Center for Faculty Excellence Upcoming Opportunities for Faculty
Below are several CFE faculty development opportunities coming up this month. Please contact cfe@unc.edu or visit CFE.unc.edu for more information.
Mentoring Workshops
Developing Your Mentoring Network
November 1, 1:00-2:30 PM, 304 Wilson Library
In this interactive workshop, participants will determine mentoring/support needs and identify potential mentors, sponsors, and other supports. Early-career faculty and mid-career faculty, both fixed-term and tenure-track are welcome.
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Mentoring Up: Optimizing Mentoring Relationships
November 17, 1:00-2:30 PM, 304 Wilson Library
Based on the CIMER Mentoring Up curriculum, this interactive workshop for early-career and mid-career faculty will help participants identify steps to take to engage with potential mentors, sponsors, and other supports and will also develop and practice skills for connecting with potential mentors. Early-career and mid-career faculty, fixed-term, and tenure-track are welcome.
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Leadership Development Opportunity
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN: 2023 ACC Academic Leaders Program
The Office of the Provost and the Center for Faculty Excellence is accepting applications for leadership fellows for the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network (ACC ALN). The ACC Academic Leaders Network is a collaborative program for experienced leaders focused on a comprehensive approach to leadership development, style, and skills. The five selected ACC ALN fellows attend several leadership conferences hosted by ACC schools. The program aims to build networks of academic leaders across ACC universities, share best practices and benchmarking, and foster collaboration across diverse organizations. This program is for mid-to-senior career faculty who are on an academic leadership trajectory. Applicants can self-nominate or be nominated. A CV and a letter of support from a supervisor are part of the application. The deadline to apply is November 21, 2022.
APPLY or NOMINATE for the 2023 ACC Academic Leaders Network
Teaching and Learning Programs
WORKSHOP SERIES: Moving from Sakai to Canvas
November 15, 2:00-3:00 PM and November 16, 9:00-10:00 AM, Zoom
As our campus gradually transitions from Sakai to Canvas, ITS Educational Technologies will offer a two-part workshop series to support instructors in teaching with Canvas.
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WORKSHOP: Overcoming the Tyranny of Content
November 16, 2:30-4:00 PM, Zoom
This workshop introduces participants to a recent publication from Life Sciences Education and offers practical strategies for shifting away from a content-coverage model of course design in favor of devoting more class time to active learning.
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SUBMIT AN IDEA for the Spring 2023 CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching
Save the Dates! The 9th CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching will be held over two days: online on March 23, 2023, and in-person at The Carolina Club on March 24, 2023. The CFE welcomes any ideas you have for the Faculty Showcase program. If there is a teaching and learning topic that you would like to see covered, speakers to suggest, and/or if you are interested in presenting yourself, please submit your ideas for the Faculty Showcase by December 31. Click here to learn more and register for the showcase.