FALL 2021 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
August 17 (TUESDAY) 8:30 AM - 2:40 PM DAY 1: VIRTUAL
DAY 1: August 17, 2021 AGENDA
8:30 am - 8:45 am Opening Remarks
President Tomás Morales Provost Shari McMahan
Seval Yildirim, Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs & Develop and Co-Chief Diversity Officer
8:45 am – 9:15 am Introduction of New Faculty
9:15 am - 9:30 am Introduction of Faculty Development Resources Team:
Paulchris Okpala, Interim Executive Director, Faculty Developm Program
Josephine Mendoza, Director, University Faculty Mentoring Network (UFMN)
Montgomery Van Wart, Faculty Research Fellow
Dorota Huizinga, Associate Provost, Academic Research & Dean of Graduate Studies
Cynthia Crawford, Director, Research Development
Paulina Tagle, Sr. Director,Research & Sponsored Programs
Diane Podolske, Director of Community Engagement
Samuel Sudhakar, Chief Information Officer & Vice President, Information Technology Services (ITS)
Bradford Owen, Director, Academic Technologies & Innovatio (ATI) Chief Academic Technology Officer
Rosalinda (Rosie) Torres, Lead Analyst, Office of Faculty Affair and Development
Twillea Evans-Carthen, University Ombuds Officer
Chief Nina Jamsen and April Wing, University Police
9:30 am – 10:00am Break
10:00 am - 11: 00 am Panel: CSUSB Students
Introduction by Dr. Paz Olivérez, Vice President for Student Aff
11: 00 am - 12:00 pm Panel: Research at CSUSB
Montgomery Van Wart, Faculty Development Program-Research Fellow
Cynthia Crawford, Director of Research Development
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Round Table: Deans and Department Chairs
1:30 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation: Introduction to Employee Benefits
Lisa White, Manager, Human Resources Employee Benefits
August 18 (WEDNESDAY) 8:30 AM - 2:40 PM DAY 2: VIRTUAL
DAY 2: August 18, 2021 AGENDA
8:30 am - 9:00 am Introduction to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives at CSUSB and Campus Affinity Groups
Seval Yildirim, Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs & Development and Co- Chief Diversity Officer
Lori Caruthers Collins, Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives
9:00 am - 9:50 am Presentation: Resources for your First Semester
Bradford Owen, Director, Academic Technologies & Innovation (ATI)
Christine Fundell, Coordinator, Accessible Technology Services
Cary Barber, Coordinator, Affordable Learning Solutions
9:50 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am Panel: Being a Faculty at CSUSB
Hareem Khan, Anthropology/SBS
Salome Mshigeni, HSCI/CNS
Kate Simonian, English/CAL
Karen Escalante, TEF/COE
Michael Karp, History/SBS/PDC
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Canvas Breakout Sessions
Canvas Beginners
Canvas Intermediate
12:00 pm - 12:40 pm Lunch Break
12:40 pm – 1:10 pm Roundtable: UFMN Mentors and Opportunity Drawing
1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Presentation: RPT Process
Josephine Mendoza, Director, University Faculty Mentoring Network (UFMN)
Rosalinda Torres, Lead Analyst, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
2:10 pm – 2:40 pm Presentation: California Faculty Association