2008-2009 Calendar of Events

Monthly Buffet Luncheons and Presentations

~11:45 -12:55 p.m. on second Wednesday of the month (except for first and last meeting)

Location: Missouri Room (207-A Havener Center)

Designed to exchange/share information/ideas to meet the needs of Missouri S&T's New Faculty Teaching Scholars and to provide a venue for networking and collegiality.

Date         Topic and Guest Presenter(s)

Sep 19      Orientation to the NFTS Program (Note: Special Day – Friday)

                       Provost Kent Wray, Provost’s Cabinet, and NFTS alumni Hong Sheng, Klaus Woelk, and Adam Potthast

      *********  Remaining schedule below is a tentative DRAFT  ********* 

Oct 08      Running a successful collaborative learning center for your course

                        LEAD Director Ronald Bieniek and NFTS Alumni Klaus Woelk and Elvan Akin-Bohner

Nov 12     How an instructional designer can improve your academic life
    Dan Cernusca, Missouri S&T Instructional Design Specialist (Office of Undergraduate Studies)

Dec 10     Being a successful teacher-scholar in an evolving university:
the research portion of your Academic Portfolio

                        NFTS Alumni Thomas Vojta, Kumar Venayagamoorthy, and Ray Luechtefeld

Jan 14      Handling difficult students, colleagues, and situations  (special joint luncheon with Freshman Faculty)

                        Greg Holliday, Director of UMC NFTS and of UM President’s Administrative Leadership Program

Feb 11      How the Promotion and Tenure Writers Group can benefit you

                        NFTS Alumnus MIchael Davis (PTWG Coordinator) and other PTWG participants

Mar 11     What Students Expect from Professors

                        James Woner, Chair of Policy Issues of Missouri S&T Student Council

                        with Student Council President Beth Groenke and StuCo President-elect Andrew Ronchetto

Apr 08     The ins and outs of the tenure evaluation process

                        Steve Clark, Campus Tenure & Promotion Committee

                        Bruce McMillin, Faculty Senate Tenure Committee 

May 13    Special time and location:  12:30-1:30 pm in Missouri Room (207 Havener) 

                     End of year celebratory luncheon for Freshman Faculty and New Faculty Teaching Scholars

                        Provost Kent Wray and Provost Cabinet

Special Events

System-wide events for all NFTSs from the four UM campuses

Participants in these UM-system events will be reimbursed for registration, lodging,food, and carpooling travel expenses incurred for participating inthese activities.

2-3 October 2008

Academic Portfolio Retreat 

Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City

12-13 March 2009

Academic Challenges,Tools and Scholarship Retreat

Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia

18-20 May 2009 

Designing and Redesigning Academic Experiences to Enhance Student Learning

Country Club Hotel & Spa, Lake Ozark