New Faculty Orientation August 20-21 2024

Program Schedule

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)