Academic Leadership

Three-Day New Faculty Orientation?

Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 7 p.m.-8 p.m. | Zoom 
Monday, July 28, 2025 | 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m. | DAH Cottrell Center 272 
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | GVL Nesbitt 3110AB

The 2025 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, August 24 and Monday-Tuesday, July 28-29, 2025. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important importation information regarding working at UNG. This orientation will be offered on Zoom and on the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses.

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Incoming faculty for fall semester are encouraged to attend NFO for helpful onboarding guidance.

Register for NFO

Incoming faculty for fall semester are encouraged to attend NFO for helpful onboarding guidance.

Register for NFO

Sessions on policies and portfolio for faculty coming up for pre- and post-tenure. Six virtual workshops will be offered for fall – three for pre-tenure and three for post-tenure. You only need to attend one of the sessions offered.

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Risk-Taking and Falling Flat: Unexpected Lessons Learned from Failure
Led by Susan Brantley and the CTLL Faculty Fellows 
In this session, we will explore examples of pedagogical approaches that CTLL coordinators have attempted to implement but found challenging (sometimes failing!) and discuss how we’ve adapted and improved these ideas to make them more effective moving forward.

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Sessions on policies and portfolio for faculty coming up for pre- and post-tenure. Six virtual workshops will be offered for fall – three for pre-tenure and three for post-tenure. You only need to attend one of the sessions offered.
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Topic: Empower Your Leadership: Mastering Budget Management and Fiscal Concerns
Speaker: Patricia Todebush

Are you stepping into the role of department leader and feeling overwhelmed by fiscal responsibilities? This session will cover navigating planning and allocation, financial policies and compliance, and fiscal challenges with proven solutions.
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Sessions on policies and portfolio for faculty coming up for pre- and post-tenure. Six virtual workshops will be offered for fall – three for pre-tenure and three for post-tenure. You only need to attend one of the sessions offered.
Register
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Sessions on policies and portfolio for faculty coming up for pre- and post-tenure. Six virtual workshops will be offered for fall – three for pre-tenure and three for post-tenure. You only need to attend one of the sessions offered.

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Getting D2L to Work for You
Led by Alison Hite and Lori Furbush
Zoom
In this session, we’ll uncover some of D2L’s hidden gems and explore practical ways to turn these often-overlooked tools into powerful assets for both you and your students.
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Shut Up & Write provides participants with a structured time to make progress on research and writing. We will work in one block of fifty minutes with a five-minute block of talking at the beginning and a five-minute block of talking at the end. 
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