Each year, North Carolina State University hosts the Building Future
Faculty Program for graduate and post-doc students who may be considering
a career in academia.  Please advise your Engineering of this important
opportunity as soon as possible as the deadline for applications is
November 13th.

The 2010 Building Future Faculty Program will take place on March 24-27,
2010 here at NC State. This is an all-expenses paid workshop for graduate
students and post-docs who are preparing for a career in academia and who
can contribute to promoting diversity and inclusion in the university. The
workshop helps to prepare students by giving them information about what
to expect as a faculty member, the kinds of resources available to faculty
for teaching, and the type of research productivity that is expected of
faculty. It gives outstanding graduate students from across the country a
chance to interact with NC State faculty in their discipline. Here are a
few comments from the post-program anonymous survey of 2009 BFF
participants:

--"It has reaffirmed my decision to become a faculty member"
--"Through this program I have identified areas in my career that need to
be strengthened in order to be successful at an R1"
--"It helped me to know the things I didn't know - 'unveiled the hidden
knowledge'."
--"I think the program is great. People are very warm. They did everything
they could to make us feel welcomed."

A flyer for the 2010 Building Future Faculty program is attached.  There
is also more complete information online as well as the student
application form at:
http://www.ncsu.edu/diversity/faculty_staff/BuildingFutureFacultyHome.php.


Christine S. Grant
Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Special Initiatives: College of
Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering Building One; 911 Partners Way: Box 7905
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905
grant@eos.ncsu.edu;      919-515-2317;     919-515-3465 (fax)