A wide variety of Faculty Development resources are available for faculty at Wittenberg. Many of these resources are described on this website. Other resources, including Faculty Research Fund Board support, are described in your Faculty Manual. The Faculty Development Board and its administrator are always looking for ways to promote Faculty Development on campus. If you have any suggestions or needs in this area, please contact the current Faculty Development Administrator, Ty Buckman (tbuckman@wittenberg.edu).

 

Wittenberg Faculty Development Programming

Fall 2009

New Faculty Orientation

Pre-orientation Course Design Workshop, Sunday August 16, 5 - 8 pm, Ness Auditorium

Orientation Programming, Monday August 17, Tuesday August 18, 8:30 am - 1:30 pm

Campus Tour and Dinner for New Faculty, August 18, 4 - 6:30 pm

FDB Collegiality Hour

(Informal welcome reception for our new faculty colleagues)

Thursday, August 27, 4:30 – 6 pm, Cecil and Lime Café (FDB supplies group appetizers for this gathering)

Lilly Mentorship Program Opening Reception

(For first, second, and third year faculty)

Wednesday, September 2, 5-6 pm, Morris Lounge

FDB Teaching Workshop

"Study Strategies Based on Information-Processing Principles (Or, Why Do Study Tips Work?)"

(Mary Jo Zembar, Psychology) (Same workshop offered twice)

Wednesday, September 23, 4:10-5:40 pm, Location TBA.

Thursday, September 24, 3:50-5:20 pm, Location TBA.

FDB Collegiality Hour

(Informal discussion of Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea, prior to his Witt Series talk on Oct. 1)

Friday, September 25, 4:30 – 6 pm, Mela Urban Bistro (FDB supplies group appetizers for this gathering)

FDB Lunch

"Teaching in the Diverse Classroom," (Susan Josephs, formerly Associate Dean, Fisher College of Business)

Tuesday, September 29, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Location TBA.

Lilly Mentorship Presentation (open to all faculty and staff)

Tom Christenson, "The Mission of a Lutheran College"

Thursday, October 22, 4:10-5:20 pm, Location TBA.

 

SOCHE Teaching Conference

"How Well Are Students Learning What We're Teaching" (Tom Angelo, co-author of Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers)"

Friday, October 23, Sinclair Community College. (Registration is limited)

 

FDB Collegiality Hour (Advising Week)

Thursday, October 29, 4:30 – 6 pm, home of Rob Baker and Mary Jo Groves, 818 N. Fountain Avenue (Refreshments and appetizers provided)

 

FDB Workshop (Co-sponsored with the Writing Program)

"Beyond Writing Anxiety: Helping Your Students (and Yourself) Write with Less Inhibition" (Ralph Keyes) (Enrollment limited to 20 faculty; participants will receive a copy of Keyes's The Courage to Write)

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 4:10-5:40 pm, Location TBA.

FDB Lunch (Co-sponsored with Human Resources)

"How the University Works: The Athletics Department"

Monday, November 16, 11:30 – 1:30 pm, Location TBA, (free for Witt faculty and staff)

FDB Best Practices Workshop

"Successful Grant Writing: An Idea Generating Workshop" (multiple presenters)

Thursday, November 19, 3:50-5:50 pm, Location TBA; dinner included.

 

FDB Collegiality Hour

Mela Urban Bistro, Friday, December 11, 4:30 – 6 pm. (FDB supplies group appetizers for this gathering)

 

Fall 2009 Faculty Reading Groups

Robert Boice, Advice for New Faculty Members

Participants: Interested new faculty; led by Ty Buckman

Thomas Angelo and Patricia Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers

Participants: Interested faculty; led by Margaret Goodman