formerly University of Missouri-Rolla

New Faculty Welcome and Orientation 2009

Tuesday, 20 Aug 2009, in the Carver-Turner Room (204 Havener Center)

  9:30 a.m.    Introductions and opening remarks   (in 204-B Havener Center)
                            - Ron Bieniek, Director of New Faculty Programs

  9:40           Welcome to Missouri S&T Faculty (PPT, PDF)
                            - Michael Schulz, President of the Faculty Senate

  9:50            What you need to know this week so that your following weeks are easier
                         (tips for course syllabuses & policies, computer services, student psyche, …)
                             - Ron Bieniek, Director of Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)
                             - Patti Fleck, Director of Counseling & Disability Support Services
                            - Klaus Woelk, Assistant Chair of Chemistry
                     Freshman Faculty Manual  

12:15 pm    S&T's commitment to its new faculty (PPT, PDF)
                            - Robert Schwartz, Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs

12:30         Lunch with campus leaders  (in 204-A Havener)
                            - Schwartz (Acad Aff), Goff (Enroll Mgmt), Eggert (Advancement), Cline (CIO)           

1:20          What you must know about purchasing equipment/services  (PPT, PDF)
                             - Susan Potrafka, Manager of campus Procurement

1:30             Campus environmental health/safety and recycling
                             - Wade Jadwin, Coordinator of campus Environmental Management System

1:40             Faculty learning communities for teaching effectiveness (PDF)
                            - Jennifer Shaner, Coordinator of Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI)

1:55             Insights about Missouri S&T students (PPT, PDF)
                            - F. Scott Miller, Associate Director of Freshman Engineering Program

2:25              Refreshments break (in 204 Havener Center)

2:35              Questions and Answers about anything related to getting ready for the next few weeks
                            - Ron Bieniek and Scott Miller

3:00              Campus tour (map), including Bookstore, Library, Disability Support, and Testing Center
                            - Steve Malott, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services

3:50              Student development and well-being through Student Affairs (in room 107 Norwood)
                            - Debra Robinson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

4:00              Missouri S&T -- a learning-intensive university  (in room 204 Parker Hall)
                            - W. Kent Wray, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Missouri S&T

4:15              Tour of Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall
                            - John Woodfin, Marketing Director of Leach Theatre

4:30-5:15     Refreshments at the Chancellor's Residence
                            - John F. Carney III, Chancellor of Missouri University of Science & Technology
                                    with Provost Wray, Vice Provosts Collier (Undergrad Studies) and Schwartz (Acad Aff)