The first FARE Fall Conference is coming 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Rhatigan Student Center. The day will feature breakout sessions by WSU faculty and staff and is open to instructors of any rank, post-docs and doctoral students.
The theme for the day is “What Counts: Building a Career, Along With All That Makes It Worth Having.” Come hear about what it takes to build an academic career and how to protect your mental health and sense of purpose while doing it. Most content is geared toward early-career faculty, but any instructors interested in sessions are welcome to join.
New: For those unable to come in person, two sessions will be offered in a hybrid format via Microsoft Teams: Watermark at 9:30 a.m. and Mentoring Maps at 10:30 a.m. Email fare@wichita.edu for the links.
Conference schedule:
8:30-8:50 a.m. – Registration, light breakfast and coffee
8:50-9:20 a.m. – Opening remarks by Dr. Mathew Muether, associate vice provost of Faculty Affairs, and stories of “what counts” by Dr. Erin O’Bryan, associate professor, and John Hammond, senior educator
9:30-10:20 a.m. – Session one options:
- Integrating real-world learning and career-ready skills into your courses (Sarah Mathews, Shocker Career Accelerator director, and Sara Leftwich, program specialist)
- Setting your research trajectory and establishing an identity as a scholar (Dr. Jan Twomey, professor of industrial engineering, and Dr. Rhonda Lewis, professor of community psychology)
- Building your scholarly career and identity in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts (Cheyla Clawson, director or performing arts, and Dr. Twyla Hill, professor of sociology)
- Building a record of your work in Watermark: What evidence matters and where to enter what (offered during both times by Rachel Crane, associate professor, University Libraries)
10:30-11:20 a.m. – Session two options:
- Mentor Mapping: Getting the support you need to achieve your goals (Dr. Heather Henderson, College of Health Professions associate dean of research, compliance and accreditation)
- Getting started with funding your scholarly activities (Panel: Dr. Moriah Beck, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Katie Lanning, associate professor of English, Dr. Atri Dutta, professor of aerospace engineering, and Dr. Jung Mee Park, data librarian and assistant professor)
- Getting to “accepted”: Demystifying publishing strategy (Dr. Mia Ocean, associate professor of social work; William Weare, associate dean of University Libraries; Dr. Bayram Yildirim, professor of engineering; and Dr. Murtaza Nasir, assistant professor of business)
- Building a record of your work in Watermark: What evidence matters and where to enter what (offered during both times by Rachel Crane, associate professor, University Libraries)
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. – Session three: College-level tenure and promotion informational sessions and Q&A (for tenure-track and NTT faculty)
12:30-1:20 p.m. – Lunch keynote: “Building a sustainable academic life: Time, boundaries, and the myth of doing it all” (Dr. Suzanne Hawley, professor of public health, and Dr. Carolyn Speer, director of the Office of Instructional Resources)
The event will be immediately followed by the Faculty and Staff Wellness Retreat from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 305/306 RSC, Beggs Ballroom.
