Baltimore , Maryland
June 25, 2023
June 25, 2023
June 28, 2023
Women in Engineering Division (WIED)
Diversity
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10.18260/1-2--44352
https://peer.asee.org/44352
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Dr. Surovek is the Director of the New Office of Faculty Development and Advancement at South Dakota Mines. Her research interests include engineering creativity and pedagogy.
While Covid had numerous negative effects on college campuses, the positive is that it provided opportunities to develop and grow faculty development efforts. At (name of school redacted), a new Office of Faculty Development & Advancement (OFDA) was created in part due to the needs of Covid at the same time an NSF Advance Adaptation grant that included funding for faculty development initiatives was being funded.
A number of positives have arisen given the coordination between the two programs. This work-in-progress paper will present initial results in how the two programs, created within a year of each other, have benefitted from common goals and shared personnel. In particular it will discuss the following: • OFDA strategic planning, an idea spawned in the Advance grant that has significantly improved the visibility and responsiveness of the faculty development program • Adaptation of successful campus-wide mentoring programs were funded by the. Advance grant are administered through and will be institutionalized after the grant by OFDA • A new Faculty Development Coordinator position created through the Advance grant with shared responsibilities in OFDA and an administrative commitment for institutionalization of the position. • Assessments that benefit improvement and reporting of both programs • Shared opportunities to publicize and raise awareness • Opportunities to impact policy that improve both equity and faculty development
Surovek, A. E., & Long-Fox, B. L., & Williams, A., & Kunza, L. A., & Racz, S. E. (2023, June), Work In Progress: Serendipity and Synergy in Promoting Equity Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44352
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