Orientation Schedule

Faculty Orientation Schedule

 

Together, We Thrive: New Faculty Orientation

 

Tentative Schedule

 

Day 1 – August 8 
   

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

 

Day 2 – August 9  

 

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
 

 

Day 3 – August 13  

 

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