New Faculty Orientation
Fall 2025
Fall 2025
ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS
[all workshops will be held in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, room 229. Lunch will be served each day in the Loch, on the lower level of the Campus Center]
Monday, August 18, 2025
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome breakfast / connection time
Serie Center (Library 338)
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Grounding Ourselves in This Moment
Noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 - 3 p.m.
Introduction to the Division of Student Affairs
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Transparent Design to Support Student Learning: Assignments & Syllabi
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch (including a chance to meet with members of the DLA@Mac team)
1 - 3 p.m.
Supporting Students in Writing and Reading
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Using the Library Effectively for Your Teaching and Scholarship (This session will be held in the Harmon Room, located on the first floor of the library).
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch (including a chance to meet and consult with colleagues from the Community Engagement Center)
1- 3 p.m.
Supporting International Students at Mac
Thursday, August 21, 2025
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Partnering with the Center for Disability Resources to Create an Inclusive Learning Environment
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch (optional Sustainability tour with Director of Sustainability Megan Butler)
1 - 3 p.m.
Academic Technology Services: Using Moodle and Tech Tools to Support Teaching & Learning
3:30 - 5 p.m.
Social Hour / Meet and Greet with our Dean of Faculty and other colleagues at Serie Center
Library Suite 338 [note different location!]
(hyperlinked to slides)
Wednesday, August 27
Weyerhaeuser Boardroom
[tentative schedule]
8:00 a.m. Coffee/tea
8:30 a.m. Welcome from the Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching / Introductions to each other and to Macalester
9:15 a.m. Welcome from members of Macalester’s Senior Leadership Team (President Suzanne Rivera; Executive Vice President and Provost Lisa-Anderson Levy; Dean of Faculty Tom Halverson; Vice President for Student Affairs Kathryn Kay Coquemont; Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Alina Wong)
10:15 a.m. Small group discussions about pedagogy
10:55 a.m. Break
11::00 a.m. Student panel
12:00 p.m. Lunch (campus photographer will be present to take photos for website)
1:00 p.m. Small group "round robin" to learn about:
· Student well being / What to do when you are concerned re: students
· Institutional Equity (including Title IX)
· Disability Resources and Tutoring @ Mac
· Academic Programs and Advising
3:00 p.m. Optional tour