• Center for Teaching Excellence
• New Faculty Orientation

New Faculty Orientation

 

The New Faculty Orientation is meant to introduce new faculty to Oxy's culture and community. This year’s orientation will be held on Friday, August 24^th 2012 in the Faculty Commons of the Johnson Student Center.  The schedule of our day is as follows: 

9-9:15             continental breakfast

9:15-9:30        welcome from Dean Gonzalez

9:30-9:45        introductions

9:45-11:15      faculty panel

                            - Mary Lopez, Assoc, Prof. of Economics

                            - Frank Lynch, Adjunct Prof. of Math

                            - Julie Prebel, Asst. Prof. of English Writing & Untenured Representative to Faculty Council

                            - Kerry Thompson, Assoc. Prof. of Biology

11:15-11:30    coffee break

11:30-12:15    student panel

                            - Vannessa Alvarado, Senior History and Spanish double major

                            - Dan Crowly, Senior Biology major

                            - Aja Sanneh, Senior Economics major

                            - Margeau Valteau, Senior Urban & Environ. Policy major; ASOC Pres.

12:15-1           lunch

1-1:15             Faculty resource guidebook; CTE Moodle site

1:15-2:00        workshop syllabi in small groups (facilitated by existing faculty)

2-2:15             Faculty resource guidebook; MyOxy

2:15-2:30        coffee break

2:30-4             meeting the Associate Deans and Dean of Students Office staff

4-4:15             schedule of Fall semester open houses & CTE programs

4:15-4:30        assessment of orientation