Professional Development Seminars

We offer a holistic array of professional development seminars and panels to support faculty and academic staff success. Offerings include seminars on strategies to improve scholarly productivity, networking and mentoring, work-life balance, and cultivating a positive workplace culture; and seminars focused on career advancement in which successful colleagues discuss their strategies for career and leadership development. Programming for the 2021-22 academic year can be found below.

Reach out to our office for recordings of previous seminars you may have missed
Previously offered professional development seminars

2021-22 Professional Development Programming

Be sure to check back frequently, as we add programming throughout the semester.

• Curating a Professional Twitter Network | Noon - 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11

  Recent world events have highlighted the importance of virtual and online networks to support continued professional engagement and well-being. Join us for a hands-on webinar with Jennifer Hart of the WSU Department of History to learn how you can harness Twitter to strengthen your network. And follow us on Twitter!

  This is a virtual session and will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.

  RSVP for Curating a Professional Twitter Network, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11

• New Faculty Series: Top 10 Teaching Tips | Noon - 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18

  In this session, Silvia Giorgini-Althoen and Jennifer Sheridan Moss, two experienced instructors and members of the Academy of Teachers will share their top ten teaching strategies to survive the pandemic and to improve your teaching in the long run. 

  RSVP for Top 10 Teaching Tips, noon - 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18

  This virtual session will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time to be notified when a recording is made available.

• Promotion & Tenure for Tenure-Track Faculty | Noon - 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28

  Join us for an overview of the promotion and tenure (P&T) process for faculty, followed by a panel of faculty who recently completed the P&T process. We'll go over how the P&T process is completed, materials needed for packets, what to expect throughout, and how to prepare your professional record for P&T, after which the panel will be available to address attendee's questions.

  Panelists include:

  • Elizabeth Berger, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  • Charles Chung, Associate Professor, Physiology
  • Stine Eckert, Associate Professor, Communication
  • Stephanie Spielmann, Associate Professor, Psychology

  This is a virtual session and will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.

  RSVP for Promotion & Tenure for Tenure-Track Faculty, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28

• Promotion and Employment Security Status for Academic Staff | Noon - 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 3

  Join us for an overview of the promotion and Employment Security Status (ESS) process for academic staff, followed by a panel of academic staff who recently completed the process. We'll go over how both processes are completed, the materials needed for packets, what to expect throughout, and how to prepare your professional record for promotion packets, after which the panel will be available to address attendee's questions.

  Panelists include:

  • Kristen Chinery, Reference Archivist, Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs
  • Daisy Cordero, Financial Aid Officer III, Student Financial Aid
  • Kimberly Swisher, University Counselor II, School of Business Admin and Assistant Director, Mike Ilitch School of Business
  • Ricardo Villarosa, Academic Advisor IV, Dean of Student's Office

  This is a virtual session and will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.

  RSVP for Promotion and Employment Security Status for Academic Staff, noon - 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 3

• Curating Your Department’s Twitter Presence | Noon - 1:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 11

  Want to promote the great work the people in your department/unit/program are doing on social media but don't know where to start? Join us for a hands-on webinar with Jennifer Hart of the WSU Department of History to learn the ins and outs of Twitter. And follow us on Twitter!

  This is a virtual session and will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.

  RSVP for Curating Your Department’s Twitter Presence, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 11

• Promotion for Non-Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty | Noon - 1:30 p.m. Monday, Mar. 14

  Join us for an overview of the promotion process for non-tenure-track and non-tenured faculty, followed by a panel of faculty who recently completed the process. We'll go over how the promotion process is completed, the materials needed for packets, what to expect throughout, and how to prepare your professional record for promotion packets, after which the panel will be available to address attendee's questions.

  Panelists include:

  • Colleen Buggs-Saxton, Associate Professor (Clinical), Pediatrics & IBio
  • Angela Jacques Tiura, Associate Professor (Research), Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences
  • Jarrett Weinberger, Associate Professor (Clinical), Internal Medicine

  This is a virtual session and will be recorded; we recommend that you register even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.

  RSVP for Promotion for Non-Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Monday, Mar. 14

• Academic Leadership Academy Q&A Sessions | various dates & times

  Informational sessions with the Academic Leadership Academy Steering Committee and alumni are scheduled for the following dates/times (click on the date to RSVP for the indicated session):

  • 2-2:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
  • 10:15-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2022
  • 1:30-2:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
  • 3-3:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
  • 1:15-2 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022