New Department Chairs Orientation 2024

New Department Charis Orientation Agenda 2024 (.pdf)

DEPARTMENT BUDGET OVERVIEW: TOOLS AND RESOURCES (.PDF)

Callie A. Juarez, Senior Director, Academic Resources and Planning 

DEPARTMENT CHAIR APPOINTMENTS AND LECTURER MATTERS: ENTITLEMENTS AND ORDER OF ASSIGNMENT (.PDF)

Albert Alcazar, Academic Personnel Analyst

Michelle Kilmnick, Director of Faculty Affairs

NUTS and BOLTS: FACULTY LEAVES AND ADDITIONAL PAY (.PDF)

Albert Alcazar, Academic Personnel Analyst

Kimberly Posin-McConnell, Academic Personnel Analyst

Letty Vargas, Academic Personnel Analyst

THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN AS A NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIR (Open Forum Discussion) 

Douglas McLaughlin, Department Chair, Kinesiology

Kristina Meshelski, Department Chair, Philosophy

Q&A WITH PROVOST (Open Forum Discussion) 

Meera Komarraju, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 

MANDATED REPORTING AND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS (Open Forum Discussion) 

Mark Benavidez, Deputy Chief, Police Services

Sara Miller, Director, Equity and Compliance 

Sam Lingrosso, Director, Academic Employee Relations

Kevin Velez, CARE and Conduct Coordinator, Student Affairs

Anne Eipe, Assistant Director, University Counseling Services

RETENTION, TENURE, AND PROMOTION (RTP) AND THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR’S ROLE

Christina von Mayrhauser, Interim Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs

Vickie Jensen, Department Chair, Criminology and Justice Studies Chair, Council of Chairs 

ESSENTIAL DATA FOR CHAIRS (BOX Link)

• A downloadable copy of the worksheet used during the workshop (BOX Link)

Holli Tonyan, Associate Director, Academic Analytics for Institutional Research

Katherine Stevenson, Department Chair, Mathematics

Jamie Kerlin, Data Consultant

Sabrina D Rife, Data Consultant 

DEANS PANEL: THINGS WE WISH NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIRS KNEW (Open Forum Discussion) 

Dan Hosken, Dean, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication

Jeffrey Reeder, Dean, College of Humanities

Yan Searcy, Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

FACULTY DISCIPLINE, CONDUCT OF CONCERN, AND GRIEVANCES (.PDF) 

Christina von Mayrhauser, Interim Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs

Michelle Kilmnick, Director, Faculty Affairs

Sam Lingrosso, Director, Academic Employee Relations