Calendar

NFI meeting: Informational Sessions
3:00-3:30 pm; OFD Lounge

Welcome Tea for New Faculty and Librarians
3:30-5:00 pm, Library’s Grand Reading Room

NFI meeting: An Overview of Student Support Services Available to Students and Faculty
3:00-5:00pm; Library 314

During this session, a few senior Student Affairs staff will share information and referral contacts pertaining to the services and supports that faculty are likely to utilize in their efforts to support students. Information will also be shared that supports faculty involvement with student life outside the classroom.

NFI Meeting: Grants and Research
3:00-5:00 pm; Library 314

Meet Tesfay Meressi, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research Development, and Michelle Plaud and Mary Hensel, Office of Research Administration, as they discuss the grants and research opportunities available for UMass Dartmouth faculty.

NFI Meeting: Provost and Deans Meeting
3:00-5pm; Library 314

Provost Karim and the Deans from the different colleges will come to discuss contract renewals, tenure, teaching, research and service.

NFI Meeting: Classroom Accessment / College Now
3:00-5:00pm; Library 314

--Classroom Assessment Facilitator: Cathy Smilan, Art Education, OFD Assistant Director
Discussion of assessment and strategies for improving student learning. An informal discussion of mid-semester teaching evaluations.
--College Now: Anne Boisvert, Asst Director of Alternative Admissions, will explain the College Now/START program and how faculty can assist students who are in the program.

No NFI Meeting. Follow Monday's Schedule

NFI Meeting: Publishing in Journals
3:00-5:00 pm; Library 314

Dean James Fain, College of Nursing, will offer a workshop on publishing that draws on his many years of experience as the editor for The Diabetes Educator. Dean Fain will cover the basics of publishing in journals. He will also discuss the actual processes of developing an article for publication based on the mentoring program offered by his journal; for example, how we should deal with the dreaded “revise and resubmit.”

 NFI Meeting: Tenure/Contract Renewals/Annual Reviews
3:00-5:00pm; Library 314

This session will be followed by a discussion on creating a tenure plan
* Note – there will be follow up sessions in the Spring on writing annual reviews and on 3rd/4th contract renewal narratives.

NFI Meeting: COIN and Academic Advising
3:00-5:00PM; Library 225

Academic Advising Workshop
PeopleSoft Training Workshop for Advising Students

NFI Meeting: Teaching
3:00-5:00 pm; Library 314

This session will be facilitated by Glaucia Silva. A discussion of reflective teaching practices that can lead to growth/change.

NFI Meeting: Grant Writing
3:00-4:00 pm; Library 314

Facilitator: Chris Eisenhart (ENL), Director, English GraduateProgram.
This is an introductory session on grant writing. It is, however, recommended for all faculty. More and more there is an emphasis on being able to write grants to support projects, even for faculty in disciplines not traditionally seen as self-funding. Experienced grant writers will benefit from the opportunity to practice as reviewers and also from Chris’s contacts in the Professional Writing Program.

Free Week. Enjoy Thanksgiving!

Final Meeting: Reflecting on the Semester
3:00-4:00 pm; OFD Lounge

End of semester discussion and survey

Please stay and join your colleagues for some wine and cheese!