brent Allison

Dr. Brent Allison provides insight and answers questions about effectively advising student organizations. .

 

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: “Grand Challenges, Engaged Scholarship, and the 21st Century University” ~~Kerry Ann O’Meara

CU | 246
DC | Library Technology Center | 382
GC | Continuing Education | 108, videoteleconference launch site
OC | 522

Guest Lecturer: KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

Examining the Scholarship of Engagement: Definitions and the Growth of a Movement

Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara serves as Associate Professor of Higher Education & Affiliate Faculty in Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She co-edited the influential Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Encouraging Multiple Forms of Scholarship. O’Meara serves as Associate Editor for Research Articles for the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and Associate Editor for the Journal of the Professoriate. Among her engaged activities is co-directing the UMD Advance Program that creates strategic networks across disciplines, facilitates opportunities for learning and leadership, enhances faculty contributions and accomplishments in order to support a culture of inclusivity in higher education. In 2013, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year at the University of Maryland.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: “Setting the Table: Organizational Practices that Support Faculty Community Engagement” Luncheon (invitation only)

DC | Price Memorial | Day Conference Room

Sponsored by Academic Affairs

O’Meara will discuss practices that  support engaged scholars, including reward systems and faculty development.

Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara serves as Associate Professor of Higher Education & Affiliate Faculty in Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She co-edited the influential Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Encouraging Multiple Forms of Scholarship. O’Meara serves as Associate Editor for Research Articles for the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and Associate Editor for the Journal of the Professoriate. Among her engaged activities is co-directing the UMD Advance Program that creates strategic networks across disciplines, facilitates opportunities for learning and leadership, enhances faculty contributions and accomplishments in order to support a culture of inclusivity in higher education. In 2013, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year at the University of Maryland.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: “Regarding Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities” ~~ KerryAnn O’Meara

CU | 246
DC | Library Technology Center | 382, videoteleconference launch site
GC | Continuing Education | 108
OC | 522

Guest Lecturer: KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D
Sponsored by Academic Affairs

O’Meara will look at challenges faced by engaged scholars in academic reward systems, including promotion and tenure, faculty development, and finding peer networks.

Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara serves as Associate Professor of Higher Education & Affiliate Faculty in Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She co-edited the influential Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Encouraging Multiple Forms of Scholarship. O’Meara serves as Associate Editor for Research Articles for the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and Associate Editor for the Journal of the Professoriate. Among her engaged activities is co-directing the UMD Advance Program  that creates strategic networks across disciplines, facilitates opportunities for learning and leadership, enhances faculty contributions and accomplishments in order to support a culture of inclusivity in higher education. In 2013, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year at the University of Maryland.