Message from the Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Greetings Mean Green Colleagues,
It is the season of celebration! On April 19, we will recognize the many ways our faculty artists, scientists, researchers, teachers, community advocates, and leaders are transforming the world through our premiere Salute to Faculty Excellence event. Given COVID projections for the spring, our event is limited capacity, but we will have a recording posted in our next newsletter so you can also celebrate with your colleagues.
We feature many ways to connect and learn through the month of April on our recently updated Faculty Success website! I hope you will join your Senate and Faculty Success colleagues in opening the Faculty Lounge in the University Union. Scott Belshaw, Jaqueline Walker and the Senate team are excited to welcome faculty into this community space. Faculty Success will host programs in the lounge beginning this summer, and we look forward to creating a space of connection and belonging. I hope you also will explore our Faculty Success workshops, Fulbright opportunities, and ways to learn and support our neurodiverse students mentioned in this newsletter.
I also just released the Mentoring Grants 2022-2023 call. So many of our colleagues share how helpful these grants are for expanding their networks and making connections in ways that support their teaching and research.
Finally, Faculty Success is glowing green in our recognition by IDEA as the 2022 Dr. Bertina H. Combes Inclusive Excellence Award recipient. We share this honor with our colleagues in DSI-CLEAR in living into our commitment to cultivate an inclusive and diverse community.
As we move closer to the semester’s end, I hope you can reflect on the many accomplishments you continue to make in your students' and colleagues' lives.
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Talons up!
Holly
Holly M. Hutchins, Ph.D. (she/her)
Vice Provost for Faculty Success
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Faculty Lounge Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
University Union, Room 249
The UNT Faculty Senate and Faculty Success invite you to attend the official ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new UNT Faculty Lounge! The ceremony will follow adjournment of the Faculty Senate meeting, approximately 4 p.m.
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Flight Path to Full Professor: A Mid-career Faculty Workshop
April 27
12:00–3:30 p.m.
University Union, Room 382
Are you a tenured associate professor with questions about promotion to full professor? Wondering how to assess your readiness for promotion?
Join Faculty Success for this in-depth, interactive workshop about the promotion review process! The workshop will feature panel discussions and breakout circles, and you'll also hear reflections from full professors on preparing your portfolio.
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April 13
2:30–4:00 p.m.
Join UNT's Neurodiversity Professional Network and the Division of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access for the webinar Neurodiversity: Celebrating Differences, Supporting Success.
Guest speakers from Drury University Dr. Lori Slater, director of accessibility and disability services, and Dr. Laurie Edmondson, director of elementary education, will explore the concept of neurodiversity, the neurodiversity movement, and common supports for neurodivergent students and employees. Drawing on their personal and professional experiences, they will answer questions following the presentation. Contact Erin O'Toole (erin.otoole@unt.edu) for disability accommodations for the event.
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Deadline: June 8
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The Undergraduate Research Fellowship offers one of the most conspicuous venues for our research enterprise and interdisciplinary creative endeavors to permeate the undergraduate experience.
URF faculty mentorship can spark a passion for professional methodology in our undergrads — in fact, many go on to apply for postgraduate degrees and earn preemptive fellowship offers! Unfortunately, students are often reluctant to pursue opportunities like the URF unless they have a faculty champion who sees their potential.
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We encourage you to offer to oversee a research or creative project for eligible students during the coming academic year. Current URF students may reapply if they will remain at UNT at least through May or August 2023. The application deadline is June 8, 2022.
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Music Library's Accessible Computer Station |
The HIMS QBraille XL Braille display and the GOODFEEL® Software Suite from Dancing Dots are available at the Music Library to assist members of the UNT community with print disabilities.
Products within the GOODFEEL® Software Suite automate transcription of printed scores into accessible “talking” scores including braille music and verbal and musical cues, and they also provide an accessible environment for writing print scores. The station is equipped with a MIDI keyboard.
The braille display and software suite are available at the Accessibility Workstation near the Music Library Services desk in the Willis Library. Students, faculty, and staff interested in training can email MusicRef@unt.edu.
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Conducting Systematic Reviews: A Conversation with UNT Faculty
Tuesday, April 12
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Join Drs. Denise Catalano, Lauren Eutsler, and Melissa Savage as they discuss their experiences conducting and publishing systematic reviews.
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Systematic Reviews: An Introduction to Evidence Synthesis
Monday, April 18
1–2:30 p.m.
UNTHSC librarians Laura Haygood and Hayley Brunner will provide an introduction to systematic reviews and other types of evidence synthesis.
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In April we celebrate Earth Day and seek ways to incorporate sustainability. One resource that can help architects, designers, and other building professionals along that path is BuildingGreen, Inc.
As the weather warms, it's time to get outside and play! Check out SPORT Discus for an academic spin on every aspect of physical fitness.
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Hours
Drop-in Appointments
Monday – Thursday
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Scheduled Appointments
Monday – Thursday and Saturday
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Summer 2023 Faculty-led Study Abroad Program Proposal Window
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The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program's 2023-24 competition is open, featuring over 400 awards offered in more than 130 countries in all world regions. Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards allow academics and professionals, and artists to teach, research, and carry out professional projects abroad.
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The Fulbright Specialist Program supports short-term project-based exchanges abroad. For additional information and application assistance, contact Fulbright@unt.edu.
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Growth Mindset April Workshops |
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Syllabi Review: Promoting Equity, Belonging, and Growth Mindset
This virtual workshop focus on the course syllabus as a core document that sets expectations for the term, but the suggested messaging is applicable to many other venues for communication with students, including: Canvas, emails, lectures or asynchronous videos, and assignment instructions. Contact Stacey.Polk@unt.edu if you have any questions.
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Tuesday, April 19
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
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Thursday, April 21
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
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Introducing the Professional Development Experience (PDX) |
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The Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation is excited to welcome the Professional Development Experience (PDX) program to the DSI Enterprise portfolio. PDX, formerly known as the Professional Development Institute (PDI), will continue to build on long-standing relationships with industry experts and UNT academic partners to deliver high-value programs, career-friendly certificates, and professional development conferences.
UNT faculty or administrators with ideas or questions about collaborative possibilities with PDX should contact the DSI Enterprise team at PDX@unt.edu.
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Faculty Resource Group News |
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The Women & Gender Equity Network (WGEN) is a Faculty Resource Group that provides professional development, mentoring, and networking opportunities for faculty at all stages of their careers. The goals of WGEN programming include:
- Research, teaching and service facilitation
- Networking, support, and collaboration
- Professional and leadership development
- Networking, mentoring, and skills coaching
- Advocacy for equitable institutional policies and practices, and for individuals on a case-by-case basis
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College of Music Faculty Receive 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships |
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Congratulations to our 2022-2023 IAA Fellows! |
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UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (IAA) was created to showcase, support, and advance excellence in the visual, performing, creative, and literary arts. Congratulations to this year's fellows! Stay tuned to learn more about their projects. |
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Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies
College of Visual Arts and Design
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Studio Art
College of Visual Arts and Design
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Composition Studies
College of Music
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Sociology
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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We want to hear from you!
Faculty Success oversees numerous programs designed to support faculty at all levels in their teaching, scholarly, and leadership endeavors.
If you have questions for our team or news that you would like featured in our newsletter, we invite you to share it with us at Faculty.Success@unt.edu. You can also follow @UNTFacSuccess on Twitter!
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