New Faculty Orientation
Eastern Illinois University
Each year, we offer a New Faculty Orientation (NFO) at the beginning of the Fall semester. This year, the NFO was on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. All faculty that were new to Eastern Illinois University, joined in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2020, moved from an adjunct to a Unit B position, or from a Unit B to Unit A position, were invited to attend for information and activities that will help new faculty succeed during the academic year and beyond.
New Faculty Orientation 2020August 19, 2020
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8:00 – 8:20 am; Registration and Breakfast
Location: under MLK Jr. University Union Bridge > Commuter Lounge (classroom) (Ground Floor East, MLK Jr University Union)
8:20 – 8:45 am; Welcome to EIU and Morning Overview
Dr. Jay Gatrell, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Newton Key, Faculty Development and Innovation Center (FDIC) Director
Location: Commuter Lounge (classroom) (Ground Floor East, MLK Jr University Union)
8:50 – 9:30 am; Teaching in a Socially Distanced Classroom
Dr. Newton Key, FDIC Director
Dr. Lu Ding, Instructional Designer, FDIC
Jeff Cranstoun, Instructional Support Specialist, ITS
Location: University Ballroom (2nd Floor West, MLK Student Union)
9:30 – 9:45 am; Move to Booth Library
9:45 – 10:15am; Introduction to the EIU/UPI Unit A & B Agreements
Jason Hood, J.D., Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Jeannie Ludlow, President, University Professionals of Illinois (UPI)
Location: West Reading Room (3rd [Main] Floor Northwest, Booth Library)
10:15 – 10:25 am; Break
10:25 – 10:50 am; What Faculty Need to Know about Student Disabilities Services (and Student Services)
April Jackson, Director, Student Disabilities Services
Location: West Reading Room (3rd [Main] Floor Northwest, Booth Library)
10:50 – 11:00 am; Move to 4th floor
11:00 – 11:35 am; ITS and Instructional Technology for Faculty Breakouts (rotate clockwise @ 11:15)
Instructional Technology News Instructors Can Use:
Julie Lockett, Director of Learning Innovation, FDIC
Location: eClassroom (E 4th floor, Booth; tan group begins here)
Information Technology Services:
Ryan Gibson, Director, ITS
Jeff Cranstoun, Instructional Support Specialist ITS
Mark Johnson, Instructional Support Specialist, ITS
Location: Witters Conference Room (4440, E 4th floor Booth; blue group begins here)
11:40 am – 12:00 pm; Library Welcome
Zachary Newell, Dean, Library Services
Steve Brantley, Head of Research, Engagement and Scholarship
Todd Bruns, Institutional Repository Librarian, Booth Library
Location: West Reading Room (3rd [Main] Floor Northwest, Booth Library)
12:00 – 12:15 pm; Move back to the MLK Jr University Union
12:15 – 1:00 pm; Welcome to EIU Luncheon and FDIC and Your Coming Semester
Dr. David Glassman, President, Eastern Illinois University
Dr. Newton Key, FDIC Director
Dr. Lu Ding, Instructional Designer, FDIC
Location: under MLK Jr. University Union Bridge > Commuter Lounge (classroom) (Ground Floor East, MLK Jr University Union)
Special thanks: Dagni Bredesen, Mitch Coe, Arlene Brown, Karla Drum, Chad Elliott, Cathy Engelkes, Diane Highland, Ron W Levellie, Robert Zerbst
Note: links to many of the sessions, and ancillary material are posted in the New Faculty 2020-2021 module of the Faculty Development and Innovation Center D2L Brightspace course https://online.eiu.edu/d2l/home/143588. If you recently joined as new faculty, and don't have access to this module, send us a note at fdic at eiu, and we will add you.
