Inaugural Charlotte Faculty Connect Event: Chamber Wind Showcase
Charlotte Faculty Connect focuses on creating spaces for connection, conversation, and shared joy for all faculty across departments and career stages. Whether you’re looking to meet new colleagues or simply take a break with community in mind, these opportunities are designed for you. It’s about making space for community, conversation, and fun along the way. Come connect, build community, no agenda required.
- Tuesday, January 27, 7:00 PM Mixer, 7:30 PM Performance, Rowe Recital Hall (Register)
Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment Face-to-Face Workshops: January
The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success (CAFS) and their collaborators who facilitate Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment will offer a virtual Face-to-Face Session. 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 5 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. Visit the CAFS website to see the criteria and sign up for a session.
- Wednesday, January 28, 10:00 – 11:50 AM (Register)
Faculty Connect Social Event: New Year, Better You – Healthy Eating Made Simple
This workshop is designed for faculty who are constantly on the move and want simple, practical ways to eat healthier without spending hours in the kitchen. We’ll cover quick meal ideas, smart grocery shortcuts, and easy grab-and-go options that work for busy workweeks, long meetings, and unpredictable schedules. You’ll leave with realistic strategies you can use right away to feel more energized and less stressed about food. Because of the space in the demo kitchen, there is a max of 15 people for each session, which will be based on registration order. You will receive a calendar invite if you are in the 15.
- Thursday, January 29, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM or 12:30 – 1:30 PM, UREC Demo Kitchen (Register)
Faculty Forum for Associate Professors interested in learning about Promotion to Full
The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success offers a Faculty Forum once a year in an effort to provide clarity to mid-career faculty regarding the criteria for promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor. Dr. Jennifer Troyer, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Deans or their appointees serve on a panel, in which panelists provide information on pathways to promotion. The format is interactive, so faculty have the opportunity to ask questions during the session. Members of Department Review Committees (DRC) and College Review Committees (CRC) are encouraged to attend to ensure that all involved in the review process have a common understanding of expectations and other issues.
- Thursday, March 26, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Location TBD (Register)
Recently-Tenured Associate Professor Orientation
The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success invites associate professors who have received tenure in the past 2 years to attend our annual Recently-Tenured Associate Professor Orientation. The goal of this orientation is to clarify expectations around this next phase in your professional journey; to provide information about formulating a plan; and to introduce you to resources that will help you to be successful. The format will be an interactive panel discussion. The panel will consist of Deans from each College, or their representatives. It’s never too early to start planning for the next phase of your career!
- Thursday, March 26, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Location TBD (Register)
