September 8-10, 2025
10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day on the Eugene campus

Applications ideally submitted by August 26 (but accepted through Sept. 5)

Goals

Provide new faculty the opportunity to be in community with one another while being introduced to UO’s culture of teaching, mentorship, scholarship, leadership and inclusion.

Objectives

1. Cultivate connection and community with your UO peers and colleagues.
2. Engage in UO’s mission for inclusion and belonging.
3. Define UO’s teaching pillars: professional, inclusive, engaged and research-informed.
4. Reflect on the principles of network-based mentorship that is responsive, reciprocal and adaptive.
5. Continue to enhance your strategies for writing and scholarship.
6. Uncover your personal leadership style, and learn to design meetings that promote full engagement from all participants.

Description

New faculty ­– tenure-related, career or visiting faculty at any rank in their first three years at UO – are invited to participate in an engaging hybrid experience. This includes some asynchronous learning, coupled with in-person interactive discussions and community building. Faculty will build relationships with one another, as well as colleagues from the following units: Office of the Provost, Teaching Engagement Program, Division of Equity & Inclusion, and the Center for Diversity and Community.

Sept. 8

• 10:00-12:00 Welcome and Community Building
• 12:00-1:00 Lunch provided
• 1:00-3:00 UO’s Teaching Pillars 

Sept. 9

• 10:00-12:00 Inclusion & Belonging at UO
• 12:00-1:00 Lunch provided
• 1:00-3:00 Five Paths to Leadership: Self-Assessment and Application for Leading Effective Meetings

Sept. 10

• 10:00-12:00 Mentorship Reimagined
• 12:00-1:00 Lunch provided
• 1:00-3:00 Supporting your Academic Writing