RECAP: New Faculty Orientation Days 2 & 3

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Days 2 & 3 of new faculty orientation provided some important resources and a time to think about your course design and syllabus. We rounded out the orientation with a faculty resource fair where campus departments shared the resources available to new faculty and the all important overview of HR benefits.

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Wednesday, August 17


Information Technology – What You Need to Know

Don Burrhus, Director of User Services
Lisa Sawtell, Director of Online Learning and Education Technology

All Learners Welcome: Living Our Value of Inclusive Excellence

Stacy Collins, Director, Academic Success
Aaron Distler, Associate Director, Academic Success & Accessibility
Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Professor and Chair Sociology and Anthropology

Lunch with the Center for Community Engagement

Savannah-Jane Griffin, Director of Community Engagement & Inclusive Excellence
Kevin Winchell, Associate Director of Community Engagement

Syllabus Boot Camp

Rob Berwick, University Registrar
Diane Everett, Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Larson, Professor of Music; Associate Dean of the School of Music
Danielle Lindner, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Julia Metzker, Executive Director, Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence
Megan O’Neill, Director, The Writing Program
Alicia Slater, Professor and Chair of Biology; Chair, Integrative Health Science; Director, Curriculum and Assessment

Useful links for teaching
Collaborative Team FSEM Design

Leigh Ann Dunning, Director of the Writing Center; Assistant Director of the Writing Program
Lua Hancock, Vice President of Campus Life and Student Success
Julia Metzker, Executive Director of Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence
Megan O’Neill, Director, The Writing Program
Maria Rickling, Assistant Professor of Accounting and FSEM Coordinator

Thursday, August 18


Campus Tour & Photos
Equality, Safety, & Awareness: Title IX at Stetson University

Matthew Kurz, Director, Student Development and Campus Vibrancy; Title IX Coordinator

Human Resources Orientation

Christopher Chellberg, Assistant Director of Total Rewards, Compensation and Benefits, Human Resources
Lori Kasbeer, Benefits Administrator, Human Resources

Third Annual Faculty Resource Fair

List of participating groups (pdf)