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Faculty Conversation Series

The Office for Faculty Excellence’s Faculty Conversation Series is designed to engage faculty in conversation around relevant topics that will be helpful as they teach. 

For each session, faculty will read a relevant article/paper about the topic (optional), receive question prompts, engage in conversation around the topic with other faculty members, and reflect on how the conversation may have changed thinking on the topic.

By participating, faculty will:

  • Have the opportunity to listen to others, share their experiences, receive insights and feedback from peers, engage in important, timely, and relevant conversations with other faculty who are interested in these topics
  • Be provided with readings to learn more about the issues that are the focus of the conversations, and
  • Build professional and social connections with other faculty.

Space in each conversation is limited, so register now.

Fall 2023 Sessions

  • Life After NC State: Find your Purpose Beyond your Career
    • Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, noon – 1 p.m. via Zoom
    • Led by Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, OFE Associate Director of Faculty Development and special guests OFE Faculty Fellow Angie Smith and Professor of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science Jay Levine.
    • We will introduce the idea of creating a Faculty Learning Community for faculty that are retired or nearing retirement age. This meeting will serve to gauge interest and to start the organization of the learning community. Suggested reading: Why Reinvent Academic Retirement? Baldwin et al., 2018.
  • High Impact Practices and the New QEP
    • Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 11:30-12:30 p.m. via Zoom
    • Led by Led by Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, OFE Associate Director of Faculty Development
    • Join us for a session filled with information, resources and tips to understand and use High Impact Practices and learn about NC State’s new QEP.  Suggested Reading: High-Impact Practices: Evaluating Their Effect on College Completion McDaniel et al., 2020
  • Advanced SoTL: How to Go Beyond your First SoTL Project
    • Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 11:30-12:30 p.m. via Zoom
    • Led by Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, OFE Associate Director of Faculty Development
    • Come learn about new ways in which you can engage deeper with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and become part of our SoTL Learning Community.  Suggested Reading:  Chasing Impact: The Tale of Three SoTL Studies Pechenkina, 2023