2008 New Faculty Orientation
Date: August 21
Venue: Rome Ballroom, South Campus
*Subject to change
| Morning |
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| 8:25 - 9:28 AM |
Registration/Continental Breakfast with Benefits’ Information, Audit Compliance & Ethics, Parking Services, UConn Libraries, and Office of Institutional Research. |
| 9:28 - 9:30 |
Introductions (Associate Vice Provost, Keith Barker) |
| 9:30 - 9:35 |
Welcome by University President, Michael Hogan |
| 9:35 - 9:40 |
Morning exercise (Keith Barker) |
| 9:40 - 10:00 |
‘Jeopardy’ – welcome to the University |
| 10:00 - 10:40 |
UE&I – ITL, UWC & QLC (Keith Barker) http://www.itl.uconn.edu |
| 10:40 - 10:45 |
Introduce Bill Simpson (UConn Bookstore) http://www.bookstore.uconn.edu |
| 10:45 - 11:10 |
BREAK |
| 11:10 - 11:15 |
The role of the Regional Campuses (Vice Provost, Veronica Makowsky) http://itl.uconn.edu/VT |
| 11:15 - 12:30 |
Panel
|
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
LUNCH
During the latter part of this lunch break, Kim Chambers (Director or Educational Technologies, ITL) will demonstrate some of the start-up issues of using WebCT Vista. |
| Afternoon |
|
| 1:30 - 1:40 |
Registrar Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith http://www.registrar.uconn.edu/ |
| 1:40 - 1:50 |
OMIA - (Associate Vice Provost, Cathleen Love) http://mca.uconn.edu/units.html |
| 1:50 - 2:30 |
Research & Graduate Education (Vice Provost, Jim Henkel ) http://www.grad.uconn.edu |
| 2:30 - 3:15 |
Introduction to Promotion, Tenure, & Reappointment (Provost, Peter Nicholls) http://provost.uconn.edu and (Vice Provost, Suman Singha) |
| 3:15 - 4:00 |
New Faculty meet with Deans |
| 4:00 - 5:00 |
Provost’s Reception - to be held in Rome Hall, South Campus |
Information for New Faculty can be found at the INFO site located on your MyVista page.
Log on to: vista.uconn.edu for access.
Acronym glossary
UE&I – Undergraduate Education & Instruction
ITL – Institute for Teaching & Learning
UWC – University Writing Center
QLC – Quantitative Learning Center
UITS – University Information Technology Services
OMIA – Office of Multicultural & International Affairs
AAUP – American Association of University Professors
PTR – Promotion, Tenure, & Reappointment |
