Events

Inclusivity and Intercultural Development
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006

Who is the NYUAD Learner? 
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006

Campus Tour
Time: 1:15-1:45pm

Hosting a Successful First Week of Class
Presented by Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning
Time:  2-3:15pm
Venue: Library, C2

Meet the University Leadership
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006

Faculty Resources Fair
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: The Arts Center Atrium

The Women Faculty Writing Group meets throughout the semester as an accountability group for working on research-related writing projects and to create community among women faculty.  All that is required  to participate is the willingness to greet others in the group and then focus for the 3-hour session on writing, data analysis or other activities that contribute to academic productivity. Join one or all!

Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Virtual

Open to all women with a faculty appointment, by invitation.

Contact Kirsten Edepli at nyuad.facultydevelopment@nyu.edu.

Proactive Leadership for the Academic Year

Thursday, September 15 | 9-10:30am | BY INVITATION  

The work of managing an academic program can be complex, and requires the Program Head/Director to be an effective and inclusive communicator, a fair delegator and to have the ability to set and maintain healthy boundaries. Discussion at this first meeting of the PLA engage all PH/Ds on identifying changes that this academic year brings, and will help to crystalize the vision each program leader has for managing these changes and their intended areas of growth.   

Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director

Time: 9-10:30am
Venue: The Torch Club

Docket-prep Session for Contract Faculty

Contract renewal and promotion is an important milestone in the career trajectory of continuing contract faculty. This workshop will review the process for developing a compelling docket, the policies related to continuing contract renewal and promotion, and the practicalities of submitting a docket. All faculty who are submitting a docket in 2022 will be added to the calendar invite.

Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120

Prof. Michael Purugganan, Academic Director 19 WSN

Are you interested in collaborating with NYU colleagues in New York? Putting on a conference, performance, or exhibit at NYUAD’s elegant events space on Washington Square? Conducting research or meetings in NY from an office in NYUAD’s home there? If any of these possibilities intrigue you, please join Michael Purugganan, Academic Director of 19 Washington Square North, to learn more about the Faculty Fellowships, Small Grants, Exhibit, and Space programs offered by NYUAD’s home in New York City. He will meet with interested faculty at the Torch Club on September 20.

Time: 3-4pm
Venue: The Torch Club, Washington Room

Information Session, 3:30-5pm:
Through presentations and informal discussions, new faculty insight into living and working at NYUAD and in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. There will be plenty of time for questions and a review of UAE 101 Stories & Cultural Learnings which you were provided in your welcome bags.

Leading Through the Academic Strategy

Facilitated by Martin Klimke and Alex Sumner 

Monday, October 24 | 12:30-2:15pm | BY INVITATION 

The Academic Strategy is the university’s academic vision for the next decade and the Program Heads/Directors  are instrumental in achieving the goals of this strategy for the next decade. This session will be an open discussion about how PH/Ds serve as the conduit to faculty engagement with the Academic Strategy and how this can be incorporated into the vision for leading programs.

Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director

Time: 12:30-2:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120

Writing Effective Teaching Statements

Tuesday, November 1 | 9:30-10:45am | Registration Required

Teaching statements are important data points that help you evidence your impactful teaching. This session will guide you on articulating your teaching philosophy as well as strategies to evidence its enactment in course design, pedagogy, and teaching methods. We will reflect together on our teaching practices and how they evolved over semesters. What innovations have we made in our courses? To what extent have we embraced experiential learning? How did we incorporate our research into teaching? The focus will be on providing evidence of the many ways in which you have reached your learners. We will go over a suggested list of topics to include in your statement and help you tailor it to the needs of your respective committee chairs.

Time: 9:30-10:45am
Venue: Library (C2), Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning center

Intended Audience: NYUAD Faculty preparing teaching statements for advancement. 

Program Leadership Academy: Intercultural Development for Academic Leaders

Facilitated by: Office of Inclusion and Equity

November 10 | 11am-12:30pm | By Invitation

In this session, the team from the Office of Inclusion and Equity will review concepts and theories about inclusion, diversity, belonging and equity that are essential for academic leaders at NYUAD. Participants will take an Intercultural Development Inventory assessment, and will learn how this tool relates to effective leadership. Participants will reflect on their own socialization and identities and delve into research and tools to develop daily practices to begin their journey towards critical self awareness.The session will be followed by a networking lunch.

Time: 11am-12:30pm
Venue: Conference Center (A6), room 005

Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director

NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for C-Faculty

Monday, November 14 | 11am-12:15pm | Registration Required

Do you have questions about the timeline for contract renewal? Do you have questions about preparing your docket for contract renewal or for promotion? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for faculty who are on continuing contracts (C-faculty).

Intended Audience: NYUAD standing continuing contract faculty

Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120

NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for T-Faculty

November 16 | 11am-12:15pm | Registration required

Do you have questions about the timeline for tenure? Do you know what a 3rd-year review entails? Do you have questions about preparing your docket for promotion, or tenure? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for faculty who are tenured or on the tenure track (T-faculty). 

Intended Audience: NYUAD standing tenured or tenure track faculty 

Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Conference Center (A6), room 005

Drop-in Interfolio Information Session

This drop-in session starts with an overview of how to use Interfolio to upload material for tenure/tenure track faculty dockets for tenure and promotion. There will be time for questions related to docket submission and one-on-one help with your own Interfolio submission as needed. All faculty with dockets due in the upcoming semester have been added to the calendar invitation

Time: 
9:30-10:10am, C-Faculty
10:15-10:45, T/TT Faculty

Venue: Virtual

The Program Head Academy (PHA)

Provost Forum
This session will provide the opportunity for reflection and open discussion on the fall  semester and a look forward to next  semester with the Provost and Vice Provost.

Time: TBD
Venue: TBD