2018-19 Academic Leadership Seminar Series
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Nuts & Bolts of Communication #9
How to compile strong and compelling Promotion and Tenure packages including suggestions when preparing the Executive Officer’s statement.
Thursday, September 6, 2018
210 Illini Union
Update on Campus Budget Reform
An update on the budget reform process, the current campus budget, and related financial issues.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
210 Illini Union
Beyond ICES: Reviewing Faculty Teaching Excellence
A discussion of best practices, indicators of teaching excellence, and strategies when reviewing faculty members’ teaching performance.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
407 Illini Union
Identifying and Confronting Challenges in Academic Units
An engaging session with C. K. Gunsalus to learn about monitoring, acknowledging, and addressing challenges units face that influences their overall health and climate.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
210 Illini Union
How Units Can Help Students Facing Mental Health Concerns
Strategies and resources that units can use to support their students facing a variety of challenging situations and concerns that affect their academic success and overall well-being.
Friday, November 30, 2018
210 Illini Union
Recognizing and Understanding Implicit Bias
How implicit bias influences work distribution, annual reviews, and recognition of faculty and staff contributions and what you can do to address these issues within your unit.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
210 Illini Union
Free Speech on Campus
What free speech means on campus and your role as unit leader in promoting a safe environment for students, staff, and faculty to engage in a robust exchange of viewpoints.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
210 Illini Union
Planning Your Department’s Budget
An update on campus budget reform and a discussion of budget planning that promotes growth, transparency, and stability for your unit.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Heritage Room, Aces Library
Mentoring Post-Tenure Faculty
Enhance your unit’s mentoring efforts for mid-career faculty to help them manage their careers, develop leadership skills, enhance their scholarly works, and support them through promotion.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
210 Illini Union
Conversation on Policies related to Consensual Relationships and Sexual Misconduct
Successful strategies to build inclusive units that are welcoming to students from recruitment to graduation.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
210 Illini Union
Building Positive and Inclusive Climate for Students
Successful strategies to build inclusive units that are welcoming to students from recruitment to graduation.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
210 Illini Union
Planning Your Next Move: Starting Points and Guiding Considerations
A dialogue with colleagues who have taken different career paths after their stint as executive officer. Find out how they planned for and adjusted back to their faculty role or a different administrative role in their college or campus, and how they planned for succession within their department.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
210 Illini Union
*Indicates a program designed for newer EOs, although every session is open to all EOs.