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New Faculty Soiree

Each Fall, the University of Utah hosts a Faculty Soiree for new faculty, so that they can meet both each other and faculty from around campus, as well as key university leaders.

Academic Leaders Welcome Back

This in-person lunch provides Academic Leaders the opportunity to hear from and interact with Campus Leadership including President Taylor Randall, Provost Mitzi Montoya, and SVP Mike Good.

Essential Faculty Resource Spotlight Series

The Essential Faculty Resource Spotlight Series is a quarterly series hosted by the Office for Faculty spotlighting different essential resources for faculty across campus.

I’m Tenured! Now What?

This workshop is for faculty members in their first or second year post-tenure. Topics include writing External Evaluation Letters, serving on RPT committees, pursuing and rethinking your research agenda, service loads, mentorship of junior faculty, and other topics of interest to the group.

Chairs Seminar Lunch Series

The Chairs Seminar Lunch Series is a time for professional development, information sharing, and cross-collaboration for academic chairs and program/school directors. While occasionally informational this series will have a strong emphasis on understanding processes and collaborative problem-solving.

First Term Deans Lunch

This is a year-long working group for first term deans at which we share ideas, strategies, and struggles. It combines how-tos and leadership development. While designed with new deans in mind, all deans are welcome to join when topics are relevant.

Emerging Leaders Program Pt1

The Emerging Leaders Program is designed for tenure-line Associate Professors who are not currently in leadership positions but are interested in pursuing leadership in the future. In this program you will explore personal strengths, discuss how to handle conflict, and learn more about how to BE a leader, even before your next promotion. For more […]

Associate Deans for Faculty Forum

This series provides a forum through which to build infrastructure and share best practices regarding several Associate Dean for Faculty responsibilities, including faculty conduct, RPT, Career-line Faculty reappointments and promotions, and grade complaints and academic misconduct appeals.

Faculty Life Series

The Faculty Life series is designed to provide useful information for personal and professional growth for all faculty (career line and tenure line). These informal zoom meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month from 9:00am – 10:00am.

Academic Leaders Online

Promoting cross-campus communication, information sharing, and leadership development, this program invites academic leaders from across campus to gather and hear firsthand from University Leadership about relevant and timely information. The purpose of this series is primarily informational and agendas are usually designed with Chairs and Associate Deans in mind. While Deans are always welcome to […]

Chairs Seminar Lunch Series

The Chairs Seminar Lunch Series is a time for professional development, information sharing, and cross-collaboration for academic chairs and program/school directors. While occasionally informational this series will have a strong emphasis on understanding processes and collaborative problem-solving.

RPT Workshop Pt 1 – CV/Timeline (Retention Review)

The RPT and Faculty Review Workshops are designed to assist the faculty member under review with (1) preparing materials and (2) understanding the process. This three-part workshop series is specifically designed for pre-tenure faculty members preparing for a formal review in the next academic year to give them adequate time to prepare. There will be three workshops […]