Welcome to 2025

Welcome to 2025 and a new semester; we hope your break afforded you opportunities to both connect and unplug as needed. We look forward to connecting with you at one of our sessions this semester; check it out below.

Coming up this month

Academic Leadership Academy open houses

Applications to next year's ALA cohort are open to all represented WSU faculty and staff through April 18. To learn more, join us at informal virtual Q&A sessions at the following dates/times (click on a date to register and learn more):

1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13
2:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29

Accessibility 101 | New faculty seminar series

In this introductory accessibility workshop at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, you will learn how to employ accessibility to reach all your students and how to provide an equitable educational experience to everyone. We will focus on easy steps you will be able to implement right away to make your course more accessible: captions, alternative text for images, descriptive links, and more!

Engaging leadership and dismantling myths

Join us for the third session of our Associate to Full workshop series at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, virtually or in person at Purdy/Kresge Library, room 150 (within the Teaching Commons). This series is designed to provide tenured Associate Professors with tools to support their pursuit of promotion to Professor. In this session, we'll host a panel of department chairs and administrators who have supported faculty in their units on their path to promotion. Please RSVP below whether you intend to join us in person or virtually – a hybrid meeting link will be sent out to all who register.

Your course and the library | New faculty seminar series

The WSU Libraries have a broad range of resources and services to support your teaching. Join us at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, to learn about the many different services your library and subject librarian can provide, including a variety of instructional resources to guide students in library research to meet your assignment goals.

Upcoming deadlines

Academic Staff with ESS Professional Development Program (Next Deadline: February 15)
Faculty Professional Development Program (Next Deadline: February 15)

Coming up at the NCFDD

2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 | LIVE ON ZOOM: Every Semester Needs a Plan

Join the NCFDD's planning webinar to set personal and professional goals, create a strategic plan, and find community, support, and accountability for your most productive and balanced semester!

2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 | LIVE ON ZOOM: Beyond Burnout Part 2: Approaches for Faculty Well-Being

Many campuses prioritize student mental health, but faculty and staff well-being is equally important. This workshop explores burnout, its characteristics, and consequences while offering strategies focused on purpose, compassion, connection, and balance to enhance faculty well-being.

Sara Kacin, Assistant Provost
Faculty Development & Faculty Success
Have we met yet? I'd love to take some time to chat with you; schedule a meeting using my Bookings page. If you have questions, please reach out to FacultySuccess@wayne.edu.