Events

STRIDE Office Hours provide an opportunity for faculty and chairs of search committees to meet with 2-3 STRIDE Committee members during a 20 minute time slot to discuss hiring issues, advice or material from a STRIDE workshop. STRIDE Committee members are tenured faculty from across campus who have experience on search committees as well as extensive knowledge of the research on hiring diverse and […]

(open to LSA faculty only) This session is for assistant and pre-tenure associate professors and offers an opportunity for informational exchange and candid dialogue regarding the tenure review process in the College. Host: Rosie Ceballo, Dean, College of Literature Sciences and Arts Panelists: LSA Divisional Associate Deans, LSA Executive Committee Members

STRIDE Office Hours provide an opportunity for faculty and chairs of search committees to meet with 2-3 STRIDE Committee members during a 20 minute time slot to discuss hiring issues, advice or material from a STRIDE workshop. STRIDE Committee members are tenured faculty from across campus who have experience on search committees as well as extensive knowledge of the research on hiring diverse and […]

This workshop is open to all U-M Faculty. This is a virtual workshop. A Zoom link will be shared with registrants via a Google Calendar invitation closer to the event date. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. Please note that any non-U-M faculty registrants will have their registration dropped. Self-promotion can feel awkward, […]

Interested in taking action to improve faculty climate? The ADVANCE Program RISE Committee is offering a cross-disciplinary, interactive workshop for campus leaders and faculty interested in cultivating a unit climate where all people feel respected, supported, and valued. This workshop is evidence-based and action-oriented! Utilizing the Eight Levers approach RISE developed, participants will leave this workshop with both data […]

Data from a range of sources indicates that high numbers of college students are experiencing mental health challenges. In this session, instructors will view a video case study that prompts reflection on how a lack of academic belonging affects student mental health and well-being. They consider how structural and interpersonal issues exacerbate mental health challenges […]

Becoming a published scholarly writer is part of what it means to be a professional academic. However, there are specific skills for the academic author to learn—from proposal to manuscript to first book and on to the books that will follow. This session will focus on the professional publishing knowledge every academic writer needs. Experts […]

This workshop is for staff members who have significant roles in the faculty search process. This is an opportunity for staff members to learn about what the faculty hear in the Faculty Recruitment Workshops, which focus on mitigating bias in the faculty hiring process. This is a somewhat shortened version of the faculty workshop, so […]

The STRIDE Faculty Recruitment Workshops are limited to U-M faculty. Most workshops will be conducted via Zoom (please use a computer connection as phone call-in will not work for this workshop). This version of the workshop is not required for those who have already attended, but is an appealing option to many who have attended […]

The STRIDE Faculty Recruitment Workshops are limited to U-M faculty. Most workshops will be conducted via Zoom (please use a computer connection as phone call-in will not work for this workshop). **For those who have already attended a STRIDE Faculty Recruitment Workshop, an alternative option is our in-person STRIDE Refresher workshop.** This version of the […]

This 2-hour workshop builds on the techniques detailed in “Workshop 1: Building Your Facilitation Toolkit,” which explored facilitation as the act of guiding and managing group conversations in various academic contexts. This session provides time and space for participants to consider various case studies related to challenging facilitation scenarios in a classroom, a committee, and […]

This 2-hour facilitator-led workshop asks participants to reflect on their orientations to facilitation, describe what qualities and techniques they value in unscripted facilitation, and consider techniques for building their facilitation toolkit. This includes a walkthrough of various steps a facilitator might take before a session to prepare themselves, as well as a diffuse set of […]