EVENTS
Upcoming Spring Events & Workshops 2025
Where are the previous events? Because there are many events taking place this semester, previous events for this semester have been archived and moved below this calendar in an effort to make this page easier to read. Click here to read them.
APRIL 17, 2025: DEPARTMENT CHAIR LUNCH & SHARE
Thursday, April 17, 2025, Noon to 1 p.m.
Via WebexThe Department Chair Lunch and Share series provides department chairs an opportunity to discuss how the academic year is progressing, as well as ask questions and learn about the latest developments in faculty affairs. Attendees are welcome to enjoy lunch during the event.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17: THE LEADERSHIP HOUR SERIES (EVENT 3)
Thursday, April 17, 2 to 3 p.m.
Via WebexThe third edition of the Spring 2025 Leadership Hour series will continue with Christopher Lee of Storbeck Search.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18: VIRTUAL SCHOLARLY SUCCESS PANEL: SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS (PANEL 1)
Friday, April 18, 1 to 2 p.m.
Via WebexThe Office of Faculty Affairs is excited to announce a series of virtual panel hour sessions. This series will be facilitated by Dr. Ashwin Ashok, Faculty Associate for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities, and Dr. Cirleen DeBlaere, Director of Faculty Development.
This series will consist of two 1-hour virtual panels focused on topics relevant to engaging best practices in research and creative activities. The first panel in the series will focus on cultivating successful professional collaborations and the second will focus on successful mentoring of students. Each session will be recorded and made available on the Office of Faculty Affairs SharePoint website.
About This Workshop
Cultivating productive collaborations can be critical to our professional productivity. This 1-hour panel will feature an initial orientation to the concept of collaboration and interdisciplinary cooperation, followed by a panel of Georgia State University scholars from diverse fields who will discuss their experiences and recommendations for successful collaborations in research, scholarship, and creative activities.
APRIL 22, 2025: VIRTUAL SCHOLARLY SUCCESS PANEL: SUCCESSFUL STUDENT MENTORING (PANEL 2)
Tuesday, 4/22, 10 to 11 a.m.
Via WebexMentoring students can be deeply rewarding but can also involve challenges. This 1-hour panel will begin with an introduction to resources and best practices in mentoring, followed by a panel of Georgia State University scholars from diverse fields who will discuss their experiences and recommendations for mentoring students, including potential challenges and ways to address them.
APRIL 22, 2025: FACULTY WELLNESS WORKSHOP SERIES (WORKSHOP 4)
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 2 to 3 p.m.
Via WebexThe summer semester is right around the corner! It is a time where faculty teach, write and hopefully make time for rest. This training will focus on mapping out a successful summer that meets your specific needs. This hour-long training will include resources and activities.
Previous Spring 2025 Events
In the interest of making it easier to read the calendar of upcoming events above, this section of past events this semester was created. Events will be moved to this section after they’ve occurred.
For some of the virtual workshops, recordings are available through the Faculty Affairs SharePoint page. (Use your GSU campus ID and password for access.)
January 2025
JANUARY 28, 2025: ANNUAL REVIEW WORKSHOP FOR CHAIRS, DIRECTORS & ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DEANS
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, Noon to 1 p.m.
Via Webex
The Office of Faculty Affairs held a virtual Annual Review Workshop, which included reviewing scenarios and mock reviews. Event attendees reviewed mock manuals and scenarios prior to the workshop.
JANUARY 29, 2025: FACULTY WELLNESS WORKSHOP SERIES (WORKSHOP 3)
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, 11 a.m. to Noon
Via Webex
Perfectionism is tricky. You probably experienced some early and maybe ongoing benefits from a combination of exceedingly high standards and pushing yourself to be better, never satisfied, and always sensing a gap between how you did (or how you are) and how you should have done (or how you should be). Others might see you as performing at a very high level, yet you may not feel good about how you are doing. This training helps in understanding different parts of the perfectionism puzzle, the double-edged sword of high expectations, and strategies for getting better with your perfectionism. This session featured Georgia State’s Kenneth G. Rice, Professor in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services.
If you missed this event, click here to visit the series home page.
February 2025
FEBRUARY 4, 2025: NON-TENURE TRACK PROMOTION WORKSHOP
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Via Webex
These sessions will provide information on building strong dossiers and take non-tenure track (NTT) faculty through the promotion process. NTT faculty and administrators will share their perspectives on navigating the promotion process. Content at both workshops this semester is the same, so you won’t need to register for both sessions. (The recordings of both events are available at the Faculty Affairs SharePoint here.)
FEBRUARY 5, 2025: BEST PRACTICES IN FACULTY HIRING
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10 to 11 a.m.
Via Webex
Hiring and retaining excellent faculty is one of the most important things we can do as a university. To ensure that we set ourselves up for success, the Office of Faculty Affairs will hold virtual sessions on best practices in faculty hiring this semester. (Content at both workshops is the same, so you do not need to register for more than one date.)
FEBRUARY 7, 2025: SPRING WRITING TABLE
Friday, February 7, 2025, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dunwoody Campus, Building NE, Room 0320
The Spring Writing Table is a retreat to support faculty’s professional writing goals. The session will begin with a brief goal-setting exercise — then everyone will write! A qualitative and quantitative methodologist, a grant specialist, and a representative from the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) will be available for consultation. Food and beverages will be provided. The event is limited to 45 participants.
FEBRUARY 19, 2025: DEPARTMENT CHAIR LUNCH & SHARE
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Noon to 1 p.m.
Via Webex
The Department Chair Lunch and Share series provides department chairs an opportunity to discuss how the academic year is progressing, as well as ask questions and learn about the latest developments in faculty affairs. Attendees are welcome to enjoy lunch during the event.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025: SPRING NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIR ORIENTATION
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Office of Faculty Affairs
75 Piedmont Ave., Room 502
This is an invitation-only event, and new department chairs will be contacted directly by OFA for additional information.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025: SPRING ’25 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Office of Faculty Affairs
75 Piedmont Ave., Room 502
This is an invitation-only event, and new faculty will be contacted directly by Faculty Affairs for additional information. This event is for new faculty who were not yet here at the time of the annual New Faculty Orientation in August 2024.
March 2025
MARCH 3, 2025: NON-TENURE TRACK PROMOTION WORKSHOP
Monday, March 3, 2025, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Via Webex
These sessions will provide information on building strong dossiers and take non-tenure track (NTT) faculty through the promotion process. NTT faculty and administrators will share their perspectives on navigating the promotion process. (Content at both workshops is the same, so you do not need to register for more than one date.)
(The recordings of both events are available at the Faculty Affairs SharePoint here.)
MARCH 6, 2025: THE LEADERSHIP HOUR SERIES (EVENT 1)
Rescheduled: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 11 a.m. to Noon
Friday, February 21, 2025, 11 a.m. to Noon
Via Webex
The Leadership Hour returns in 2025 with special guests discussing their own leadership practices, as well as a discussion of mistakes from which we all can learn. All events in this series will be held virtually via Webex.
The Spring 2025 Leadership Hour series kicks off with a discussion led by Corrie Fountain, Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, on the role, expectations, and complexities of leadership.
To view inaugural series, click here to go to The Leadership Hour at the Faculty Affairs SharePoint using your campus ID and password.
MARCH 12, 2025: THE LEADERSHIP HOUR SERIES (EVENT 2)
Wednesday, March 12, 10 to 11 a.m.
Via Webex
The second edition of The Leadership Hour features special guest Allison Calhoun-Brown, Senior Vice President for Student Success.
MARCH 13, 2025: BEST PRACTICES IN FACULTY HIRING
Thursday, March 13, 2025, 2 to 3 p.m.
Via Webex
Hiring and retaining excellent faculty is one of the most important things we can do as a university. To ensure that we set ourselves up for success, the Office of Faculty Affairs will hold virtual sessions on best practices in faculty hiring this semester. (Content at both workshops is the same, so you do not need to register for more than one date.)
MARCH 14, 2025: NEW FACULTY CHECK-IN
Friday, March 14, 2025,10 to 11:30 a.m.
Via Webex
The Office of Faculty Affairs is providing virtual check-ins for new faculty this academic year, providing an open space to build community, ask questions, and cover general information. The sessions for new faculty from academic year (AY) 2024-25 are open regardless of appointment type or rank.
MARCH 26, 2025: NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIR CHECK-IN
Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Via Webex
This event will give new department chairs an opportunity to discuss how this semester in their new leadership role is going, and the latest from faculty affairs at the university.
MARCH 28, 2025: AIMS INSTITUTE
Friday, March 28, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
25 Park Place, College of Arts & Sciences Event Center (2nd Floor)
Literature indicates that the mid-career period for faculty involves unique challenges, but also holds the potential for the greatest trajectory of professional productivity. The AIMS Institute is a half-day workshop “aimed” at encouraging and supporting mid-career faculty during this specific career stage. The workshop will include speakers, topic-specific discussions (e.g., pathways after promotion, goal-setting, and leadership development), and activities.
April 2025
APRIL 3, 2025: ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DEAN WORKSHOP
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Centennial Hall, Room 120
(Invitation Only Event for Assistant and Associate Deans)
This event will offer networking opportunities, practical advice for the unique role of being an assistant/associate dean, leadership development, and a discussion on succession planning. Lunch will be provided.
APRIL 4, 2025: NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY ROUNDTABLE
Friday, April 4, 2025
University Club at Georgia State Stadium, 755 Hank Aaron Dr. SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This half-day roundtable event is for all non-tenure track (NTT) faculty. The event will offer opportunities for NTT faculty to meet with experts, consider ways to grow their careers, and connect with colleagues who share similar experiences.
The event is divided into two parts. The first half of the session will feature roundtables focused on reorienting NTT faculty to available university resources and opportunities at Georgia State. The second half of the session will feature roundtables on critical professional development topics relevant to NTT faculty. Faculty will select their roundtables of interest and rotate among them at timed intervals.
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