As we honor Black History Month, read about this year's theme: Black Resistance. Join the UNT community for events and workshops hosted by IDEA, and mark your calendar for the final lunch in Dining Services' Tracing the Journey series. On Feb. 23, campus dining halls will be highlighting Black food traditions in the Southern U.S., so bring your appetite. | |
Faculty Success Newsletter
February 2023
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Message from the Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Greetings Mean Green Colleagues,
Happy Black History Month! Although celebrating the many accomplishments of our Black faculty, staff, and students is not held to only February, this is always a time of intentional reflection on the many contributions and realties of Black individuals and communities. I am pleased to see so many celebrations across campus, from our dining hall cuisine to the numerous IDEA and Black Faculty Network (BFN) sponsored events. For those in Denton, please check out how your local community celebrates Black History on the Discover Denton website.
As I am drafting this, over 100 faculty and faculty leaders are participating in a workload equity keynote and workshop co-sponsored by Faculty Success and CLASS. This is one of many ways that Faculty Success is helping faculty better understand how to create, sustain, and assess equitable faculty work. We will also welcome Margaret Price for a workshop discussing collective care and what we can learn from our disabled and neurodiverse faculty, students and staff.
Finally—and I am intentionally keeping my column short because there is so much great news to review—we will unveil a beautiful portrait of Dr. Bertina H. Combes in our Faculty Lounge (Union 249) on February 21 from 3 to 4 p.m. We’ve invited Bertina’s colleagues, family, and friends, but feel free to stop by anytime to see the portrait. I will have additional updates in my next column about the Faculty Senate’s fundraising efforts in support of the Faculty Lounge.
So Eagles, continue doing your thing: be great, stay green, take care of one another, and keep reaching for the sky! Our team always marvels at how high you can fly.
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Holly M. Hutchins, Ph.D. (she/her)
Vice Provost, Faculty Success
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RSVP for the 2023 Salute to Faculty Book Authors, hosted by Faculty Success and the UNT Libraries. The event celebrates faculty authors and co-authors of first-edition books, original translations or scholarly editions published in 2022. Come enjoy hors d'oeuvres and beverages while learning about your colleagues' creative and scholarly endeavors! | | |
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Beyond the Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education:
What We Can Learn from Disabled Academics about Collective Care
Margaret Price
March 1 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Virtual Workshop
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Universities nationwide are experiencing a mental health crisis, but exactly what that crisis is, and how to solve it, are controversial questions.
Dr. Price will draw upon data from a 10-year study of disabled faculty and staff to ask, “How can we achieve collective care in academe?” Participants will learn about the everyday lives and strategies of disabled faculty and staff in higher education, and how a cultural shift toward shared accountability and interdependence can benefit UNT and the communities we serve.
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Presented by Goldman Sachs
March 23, 2023
IDEA is soliciting proposals for a poster session during the conference from noon to 1 p.m. Faculty, staff and students can submit a proposal by March 3 highlighting UNT’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion through research and practice. The conference will cover the costs for printing the poster for the first ten accepted poster submissions, so apply early!
Faculty will earn ABCA credit by attending two or more sessions of the conference.
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News from Academic Affairs | |
Join the Faculty Advocates Network | |
Interested in mentoring and being an advocate for more junior faculty? Are you a junior faculty member who wants to learn how the Faculty Advocates Network can work with you as you develop your promotion and tenure dossier?
The Faculty Advocates Network is a group of senior-level faculty (usually full professors, principal lecturers and clinical professors) who advise and clarify aspects of the tenure and promotion process and/or answer questions regarding a candidate’s case.
To learn more or attend an information session this semester, please complete this brief form.
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Nominate a student for the External Funding Workshop Series March 8-9 | |
The Toulouse Graduate School's External Funding Workshop Series is an opportunity for graduate students to gain guidance on extramural funding. In the opening session on March 8, students will identify possible funding opportunities to use as the subject for the next day’s work sessions, which will be facilitated by experts from across campus. Nominate a student through the webform or by emailing Grad.Workshops@unt.edu. | |
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Inspire students as Faculty in Residence
The Faculty in Residence program builds rapport between faculty and students through structured programming and informal interactions outside the classroom. Rawlins Hall is seeking Faculty in Residence applications for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years. This position is for full-time faculty and includes an apartment in Rawlins Hall and the option to teach classes in Rawlins Hall.
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Spark a passion for research by encouraging an undergrad to apply for the Undergraduate Research Fellowship | |
Applications for the 2023-24 Undergraduate Research Fellowship are due June 15, 2023. Students are often reluctant to pursue opportunities like the URF unless they have a faculty champion who sees their potential and can help guide them through the process. We encourage you to connect with eligible students and offer to oversee a research or creative project during the coming academic year! | |
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Faculty Resource Group Spotlight | |
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Black Faculty Network
The Black Faculty Network (BFN) is a faculty mentoring group comprised of all full-time faculty at UNT.
With a core focus on supporting Black faculty and retaining Black talent, BFN addresses both career and psychosocial development through a variety of methods including peer-to-peer mentoring; monthly Pomodoro-style writing/creative work groups that provide an opportunity for members to participate in a system of accountability as they enhance productivity as a community of scholars; social events and through the mentorship of Black graduate and undergraduate students.
To learn more and get involved, email BlackFaculty@unt.edu.
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BFN Working Wednesdays is a dedicated virtual work space held biweekly on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Bring your writing, work or creative projects and let’s hold each other accountable! Working sessions are come and go so you can work for as little or as long as you like, cameras on or off. The spring schedule is as follows: Feb. 22; March 8; March 22; April 5; April 19; May 3. | | |
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BFN Leadership Nominations Due April 1! Nominate yourself or another faculty member for the roles of President, Vice President, 2nd Vice President and Financial Secretary!
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Bárbara Pimentel Cruz, social anthropologist at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), will host a talk on April 10 called "Affirmative Actions in Graduate Programs in Brazil and the Role of Black Movements." Cruz will discuss DEI initiatives in Brazilian universities, sharing her own experience as a Black anthropologist engaged with the implementation of policies to promote diversity.
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End of the Semester Gathering: May 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. More details to come!
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BFN Writing While Black Virtual Writing Retreat at the end of the semester to help folks gear up for their summer writing plans. More details to come!
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2023 Open Access Symposium
Save the date! The 2023 Open Access Symposium will take place via Zoom on April 14, 2023. This year's symposium will focus on recent federal initiatives supporting Open Science, public access to federally funded research and Texas legislation promoting Open Educational Resources at public universities.
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OER and Open Textbook Grants
There is still grant support funding for two different open resources programs for the 2022-23 fiscal year. OER Grants support use of open educational resources in in your curricula, and UNT Open Texts helps with the costs of publishing an open access textbook. Contact ScholarlyCommunication@unt.edu with inquiries.
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ORCID Workshop for Researchers
Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. on Zoom
Register now
ORCID is becoming the standard persistent identifier (PID) for researchers across a variety of disciplines and provides a variety of benefits, including documenting your research, publications and grants; identifying variations on your name for proper attribution; improving the visibility and impact of your work and allowing you to apply for funding opportunities more easily. Learn more in this free workshop hosted by the ORCID US Community and in the UNT Libraries' Increase Your Scholarly Impact guide.
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Library Faculty Announcements |
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Chassidy Miles, Engineering and Learning Technology Librarian. Chassidy’s office is located at the Discovery Park Library. She has an extensive background studying user experiences and provides reference and instruction services to the faculty, staff and students in the College of Engineering and the Department of Learning Technologies.
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Jenn Washburn, Head of Media and Discovery Park Libraries. Jenn will be putting her leadership and management experience in film and gaming to good use as she oversees all Media and Discovery Park Library operations, collections, services and programming. Her office is located in the Media Library in Chilton Hall 111.
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Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
Dr. Zhang, director of UNT's Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Laboratory, will be inducted as a Fellow of the North American Society for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance this March during the SHAPE America Convention. Congratulations!
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Faculty Shine in The Lab
Catch up on UNT's research video series The Lab and learn about the interesting and impactful ways UNT faculty are pushing the boundaries of their fields, inspiring their students and changing the world.
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Faculty Meet and Greet with UNT Police
March 29 from 2:30-3 p.m.
Faculty Lounge (Union 249)
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This come-and-go event is an opportunity to meet members of the UNT Police Department, ask questions and get to know them a little better. Each semester, the department hosts events and safety programs for students, but they want to expand that outreach to faculty by learning about your safety needs and concerns. Faculty are also welcome to attend several of the safety programs hosted by the department, which you can learn more about at the meet and greet! | |
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If you cannot attend but would like to know more, please connect with community relations officer Cpl. David Causey at David.Causey@unt.edu. | |
Changes to Voting Groups
The Senate recently completed its triennial reapportionment as required by the Faculty Senate Charter. The following changes were approved at the Feb. 8 meeting:
- History has been moved from Group VI to Group I
- IPACS and Mathematics have been moved from Group III to Group VII
- Psychology has been moved from Group IV to Group VI
- Merchandising & Digital Retailing and Hospitality & Tourism Management have been moved from Group V to Group IV
- Anthropology and Sociology have been moved from Group VII to Group VI
- Teach North Texas has been moved from Group VI to Group VII
- Communication Studies has been moved from Group VII to Group VIII
Spring elections to fill senator and elected standing committee positions will include these changes, with the results to be implemented as of Sept. 1, 2023. Faculty in group standing committee positions affected by these changes will receive information soon concerning how and when committee membership will transition.
Visit the Faculty Senate website for the full list of 2023–26 voting groups.
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We want to hear from you!
Faculty Success oversees numerous programs designed to support faculty in their teaching, scholarly, and leadership endeavors.
If you have questions for our team or suggestions for the newsletter, email us at Faculty.Success@unt.edu. You also can follow @UNTFacSuccess on Twitter!
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