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from Neal B. Abraham, Dear New Faculty Member, Welcome to DePauw. To help you prepare for fall, we've designed this website with information about opening week activities, new faculty orientation in August and throughout the year, and many other resources and services at DePauw and around Greencastle. Please mark events and dates on your calendar, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at nabraham@depauw.edu, or my assistant Jane Griswold at jgriswold@depauw.edu. There is an Opening Convocation for the 2007-08 academic year on Saturday, August 18 (see below) at which incoming students and their families are welcomed to DePauw. The program includes a procession of faculty members in academic regalia, and all faculty members are expected to attend. If you need to rent academic regalia for this event, contact either Jackie Fowler or Derek Holbert in the DePauw Bookstore (765-658-4926) or email bookstore@depauw.edu. The deadline for ordering regalia is July 9 and the approximate cost is $60. Meryl Altman, Professor of English and Women's Studies and Faculty Development Coordinator, would like for you to provide information related to your pedagogical approaches and your technology needs for your courses in order to develop the workshop portion of the new faculty orientation you will be attending August 15 and 16. We ask that you click here to access a message and short survey from Meryl. Upon your arrival in Greencastle, please make your first stop the Office of Human Resources on the basement level of the Administration Building (see Susan Hacker) to complete tax withholding and employment eligibility verification forms*. You may also obtain a University ID card in the ID/One Card Office on the lower level of the Student Union Building and register your vehicle for a parking sticker in the Public Safety Office on the second floor of the Student Union Building (you will need your vehicle registration card to do so). *Please note that this employment paperwork must be complete before you may start work and before the University may pay a moving expense allowance to those who are eligible to receive this benefit. Required orientation activities for new faculty members begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Union Building Trustee Board Room. The program will include an introduction to academic policies and procedures, an overview of faculty e-services, a discussion about student life, and conclude with a briefing about employee benefits by Felice Herrera-Kish, Benefits Administrator, beginning at 2:45 p.m. Those of you who are eligible to receive employee benefits will have the opportunity to register for those benefits at that time. Click here for a message from Felice regarding employee benefits. My wife Donna Wiley and I invite you and your family (or a guest) to be our guests for an informal picnic dinner at 6:30 p.m. for new faculty members at my house (513 E. Seminary Street). We will be joined by the chairs (and spouses or guests) or other designated representatives of all academic departments, coordinators of interdisciplinary programs and members of the administration. Please contact Becky Wallace (bwallace@depauw.edu or 765-658-4359) in the Academic Affairs Office and let her know if you will attend and how many will accompany you. Thursday, August 16 The orientation program required for all new faculty members will continue at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast at Café Roy in the Roy O. West Library. Meryl Altman will guide you through the day’s activities which will include a session about DePauw's Libraries and Information Services and discussions about teaching at DePauw. To facilitate these discussions about the conduct of classes at DePauw, we think it would be helpful for you to bring drafts of the syllabi for your fall courses for discussion and possible revision once you have learned more about common expectations and standards for courses at DePauw and the experiences of others who have taught in this environment. Please click here for DePauw policies and dates to be aware of when constructing syllabi. You will be joined by other members of the DePauw faculty and administration who will assist in your orientation and preparation for the start of the academic year. The program will include discussions of issues like workload, scheduling exams and papers, attendance and grading policies, as well as overall course design and good practices. At 3:30 p.m. we will adjourn to the Walden Inn for informal questions and social time. At 8:30 a.m., all DePauw faculty members will convene for the annual Faculty Institute in East College. Coffee and continental breakfast will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m. on the first floor of East College. Please come to renew acquaintances with your departmental colleagues and to meet the roughly 250 other full-time and part-time faculty members. After introductions of new faculty members, President Bottoms and I will review the current state of the University and address several issues which we will face in the coming year. The program will conclude by 11 a.m. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a University-wide picnic at the indoor tennis and track center, located among the athletic facilities on the west end of campus, to welcome all new faculty members and staff members and their families to the reassembled DePauw community. You and your spouse (or guest) and other family members are invited to this event. Your chair or a member of your department will join you to introduce you to your new colleagues. At 3:00 p.m. there will be the Opening Convocation of the 2007-08 academic year at which incoming students and their families are welcomed to DePauw. The program will begin promptly at 3:00 p.m. in the Kresge Auditorium of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, featuring a faculty procession in academic regalia and an address by President Bottoms. All faculty members are expected to attend the convocation. Mary Dixon, the University Marshal, will provide you with instructions for assembling and lining up in advance (at 2:30 p.m.) for the procession. If you need to rent academic regalia for this event, contact either Jackie Fowler or Derek Holbert in the DePauw Bookstore (765-658-4926) or email bookstore@depauw.edu. The deadline for ordering regalia is July 9 and the approximate cost is $60. Please contact me if special circumstances require you to be excused from the convocation procession. On Wednesday, September 5, new faculty members are invited to have lunch with faculty mentors, under a voluntary program coordinated by Meryl Altman, Faculty Development Coordinator. Other details about this program will be provided by Meryl later. Additional Orientation Workshops and meeting for new faculty members held in the fall:
Organized by Meryl Altman, these will address matters of different teaching methodologies, faculty development, the use of technology for teaching and research, and the expectations for teaching effectiveness, scholarly work, and service that are criteria for the assessment, reappointment and tenuring of faculty members at DePauw. During Winter Term, there will also be a one-day faculty teaching workshop on Wednesday, January 23, which all new faculty members are expected to attend. Details about all of these events will be distributed during the fall semester. You’ll also be receiving information about many other Faculty Development activities which take place each semester over lunch and at the 4 o’clock hour. "Faculty Forums" and “Faculty Research Colloquia” provide opportunities to hear about the exciting research and creative work our colleagues are doing. Teaching workshops organized by FITS, by the coordinators of the competency programs in Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Quantitative Reasoning, and by other interested groups are a chance for all of us to share ideas about teaching and learning at DePauw. Meryl is also available for consultation about teaching and/or professional activities and opportunities; you can reach her over the summer by e-mail (maltman@depauw.edu) and in the fall in Harrison Hall (second floor), extension 1038. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at nabraham@depauw.edu or 765- 658-4359. I hope that in the meantime you will enjoy the remainder of the summer. I look forward to working with you in the coming year.
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