New Faculty Orientation Program

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Marriott Center, UMass Amherst (11th floor, Campus Center)

PROGRAM:

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration and refreshments

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Welcome: New Faculty Orientation

• Angela de Oliveira, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Office of Faculty Development, Professor, Resource Economics 
• Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Conocimiento

Develop connection to each other by exploring and sharing identities and experiences in relation to your new roles at UMass Amherst.

• Angela de Oliveira, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Office of Faculty Development, Professor, Resource Economics 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Your Faculty Community

• Angela de Oliveira, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Office of Faculty Development, Professor, Resource Economics
• Wilmore Webley, Senior Vice Provost for Equity & Inclusion,  Office of Faculty Diversity, Professor, Microbiology

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Your Students & Teaching Community

• Claire Hamilton, Associate Provost, Center for Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies  

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch, 

A poem from Porter Lunceford, MFA student to transition to lunch

Marc Liberatore, Co-President of the Massachusetts Society of Professors, before the next session

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Teaching, Research & Well-Being at UMass Amherst

Representatives from campus resource offices will provide information in a 'speed dating' format. Get to know the resources, governance, and communities across across campus to help you work, live, and thrive here!  

• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Dean of Students
• Disability Services
• Employee Counseling and Consultation Office
• Graduate School
• Human Resources 
• Instructional Design, Engagement and Support (IDEAS) 
• Office of Equity and Inclusion
• Office of Faculty Development 
• Office of Research and Engagement 
• Student Success 
• UMass ADVANCE
• University Libraries

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Break

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Sustainable Careers: Advice from Colleagues

• Facilitator: Jason Hooper, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Office of Faculty Development, Senior Lecturer II, Department of Music and Dance
• Yolanda Covington-Ward, Chair and Professor, W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies 
• Christopher Diaz, Clinical Assistant Professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing 
• Jesse Mager, Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, Compliance, and Support Services and Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 
• Hannah Naughton, Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, Stockbridge School of Agriculture 
• Taqi Raza, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering 

In addition to this campus-wide orientation for new faculty, additional welcoming events are offered by departments and/or schools/colleges. New faculty are also invited to join the annual Chancellor's New Faculty Reception – on August 28th at 5:30 at Hillside.

The Office of Human Resources also hosts New Employee Orientation that focuses on payroll and benefits. Your department's personnel coordinator will register you for this orientation.