TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023

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UPCOMING CFE EVENTS

If you are located outside of Bozeman and would like to attend a workshop via Webex, please request a link in the comments section and it will be sent to you before the session.

TOMORROW: Managing Grads, Labs, Teams, and Difficult Colleagues

Wednesday, April 5 || 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM || Traphagen Hall, 225|| Register Here
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In this session of the Early Career Faculty Success Learning Community, we will talk about recruiting and mentoring graduate students, and developing research group excellence. In addition, we will discuss managing conflict in the context of colleagues and in project teams.

Best Practices in Assembling a Retention, Tenure & Promotion Dossier

Friday, April 7 || 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM || Romney Hall, 211|| Register Here
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Vice Provost Sobek will host a workshop with an overview of the policies and procedures, followed by an open Q&A session for Retention, Tenure & Promotion (RTP) candidates with members of the University RTP Committee. Examples of topics discussed include the role of the personal statement; how to best demonstrate your teaching and service in your CV, describing the integration of your teaching, research and service; and obtaining names for external review letters.  

Trauma-Informed Pedagogies: A Guide for Responding to Crisis and Inequality - Book Discussion Group

Wednesday, April 12 || 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM || Reid Hall, 124 || Register Here
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Participants will apply principles of trauma-informed pedagogies and identify practices that respond to the impact of trauma on learners and themselves. Those attending will need to have read one chapter of the book (Trauma-Informed Pedagogies: A Guide for Responding to Crisis and Inequality in Higher Education) prior to the discussion. Please come with at least one discussion question or insight of your own to pose to the group. The free electronic version of the book is available through the MSU library.

What Your Students Want You to Know About Climate Change in the Classroom

Tuesday, April 18 || 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM || Wilson Hall, 1-132|| Register Here
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A student-led workshop aimed at stimulating the conversation around climate change education and how it can be implemented into curriculum across different disciplines. Lunch will be provided. 

What Your Students Want You to Know About Climate Change in the Classroom

Wednesday, April 19 || 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM || Wilson Hall, 1-132|| Register Here

A student-led workshop aimed at stimulating the conversation around climate change education and how it can be implemented into curriculum across different disciplines. Lunch will be provided. 


Join us at the Celebration of Faculty Achievement

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Monday, May 8|| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ||SUB - Leigh Lounge|| RSVP Here
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Please save the date for this CFE end-of-year gathering that will recognize faculty members' achievements!  Refreshments will be provided.

Undergraduate Research Mentoring for Faculty

Tuesday, May 16|| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM || Romney Hall, 236 || Register Here
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Looking for some ideas on how to best mentor undergraduate students in research? This two-hour session will go over principles for undergraduate mentoring: aligning expectations and promoting mentee self-efficacy. We will suggest some tools and practices to help you and your students navigate the mentor relationship. 

Undergraduate Research Mentoring for Graduate Student Mentors

Tuesday, May 17|| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM || Romney Hall, 236 || Register Here               iCalcal

Looking for some ideas on how to best mentor undergraduate students in research? This two-hour session will go over principles for undergraduate mentoring: aligning expectations and promoting mentee self-efficacy. We will suggest some tools and practices to help you and your students navigate the mentor relationship.

OTHER MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS

Language and Story Exchange

Thursdays (See dates below)|| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM || Reid, 418 || RSVP              

MSU community members sharing personal stories tied to multi-lingual and multi-cultural journeys.  Lunch included!

  • South American Exchange
    (Spanish & Portuguese) - April 13
  • Asian Exchange
    (S, SE, and West) - April 20
  • European Exchange
    (German, French, Portuguese, Polish) - April 27
  • American Indian & African Exchange
    (Crow and Arabic) - May 4

NCFDD WEBINARS

Mastering Academic Time Management

Thursday, April 13 at 12:00 PM MST ||  Sign-up here

This webinar is specifically designed to address these issues and provide participants with concrete skills to successfully transition from graduate student to professor. Specifically, participants will learn:

  • The three biggest mistakes that new faculty make in managing their time
  • Why and how to align work time with institutional and personal priorities
  • How to create time for academic writing and research
  • How to organize a network of support and accountability for writing productivity and balance

 

You will need to log into your National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development (NCFDD) account and then click the link above to access the event. This online resource is available to the MSU community free of charge. Learn more about how to register.

MSU Center for Faculty Excellence
114/116 Montana Hall Montana Hall | Bozeman, MT 59717
http://www.montana.edu/facultyexcellence/ | cfe@montana.edu  | 406-994-4555