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Fall 2024 Professional Development

Upcoming ACA Faculty Professional Development Opportunities

Check out the Fall 2024 offerings; this semester, the ACCE grant will focus intentionally on teaching -- a central tenet and core component of the ACA faculty experience. 

Institutional Policy & Process Audit Participants

 

 

Pedagogy as A Two-Way Street

  • September 11, 2024 | 4pm EST | webinar | View the recording
  • Presented by Carey Ruiz, ACCE Co-PI and Associate Professor of Sociology (Campbellsville University)

Department Chair Workshop

  • September 25, 2024 | 9:30am - 4:30pm | Summit 2024 | Check out the resources 
  • Presenters: Dr. Jodie Crosby Ferise (Founder and President of University Equity Solutions, LLC); Dr. Jennifer Burris (Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lenoir-Rhyne University); and Dr. Beth Rushing (President of Appalachian College Association)

Improving Inclusive Teaching with Neuroscience

  • October 18, 2024 | 3pm EST | webinar | View the recording
  • Presented by Chris Cain, Professor of Education & Director Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (Mars Hill University), and Ben Van Dyke, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Faculty Director of the First-Year Experience (Young Harris College)

Breathing is a Brain Massage: Tools for Compassionate Cognition

  • November 7, 2024 | 3pm EST | webinar | View the recording
  • Presented by Jonna Kwiatkowski, Professor of Psychology (Mars Hill University)

Past Professional Development Sessions

Past Professional Development Sessions

It's not too late to benefit from the Spring 2024 professional development series! These sessions were designed for professional development at all faculty levels.

 

 

 

The Road to Funded

  • January 9, 2024 | View the recording
  • Presented by Natalie Sweet, Executive Director, Office of Research, Grants and Sponsored Programs (Lincoln Memorial University)

On the Path to Promotion: Tips for Smoothing the Bumps in the Road

  • February 21, 2024 | 12pm EST | webinar | View the recording
  • Presented by Jeffrey Perry, Associate Professor of History and Chair of Faculty Affairs (Tusculum University)

A Mentored Investigation or A Creative Inquiry: Mentoring and Enhancing Undergraduate Research

  • March 20, 2024 | 3pm EST | webinar | View the recording
  • Presented by Shinjini Goswami, Assistant Dean of the May School of Natural and Health Sciences; Assistant Director of the Stephenson Center; and Associate Professor, Biology (Lees-McRae College)

Research on Repeat: Maintaining or Modifying Your Research for the Long Haul

  • April 9, 2024 | 12pm EST | webinar | View the recording 
  • Presented by Jennifer Brigati, Chair of the Natural Sciences Division and Professor of Biology (Maryville College)

Plan Your Funding Roadmap: Building Your Grant-Seeking Tool-Kit

  • May 23-24, 2024 | In-person session | Bristol, TN | Check out the resources 
  • Presented by Natalie Sweet, Executive Director, Office of Research, Grants and Sponsored Programs (Lincoln Memorial University)

ACCE Events

2024 Institutional Policy & Process Audit Activity
2024 Institutional Policy & Process Audit Meeting
2024 Grant Writing Workshop
2024 Grant Writing Workshop Materials
Natalie Sweet Webinar