National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Wayne State University is a proud institutional member of The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). The NCFDD is an independent professional development center that is 100% dedicated to helping faculty make successful transitions throughout their careers. They work with colleges, universities, organizations, and individuals to ensure faculty success. Their programs and services help faculty to increase writing productivity, establish and maintain work-life balance, create broad networks of collegial support on their campus, and develop a committed stance towards their institutional home. Offerings include NCFDD Institutional Membership, the signature Faculty Success Program (FSP), Campus Workshops, and, for newly tenured faculty and FSP alumni, the Post-Tenure Pathfinders Program.
Activating your free, institutional membership
- Click on the following link: https://www.facultydiversity.org/institutions/wayne
- Complete a brief registration form using your Wayne State Access ID email
- You will receive a confirmation email from NCFDD. Click "Activate Account" in the email to begin using your membership!
Benefits of membership
Institutional membership provides faculty, graduate students, administrators, and post-docs access to:
- Weekly Monday Motivator newsletter
- Monthly Core Curriculum and Guest Expert Webinars
- Access to Multi-Week Courses
- Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
- Private Discussion Forums for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated writing challenges
- Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges
- The Hidden Handbook, a mini-series that provides quick tips for the things nobody told you about academia
- Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings
- Peer-mentor ("buddy") matches by request
For more information about NCFDD, please email our institutional contact, Assistant Provost Sara Kacin.
2023-24 Institutional membership information
1,452 active sub-accounts from Wayne State University.
2023 14-Day Writing Challenge participation: 197 WSU members wrote for a total of 53,953 minutes!
2023-24 NCFDD Institutional membership by race/ethnicity:
