New Faculty Orientation

2009 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

Thursday, August 13 – Friday, August 14, 2009
Lod Cook Alumni Center

DAY 1: THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Astrid Merget, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost

Orientation Overview
Stacia Haynie, Vice Provost, Academics & Planning, Office of Academic Affairs

Tips for New Faculty

LSU Policies: What You Need to Know
Jeannine Kahn, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Academic Affairs

Diverse People. Diverse Talents.
Katrice Albert, Vice Provost, Office of Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach

Conflict Management: Tips for New Faculty
Kirsten Schwehm, University Ombudsperson, Office of the Chancellor

Academic Integrity
Eric Norman, Associate Dean, Office of Student Advocacy & Accountability

Breakout Sessions

	Session A:		Grant Success Across the Disciplines Doris Carver, Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Research & Economic Development

	Session B:		Teaching Students How to Learn Saundra McGuire, Director, Center for Academic Success & Adjunct Professor of Chemistry

Lunch

Faculty Fellows Program
Cecil Eubanks, Alumni Professor of Political Science & Faculty Fellows Director

Welcome to LSU & Baton Rouge Community
John Milazzo, CEO & President, Campus Federal Credit Union

Breakout Sessions

	Session A:		Communication Across the Curriculum Rebecca Burdette, Assistant Director, Communication Across the Curriculum
			Service Learning Jan Shoemaker, Director, Center for Community Engagement, Learning & Leadership

	Session B:		LSU’s Cultural Gumbo Tracey Rizzuto, Assistant Professor, Psychology

	Session C:		Tips for New Professors Todd Monroe, Associate Professor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering

PS 36: Hiring, Review, Tenure & Promotion
Stacia Haynie, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

DAY 2: FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2009

Classroom Management
Bill Wischusen, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Success in the Classroom
Jane Cassidy, Professor of Music & Faculty Fellow

Faculty Panel: “My Experience as a New Faculty Member”
Johanna Dunaway, Assistant Professor, Political Science & Mass Communication
Laura Moyer, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Fernando Galvez, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Lunch

Chancellor’s Welcome
Michael Martin, Chancellor

The LSU Faculty Senate: Collegial Governance for our Flagship University
Kevin Cope, President, Faculty Senate