Events

Whitman College New Faculty Lunch Series 2012-2013
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All new faculty are welcome to join these 12:00–1 p.m.programs in Memorial 328 (lunch is provided). You will receive an invitation before each program from Susan Bennett in the Provost and Dean of Faculty Office (x5399).

 

Monday February 11 - Connecting to What Students are Learning Outside of the Classroom

In August we discussed the importance of knowing your students in each individual class. Did you find that you were able to get students to connect your course to other things going on in their lives during the semester like their involvement in campus organizations or the Walla Walla community? In this session we’ll talk about ways to help students make connections between what they’re learning and other parts of their college experience. We’ll also suggest ways that faculty can help students see how to apply their academic knowledge to internships and other professional opportunities.

Monday March 25 - The Juggling Act: Strategies for Balancing Teaching, Research, Service, and Life.

Am I spending enough time on my research? Not enough on my teaching? Is serving on this committee going to spell disaster for my scholarly agenda? Most academics never quite feel that they can strike just the right “balance.” But there are certainly things that we can do to feel more fulfilled and focused. We’ll discuss some general findings about what makes for high job satisfaction among professors as well as share some tips on specific things we can do to get better at juggling.

*For tenure-track faculty: Monday, April 8, 12-1, Memorial 305: Informational Meeting regarding the informal review to be conducted Fall 2013.

NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION 2012
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Monday, August 20

Memorial Building 328

  • 8:30-11:30 - Human Resources
    Getting Paid at Whitman and other essential details; signing of the “Big Book." Dennis Hopwood, HR Director and Carol Harris, HR Manager
  • 11:30-11:45 - Group Photo
    Front steps of Memorial building (Boyer side) (Greg Lehman, Photographer)
  • 11:45-12:30 - Lunch
    Welcome George Bridges, President; Tim Kaufman-Osborn, Provost and Dean of the Faculty; Lisa Perfetti, Associate Dean of the Faculty
  • 12:45-1:45 - Teaching at Whitman
    Course Planning with Whitman Students in Mind Lisa Perfetti and Kurt Hoffman, Professor of Physics
  • 1:45-2:00 - Break
  • 2:00-3:00 - Teaching at Whitman
    Engaging Students (activie learning, first day of class ideas, participation). Lisa Perfetti and Leena Knight, Assistant Professor of Biology
  • 3:00-4:00 - Student Support at Whitman
    Juli Dunn, Director of the Academic Resource Center and Tracee Anderson, Assistant Director of Counseling
  • 4:30-6:00 - Reception
    Committee of Division Chairs Tim Kaufman-Osborn; Lisa Perfetti; David Schmitz, Chair of the Faculty; Brian Dott, Division I Chair; Rebecca Hanrahan, Division II Chair; Mark Beck, Division III Chair

Tuesday August 21

Penrose Library (meet in foyer)

  • 9:00-10:30 - Teaching at Whitman
    Designing Effective Assignments (Sound assignment design; reserves; interlibrary loan). Lee Keene, Head Instructional and Research Services at Penrose Library and Lisa Perfetti
  • 10:30-11:00 - Break

Memorial 328

  • 11:00-12:15 - Technology and Teaching
    David Sprunger, Director of Instructional and Learning Technology

Baker Faculty Center

  • 12:15-1:15
    Lunch with staff from Penrose Library and WCTS

Location

  • 1:30-2:30 - Presentation by Whitman’s TIAA-CREF institutional representative
    Individual sign-ups will follow with limited individual counseling appointments available Tuesday from 2:30 - 4:30 PM and Wednesday, August 22 from 1:30 - 5:00 PM.
  • 5:00-6:30 - BBQ dinner
    President George Bridges and Dr. Kari Tupper

Wednesday August 22

Memorial Building 328

  • 9:00-10:00 - Registrar’s Office
    Managing class lists, drop-add procedures, room reservations, etc. Ron Urban, Registrar
  • 10:00-11:00 - Perspectives on the first year at Whitman
    Second-year Faculty Jesse Abrams, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology; Kelly McConville, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Kate Shea, Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities and Classics
  • 11:00-11:15 - Break
  • 11:15-12:00 - Tenure-Track Nuts and Bolts
    Managing your PDA, applying for funding, the Mentoring Program, Q&A about the tenure process. Lisa Perfetti, Susan Bennett, Senior Academic Assistant to the Provost, Melissa Clearfield, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Mentoring Program