Full Professor Mentoring Workshops
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Full Professor, What Next? A Workshop on Career Paths after Full
You finally reached the top rank on the academic ladder and now have the flexibility to make more independent and personal career choices than ever before. What can you do next? With less pressure to publish or perish, how does one find a new balance between external markers of professional success and personal fulfillment? This series of informal workshops aims to explore choices for mid-career full professors through shared experience and discussion. Please join us for any combination of the following four workshops:
Session 1: What next? Paths after full professor. January 31, Noon – 1:30
This meeting was attended by ten faculty who offered honest and meaningful conversation to the group. Come join us!
Session 2: Redirecting research plans. February 28, Noon - 1:30
Tired of the same old thing? Interested in going in a new, uncharted or riskier direction? Faculty share experiences of their forays into interdisciplinary endeavors in research.
Session 3: Reinvigorating teaching. March 27, Noon - 1:30
Some aspects of teaching get easier when one has years of experience but others may get harder. Faculty discuss different perspectives on investing in teaching at the full professor stage and the rewards of renewing commitments to teach and mentor the next generation whether undergraduate, graduate, or junior colleagues.
Session 4: Transitioning to administration and leadership roles in the university and profession. April 24, Noon - 1:30
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