Contact:
Email: provost@uta.edu
Phone: 817-272-2103
Mailing Address:
Office of the Provost
The University of Texas At Arlington
701 S. Nedderman Drive
Arlington, TX 76019
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Welcome from the Vice Provost, Minerva Cordero, PhD Vice Provost for Faculty Success and Professor of Mathematics |
9:05 am - 10:00 am | The Division of Faculty Success: Our Team, Our Mission, Our Programs |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Break and Networking |
10:15 am - 10:40 am | UTA’s Big Picture: Student Success and Our Maverick Students Ashley Purgason, PhD, Vice Provost for Student Success |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Community Standards and Student Resources Andrew Miller, PhD, Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Michelle Kelly, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Health and Wellbeing |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | UTA Special Institutional Designations Maria Yareli Delgado, PhD, Senior Director of HSI Initiatives Rachael Mariboho, PhD, Lecturer, Department of English Les Riding-in, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Top 10 Military Friendly School Sawyer Howard, MBA, Interim Director of Military and Veteran Services in the Division of Student Affairs |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | The Best UTA Faculty: Undergraduate Perspectives and Reflective Practice |
12:15 pm - 1:00pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | UTA’s Big Picture: The Legal Context Shelby L. Boseman, JD, UTA Chief Legal Officer |
1:15 pm - 1:20 pm | Break and Networking |
1:20 pm - 1:30 pm | UTA Facts |
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | UTA’s Big Picture: SACS, Accreditation, and Programmatic Assessment Rebecca Lewis, PhD, Assistant Vice Provost and SACSCOC Institutional Liaison |
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm | Things to Know About Teaching at UTA and Digital Measures Shanna Banda, PhD, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Success and Professor of Instruction in Mathematics Samantha Moore, MS, Director of Faculty Management Systems |
1:55 pm - 2:15 pm | Healthy Practices: Mindfulness Daiga Keller, LCSW, Counseling & Psychological Services |
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Technologies in Support of Teaching: Canvas Melissa Roach, MEd, Manager of Instructional Technology |
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm | Digital Innovation and Distance Education Amber M. K. Smallwood, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Professor of Public Affairs and Planning |
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm | Technologies in Support of Teaching and Collaboration Lee Pierce, Director of Operational Learning and Communications, Office of Information Technology Peggy L. Semingson, PhD, Associate Professor of Linguistics and TESOL |
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Your Friendly UTA Bookstore Paul Beaulieu, Area Director Richard Schleiffer, Course Materials Market Manager |
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm | Library Resources Jessica McClean, MS, Director for Open Educational Resources and Digital Scholarship John Bayhi, MLIS, Director for Research Services Nicole Spoor, EdD, Director for Experiential Learning Optional Walking Tour: Library and Fab Lab |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Welcome from the President, Jennifer Cowley, PhD President and Professor of City and Regional Planning |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Welcome from the Provost, Tamara Brown, PhD Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychology |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break and Networking |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | UTA’s Big Picture: Our Budget and Texas Higher Education Funding Suprena Bennett, MBA, Associate Vice President for Budgets, Planning, and Analysis |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Lunch |
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Faculty Panel – What I Wish I Knew |
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Break and Networking |
1:15 pm - 1:25 pm | UTA’s Big Picture: Fundraising and Foundation Rose Youngblood, Associate Vice President for Development and University Initiatives Ryan Boyd, MSS, Assistant Vice President for Alumni and Donor Engagement Development and Alumni Relations |
1:25 pm - 1:35 pm | Focus on your Health: Wellness Stretching Adam Annaccone, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Kinesiology |
1:35 pm - 1:40 pm | Emergency Management and MAValerts Aurora Some, MPA, Emergency Management Training Coordinator |
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm | Campus Security, Clery Act, Campus Incident Report Form Wayne Isbell, MS, Assistant Chief, Support Services |
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Academic Affairs Andrew Hippisley, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Mark Cooper, PhD, Director of Academic Operations |
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm | Break and Networking |
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm | Classroom Support Don Lane, Manager of Technical Operations |
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Ann Cavallo, PhD, Assistant Vice Provost and Director of CRTLE Andrew Clark, PhD, Associate Director of CRTLE and Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan Susan Dequeant, MEd, Associate Director of the Center for Service Learning Beth Fleener, PhD, Senior Teaching Innovation Research Associate |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Supports for Faculty: What to Do If… Vickie Goins, PhD, Licensed Psychologist, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services Latoya Oduniyi, MPH, University Wellness Coordinator |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Optional Walking Campus Tour |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Registration |
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Welcome from the Vice Provost, Minerva Cordero, PhD Vice Provost for Faculty Success and Professor of Mathematics |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation Jon Weidanz, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation |
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Break and Networking |
1:15 pm - 1:25 pm | The Best UTA Faculty: Graduate Perspectives |
1:25 pm - 1:40 pm | Top Five Things to Know About Working with Graduate Students James Grover, PhD, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Biology |
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Strategies for Mentoring Graduate Students |
2:10 pm - 2:20 pm | UTA’s Big Picture: Title IX and Other Important Regulations Michelle Wilbanks, JD, Director of Equal Opportunity Services and Title IX Coordinator |
2:20 pm - 4:00 pm | Resource Hub Campus Support: OIT, Canvas, CRTLE, Library Resources, Digital Measures, FirstGen Forward, Campus Recreation, Faculty Ombuds, SAR Center Benefits: TC&E Onboarding and Benefits, UT Select, UT Care Medicare, Superior Vision, Delta Dental, Express Scripts, Progyny Fertility, Airrosti Retirement: Fidelity, TIAA, Voya, Lincoln, Corebridge |
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Closing Remarks and Raffle! |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Together, We Thrive Reception with the President, Provost, Other Academic Leaders, and Mentors |