New Faculty Orientation August 20-21 2024
August 20th
8:00 a.m.: Registration and Check-in/ Breakfast buffet available
8:30 a.m.: Welcome and Overview
Maite Brandt-Pearce, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Electrical Engineering
9:00 a.m.: Faculty Wellbeing and Success
Jennie Knight, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development
9:15 am.: UVA Acts “You Can Call Me”
Karen Dabney, Artistic Director of UVA Acts and the UVA Acts Ensemble
10:00 a.m.: Welcome and Conversation with Provost Ian Baucom
10:45 a.m.: Break
11 a.m.: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UVA,
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Emily Springston, Associate Vice President, Office of Civil Rights Rachel Spraker, Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
12:00 p.m.: Introduction to Honor at UVA
Laura Howard, Honor Committee Chair and Honor Committee Members
12:15 p.m.: Lunch with the Honor Committee
1:15 p.m.: Welcome from the Faculty Senate and Colonnade Club
Jim Lambert, Chair of the Faculty Senate and Jeri Seidman, Chair-elect of the Faculty Senate
1:30-2:45 p.m.: Benefits Overview
Erica Wheat and HR Benefits Team
3:00 p.m.: Research Resources and Support
Lori McMahon, Vice President for Research, Catherine Bradshaw, University Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research School of Education and Human Development, and faculty panel
4:00 p.m.: Adjourn
August 21st
8:00 a.m.: Breakfast Buffet available
8:30 a.m.: Welcome and Day Overview,
Brie Gertler, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy
9:00 a.m.: The Academical Village
Louis Nelson, Vice Provost for Academic Outreach and Professor of Architectural History
10:00 a.m.: Break
10:15 a.m.: Supporting Our Students
Alex Hall, Associate Dean of Students, and representatives from Care and Support Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Student Disability and Accommodations
11:45 a.m.: Introduction to Faculty Employee Assistance Program (FEAP) and lunch with FEAP Representatives
1:15 p.m.: All You Ever Wanted to Know but Forgot to Ask
Provost Office Faculty and Academic Affairs
2:30 p.m.: Provost Office Resource Fair,
Academic Outreach, Dual Career Program, UVA Acts, Global Affairs, Center for Teaching Excellence, and UVA Arts
4:00 p.m.: Adjourn
4:30-6 p.m.: Reception with President Jim Ryan at Carr's Hill (the President’s home)