Academic Faculty

This workshop raises participants’ consciousness to contemporary Queer and Trans issues in higher education. Participants will be challenged to broaden and complicate their understandings of gender and sexuality. Participants will also investigate the interdependent systems of oppression which sustain inequities for Queer and Trans people. Participants will also be equipped with skills and resources to develop their capacity to engage in solidarity with Queer and Trans people.

This workshop is a continuing education update for those who have completed the Search Advocate Foundations initial workshop series and will meet the requirements for them to remain eligible to serve in that role for another year. Content changes each year, but typically introduces new tools, reinforces recommendations for advocates, and provides a forum for practice and for addressing current questions.

This workshop introduces core concepts of culturally responsive teaching. Participants will expand their notions of excellence in teaching and cultivate enthusiasm about beginning or continuing cultural responsive practice. Participants will generate ideas about where and how they may begin to transform their teaching practices to redress educational inequities.

This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work and multimedia activities.

The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week, online program that was designed to teach tenure-track and tenured faculty the skills they need to increase both their research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Participants must be nominated by their dean.

Hosted by National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), sponsored by Faculty Affairs.

Cost varies; cost sharing by academic college and Faculty Affairs is available. Click this card to learn more!

This workshop helps participants learn about bias incidents, what they look like, and their impact on different learning and work environments. Participants will develop a more comprehensive understanding of OSU’s bias intervention framework and protocol as well familiarize themselves with institutional resources.

This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work and role plays.

Faculty who would like to organize and lead a small group of peers to focus on a particular topic of interest may be eligible for operational support from the Office of Faculty Affairs. Written proposals by academic faculty leaders who would like to organize a community of practice may be submitted to the Office of Faculty Affairs (click this card to learn more).

This workshop attempts to demystify the theory and practice of social justice leadership and offers vivid and tangible examples of core concepts relative to participants institutional roles. In addition to exploring conceptual frameworks for identity, power, and privilege, participants will draw upon their own experiences to illustrate the concepts of the workshop and develop a depth of understanding that prepares them to educate others.

This is an interactive, multimodal workshop.

Focused area each term, varies each year. Access materials and videos from prior Academic Faculty Workshops by clicking the link below!

Interactive and multimodal.

Intended for academic faculty.

Focused area each term, varies each year. Topics include: promotion and tenure; audit, risk and compliance; IT issues; global and international engagement; managing budgets; developing goals and outcomes.

Interactive and multimodal.

Intended for academic leaders.

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New faculty and staff are encouraged to attend New Employee Orientation (offered monthly) to learn about terms of employment, review benefits/retirement options, and get connected with resources. Union informational sessions, for employees represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and United Academics of Oregon State University (UAOSU), are presented afterwards.