Additional Tips

 

§         Update your CV with each conference, paper under review, publication, grant, and service activity when it happens. 

 

§         Fill in the categories for your annual review as the events happen. 

 

§         Think ahead.  Take time every few weeks to assess your short- and long-term goals.  Are you achieving them?  Can you maximize your time more effectively?  Is your research agenda moving along with your tenure timeline? 

 

§         Manage your time effectively.  Learn to say "no" and plan your schedule so that you are able to balance research, teaching, and service. The following link leads you to a useful article on time managment for new faculty: Time Management for New Faculty. 
Here is another link to useful tips on planning your time.

 

§         Attend campus events—it’s good to be seen at colloquia where your colleagues are presenting work.  Go to Center for Teaching Excellence workshops where you will meet like-minded colleagues for discussion.  Go to campus presentations and speakers. 

 

§         Above all, take some down time, go on vacation, enjoy your families.  All work and no play is not a good idea.  If you plan effectively, you’ll have time for your life also!

 

 

 Last Updated On: 4/2/07