For New Faculty
Onboarding
The Office of Faculty Affairs has also created a New Full-Time Faculty Onboarding Checklist to answer all your questions related to signing up for benefits, parking registration, and much more. The guide also outlines the key tasks over the summer through your first semester.
New Part-Time Instructors should see our resources dedicated to helping part-time faculty get integrated into the GSU community.
Orientations
GSU holds orientations for new Atlanta campus faculty, Perimeter campus faculty, and part-time instructors. See below for more information.
There are two orientations for Atlanta campus faculty: CETL Teaching Orientation and New Faculty Orientation.
Atlanta campus faculty will receive email invitations to one or more of these events as relevant to employment status. If you have not received an invitation by August 1, please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs.
CETL Teaching Orientations
Attendance is highly recommended for new full-time faculty with instructional responsibilities. Attend one of two dates.
Date: Monday, August 17 OR Tuesday, August 18
Location: Atlanta campus
New Faculty Orientation
Attendance is expected for new full-time faculty at the Atlanta campus. Check back for the 2020 Agenda, which will be posted closer to the orientation date.
Date: Thursday, August 20
Location: Atlanta campus
There is one orientation for Perimeter campus faculty: New Faculty Academy. Perimeter campus faculty will receive email invitations to the event as relevant to employment status.
Registration link coming soon. If you have not received an email invitation by July 20, please email Perimeter College.
New Faculty Academy
This two-day orientation is for new regular and limited-term full-time faculty.
Dates: Tuesday, August 18 and Wednesday, August 19
Location: Clarkston campus
There is one orientation for part-time instructors: Part-Time Faculty Development Day.
Registration link coming soon.
Part-Time Faculty Event Day
This orientation is for new part-time instructors teaching at any of GSU’s campuses.
Date: Saturday, August 15
Location: Atlanta campus
Programming and Online Support
The Office of Faculty Affairs and other units at Georgia State University offer a wide range of in-person and online support for new faculty. Many of these are highlighted in the Onboarding Checklist. We strongly encourage you, as a new faculty member, to take advantage of university-level programming in these areas to supplement programming and online resources available through your department and college. Look out for emails about:
