Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

September 12, 2024 

Academic Affairs Awards    
 4-6 PM  RUC 101 - Tech Pride Room

Join us for the 2023-2024 Academic Affairs Awards as we recognize the recipients of the 2023-2024 award cycle. We will start with hors d'oeuvres from 4-4:30 PM. The ceremony will begin at 4:30 PM. 

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September 24, 2024

Distress Protocol Workshop 

3:00-4:30 PMRUC 101

All Academic Affairs faculty and staff are invited to join the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ) and the Tennessee Tech University Center for Counseling and Mental Health Wellness for a workshop on the student distress protocol. 
The Tennessee Tech University Center for Counseling and Mental Health Wellness is committed to providing resources to ensure that a student in crisis is responded to quickly, responsibly, and in an empathetic manner. A distressed student may also display disruptive behaviors, which may be covered by student conduct policy, and not be addressed directly by this protocol. This protocol is designed to provide guidance to the campus community. It defines how to: 
Ensure a coordinated crisis response and review process. 
Recognize the signs that a student may be in distress; 
Establish a consistent framework for responding to the student in distress 
  
Refreshments will be served. 

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Selecting Objectives
Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Effectiveness
11 AM

Microsoft Teams 

Learn how to select course objectives for your course's IDEA evaluations. Registration coming soon.

September 14, 2024

Getting Started with GIS for Research 

10:30-1:30 PM KITT 312

Want to get started using GIS in your research? Sign up for a 1-day GIS boot camp and start working with geospatial data right away. Participants will launch their own research projects and receive post-workshop support from the Tennessee Tech geospatial community through the fall semester. 

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September 19, 2024

TTAC Meet the Team Webinar

2:00-3:00 PM CDT Virtual

This hour-long session is designed for researchers, academics, industry professionals, and representatives from academic institutions to learn more about TTAC and explore potential collaboration opportunities.

Ask our team anything from partnership possibilities to how we can support accelerating your technology or innovation.

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September 20, 2024

Getting Started with Research Grant

10:30-1:30 PMBell Hall 260

Join us to discover the research infrastructure at Tennessee Tech that can assist you in applying for and securing external research funding. Sessions will cover the essentials of the grant cycle, introduce key proposal terminology, and explain the pre-award grant process, as well as hear from current faculty regarding their experiences as a New PI. Discover the research infrastructure at Tennessee Tech that can assist you in applying for and securing external research funding. Learn more about each session below. 

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October 11, 2024

Identifying Funding Opportunities
12 PM 

Mark Lynam, Office of Research & Economic Development; Allen MacKenzie, College of Engineering

How do researchers find funding? Master the tools available at Tennessee Tech to monitor and identify sponsored programs that match your area of expertise.

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November 1, 2024

Best Practices for Research Grant Budgets 

10:30-1:30 PMBell Hall 260

Join for the second part of our research series and learn the best practices for creating and managing your research budget. In our first session, you'll learn to create a straightforward budget using good-faith estimates. Dive deeper in our second session, where we tackle complex budgeting scenarios. Gain insights into handling subawards, navigating contract negotiations, managing budget revisions, and more. Plus, hear from experienced budget bookkeepers on best practices and common pitfalls in research budget management. Learn more about each session below. 

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January 31, 2025

Writing to the Call, Proposal Reviews, and Panel Service

12:00 PM TBD

Jeanette Luna, Department of Earth Sciences

Take your proposal from good to excellent! This session explores best practices for submitting winning proposals, incorporating feedback from panel reviews, and levelling up your grant writing through panel service. 

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February 8, 2025

 High Powered Computing and Artificial Intelligence

8 AM-4 PM TBD

Sponsored by the College of Engineering

Interested in using high-powered computing or artificial intelligence in your research? Join us for this 1-day workshop to connect and collaborate with other faculty using these tools. Learn about Tech’s HPC facilities and get started using state-of-the-art AI in your own research.  

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February 28, 2025

Managing Multiple Research Projects

10:30-1:30 PM TBD

Join us for an insightful session on effective project management and building successful research teams. Explore the stages of planning, initiating, executing, and monitoring projects, and discover tools like Gantt charts and strategies for managing multiple sponsored projects. Learn critical leadership skills for recruiting and retaining talented team members, collaborating effectively, and ensuring a supportive environment for cutting-edge research. Hear from experienced panelists who will share their successes and challenges, offering practical advice on what strategies to embrace and which to avoid. Bring your questions for an engaging discussion!

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April 4, 2025

Research Strategies for Social Impact and Economic Development

10:30-1:30 PM TBD

Discover how local and regional partnerships can enhance research activities in Tennessee by exploring the state's economic development history and its impact on communities. Learn about the current and future research landscape in the southeastern U.S., emerging interdisciplinary collaborations, and the role of legislative support, including the Governor's budget and funding strategies. Celebrate the diverse scholarly and creative work resulting from TTU-community partnerships and hear from panelists who have successfully connected with both local and international communities to make a positive impact. Engage with practical insights and find inspiration for your own research endeavors.

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October 6, 2024

14 Day Writing Challenge

The 14-Day Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability.

You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes. At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end. You take 5 minutes to support other writers in your group by commenting on their progress.

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September 12, 2024

Overcoming Academic Perfection

1:00-2:30 PM Virtual

Join this webinar where you'll delve into the causes and consequences of perfectionism, particularly in academic settings. Discover effective strategies to recognize and manage perfectionist tendencies, ensuring they enhance rather than hinder your progress. Gain insights on finding genuine satisfaction throughout the writing process, empowering you to achieve your academic goals with greater ease and fulfillment.

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September 18, 2024

Week 1: From the Chair's Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership 

12:00-1:30 PM Virtual

This session explores the various relationships chairs must cultivate with faculty colleagues, administrators across the institution, staff, and students. Topics covered will include building rapport, communicating effectively, setting an inclusive culture, and handling conflicts

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September 25, 2024

Week 2: From the Chair's Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership 

12:00-1:30 PM Virtual

This installment dives into the inevitable transitions of assuming and ultimately exiting the chair position

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October 2, 2024

Week 3: From the Chair's Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership 

12:00-1:30 PMM Virtual

In the third workshop, chairs will draw from personal experiences to illustrate the array of challenging situations or "fires" that can emerge within a department, such as addressing personnel issues, student grievances, policy disputes or other conflicts. 

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October 9, 2024

Week 4: From the Chair's Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership

12:00-2:00 PM Virtual

The series concludes with an open Q&A where attendees can ask questions based on their unique contexts and concerns.

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October 10, 2024

How to Engage in Healthy Conflict

1:00-2:30 PM Virtual

Attend this webinar to gain essential insights on conflict management in academic settings, including when to assert and when to step back during conflicts. Learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy conflict dynamics, and discover practical tips for navigating departmental disputes effectively.

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October 22, 2024

Publish Series: How To Effectively And Efficiently Revise And Resubmit Your Manuscript

1:00-2:30 pM Virtual

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November 15, 2024

Faculty Well-Being: Individual and Institutional Approaches

1:00-2:30 PM Virtual

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November 19, 2024

Mentoring Matters: Putting Programs into Action

1:00-2:30 PM Virtual

Description coming soon.

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