Programming

"Beyond the Syllabus: Real Talk from Experienced Graduate Teaching Assistants" (Thu, Sept 18, noon-1pm, Zoom) will feature graduate teaching assistants from across disciplines to share the insights they wish they had when they first started teaching. Expect candid stories, practical strategies, and honest advice about balancing your graduate studies with the demands of the classroom.

• Panelists: Miranda Kuehmichael (Rhetoric), Sanaa Ali (Counseling Psychology),  Eileen Chung (Multicultural, Gender and Women’s Studies), and Sofia Rubinstein (Molecular Biology)

• Moderators:  Nancy Chick (Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, The Faculty Commons) and Carolyn Kapinus (Dean, Graduate School) 

• Location: Zoom (Find the link in the email announcement from Dean Carolyn Kapinus.)  

New Faculty Academy (NFA) is a year-long program designed to provide new full-time faculty with regular professional development activities designed to help them thrive in their new role.  NFA will introduce them to the University’s mission, values, and culture; provide insight into institutional expectations and available resources; and facilitate reflection and preparation for a successful first year--and beyond.

Facilitated by Nancy Chick (Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship) and Lynda Murphy (Executive Director of Digital Learning), NFA will begin during Welcome Week (Wed, Aug 20, 11:30-5) and then continue monthly on the following Fridays from noon to 1:  Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 14, Jan 16, Feb 13, Mar 20, Apr 10, and May 1.  

All new faculty who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion and a personalized letter to their relevant Academic Component Administrators (Chair, Director, Dean). 

The Third-Year Evaluation (3YE) faculty learning community is designed to support third-year tenure-track, clinical, and lecturer faculty who are preparing materials for review by their Peer Review Committees.  The FLC will provide time, space, and community for understanding the process and preparing for this milestone evaluation year.  Members of the FLC will review their specific processes and criteria and then gather, reflect on, and compile their materials.  

Facilitated by Karen Dunlap (Faculty Liaison, Professor Emeritus Curriculum and Instruction) and Nancy Chick (Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship), this FLC invites participants to join in Stoddard 308 (until we move to our new space in MCL) .*

Materials for this evaluation cycle are due on February 10, so to start early and make regular progress, we will meet on the following Fridays from 10-11am:

• September 12 

• October 10 

• November 14

• January 16 

 * Houston and Dallas participants will receive a Zoom link after they register.

  ✍🏼   Join the 3YE FLC by completing this brief form.   ✍🏼  

Coming Spring 2026

MC2  is designed to help TWU mid-career faculty thrive by developing meaningful goals, plans, and relationships.  MC2  stands for mid-career meaning and connection--or milestones and celebration, or momentum and change, or mapping and charting.  Indeed, there's no single pathway at mid-career, so it's also mid-career's multiple crossroads.  

Facilitated by Nancy Chick and Karen Dunlap, this virtual program is made up of five modules, each of which spans a month with two meetings.  

Eligibility

Full-time faculty who are more than six years post tenure or have a similar duration of experience (e.g., at least 12 years as clinical faculty and senior lecturers) at TWU and are more than 10 years from retirement are invited to apply. 

Look for more details in September and the call for applications in late October.