Workshop: Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Strategies for Building Connection and Increasing Career Vitality
The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success (CAFS) would like to invite you to participate in a relevant and timely workshop for faculty of all ranks on Faculty Burnout, facilitated by Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development at Georgia Tech University, and author of Unraveling Faculty Burnout – Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal. It’s a challenging time to be in higher education, so in this workshop, we will explore what burnout is, how to recognize it in yourself and others, and how to mitigate it by leaning into connection and implementing a framework for increasing your career vitality. We encourage you to attend this important workshop, which aligns with CAFS goal to create a supportive climate for faculty to flourish and be successful.
- Wednesday, November 12, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, University Foundation Building*, Room 112 (Register)
*8724 University City Blvd
Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment Face-to-Face Workshop
The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success (CAFS) and their collaborators who facilitate Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment will offer two sessions this fall; these will be the last training sessions for 2025. If you know your department will convene a search committee this academic year, or if you have already been selected to sit on a search committee, please make sure you have taken this training within the past five years. This training is required before a faculty member is permitted to sit on a search committee. Faculty recruitment training is a two-part training, and each part must be completed prior to serving on the committee. Please visit the CAFS website to view the criteria.
- Tuesday, October 28, 11:00 AM – 12:50 PM, Cone 112 (Register)
- Monday, November 24, 9:00 – 10:50 AM, VIRTUAL (Register)
Fall Faculty Flourish Week at UNC Charlotte – 11/10-11/14
Join us as we celebrate the heart of our university—our faculty! Our inaugural Faculty Flourish Week is a time to pause, connect, and recognize the many ways our faculty at all ranks contribute to teaching, research, leadership, and community at UNC Charlotte. Throughout the week, we’ll honor our faculty veterans, host an Open House at the Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success, engage with inspiring speakers, and support professional growth through leadership and tenure-focused sessions. Come flourish with us as we celebrate you, the faculty who make the difference at Charlotte!
- Monday, November 10, 2:00 – 4:00 PM: Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success Open House / Drop In (Register)
- Tuesday, November 11: Honoring our Faculty Veterans (details TBD)
- Wednesday, November 12, 1:00 – 3:00 PM: Unraveling Faculty Burnout Workshop (Register)
- Thursday, November 13, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM: LEAD Symposium (Register)
- Friday, November 14, 10:00 – 11:45 AM: Urban Cor in e Workshop: Community Engaged RPT Narrative (Register)
