ncfddWe are pleased to announce that FAU has joined NCFDD  as an institutional member. The NCFDD is a nationally recognized organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students at more than 450 colleges and universities. This initiative came about as a result of collaborative work between the Division of Academic Affairs and the Division of Student Affairs.

The Center provides a variety of virtual programs and resources including:

  • Weekly Monday Motivator
  • Monthly Core Curriculum webinars
  • Monthly guest expert webinars
  • Access to multiweek courses
  • Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
  • Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving and moderated writing challenges
  • Monthly accountability buddy matches
  • Access to 14-day writing challenges
  • Access to the Member Library, which includes past webinar materials, referrals and readings

To sign up for a free account that will allow access to the benefits of FAU’s institutional membership, including access to the materials, webinars, and weekly newsletters, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to  http://www.facultydiversity.org/join;
  2. Choose Florida Atlantic University from the drop-down menu;
  3. Select “Activate my Membership”;
  4. Complete the registration form using your FAU email address
  5. Go to your email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email.

Upcoming Fall 2023 Webinars 

1.    New faculty members- adjusting to life in academe

       a.    NCFDD Core Curriculum (10 key skills)

 

2.    Advice for faculty going up for tenure and promotion

       a.    Multi Week Course: Preparing Tenure and Promotion Materials

 

3.    Advice for faculty going up for promotion to professor 

 

4.    Maintaining a work/life balance

        a.    Rising Above Burnout
        c.    Wellness and Technology

 

5.    Grant funding