Tentative activities/times
Monday, April 30, 2018
| All Day | Participants arrive and check in at the Graduate |
| 5:00 pm -7:00 pm | Opening reception (Graduate Hotel) Welcome: Rebecca Lange, NextProf Science Chair Jennifer Linderman; Director of ADVANCE |
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Today’s events take place at Michigan League
Dinner at the Weiser Building, 10th Floor
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome/workshop convener: Rebecca Lange (Earth & Environmental Sciences) |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:15 am – 10:30 am | Life in Academia Moderator: Fiona Lee, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Professional Development; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Professor of Psychology Panelists: Mary James (Reed College), Tim McKay (Physics), |
| 10:30 am – 10:50 am | Break |
| 10:50 am – 12:15 pm | The Faculty Search Process, Part 1: Making the Short List Panelists: Elena Gallo, Astronomy Ted Goodson, Chemistry Divakar Viswanath, Mathematics Moderator: Deborah Goldberg, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| 12:15 pm -12:30 pm | Break |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch Speaker: Mary James, Reed College |
| 2:00 pm – 2:20 pm | Break |
| 2:20-3:30 | Developing your Research Statement Workshop Leader: Larissa Sano (Sweetland Center) |
| 3:30-3:50 | Break |
| 3:50-5:15 | Talking about the Nature and Importance of Your Research Workshop Leader: Sara McClelland (Psychology & Women’s Studies) |
| 5:15-6:20 | Break |
| 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm | Evening reception/dinner Weiser Building |
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Michigan League through lunch; afternoon in departments
| 8:00 am – 8:30am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30am – 9:00 am | Opening Speaker: Andrew Martin, Dean, College of Literature, Science & the Arts; Professor of Political Science |
| 9:00am – 9:15 am | Break |
| 9:15 am – 10:30 am | Developing your Teaching Statement Workshop Leader: Nicole Tuttle, UM Center for Research on Learning and Teaching |
| 10:30-10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15 pm | The Faculty Search Process: The Interview Panelists: Rose Cory, Earth & Environmental Sciences Hernán López-Fernández, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Anthony Vecchiarelli, MCDB Moderator: Ann Miller, MCDB |
| 12:15-12:30 pm | Break |
| 12:30 – 2:00pm | Lunch Speaker: Keivan Stassun, Vanderbilt Introduction: Doug Richstone, Associate Dean, Natural Resources, LSA; Professor of Astronomy |
| 2:00pm – 2:15 pm | Break |
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2:15 pm Afternoon & Evening |
Escorted by host faculty to visit host department Events hosted by individual departments |
Thursday, May 3, 2018
All events take place at Michigan League
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30am – 8:45am | Convenor: Rebecca Lange |
| 8:45-am – 9:45 am | Outreach/Diversity/Inclusion Activities Panelists: Greg Dick, Earth & Environmental Sciences Deborah Goldberg, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Nicolai Lehnert, Chemistry Moderator: Meg Duffy, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Writing Your Diversity Statement Tabbye Chavous, National Center for Institutional Diversity, Education and Psychology Deborah Willis, Rackham Graduate School |
| 10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – Noon | How to Interpret and Negotiate the Faculty Offer Panelists: Myron Campbell, Physics Rebecca Lange, Earth & Environmental Sciences Jena Johnson, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
| 12:00-12:15 pm | Lunch Closing Remarks: Top Ideas to take away from the Workshop Rebecca Lange, NextProf Science Chair & Professor Earth & Environmental Sciences |
