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Welcome to an exciting new chapter in your academic journey! Your success starts with the essentials: clarity on your first-day tasks, connections to colleagues, and a warm sense of belonging. In your first year, may you find the support and resources you need to thrive, from mentorship to meaningful professional development. And beyond, may this chapter be a foundation for a career filled with growth, discovery, and lasting impact. We鈥檙e excited to see the unique contributions you鈥檒l bring and are here to support you every step of the way!

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New Faculty Investment (NFI) is an event designed to equip new faculty members at 麻豆传媒AV with comprehensive knowledge of the university's resources and provide essential guidance for a successful start. This event aims to prepare faculty not only for their first day but also for their first semester and continued success throughout their academic careers.

Date: August 18, 2025
Time: 8:30am 鈥� 1:00pm
Location: Lowman Student Center (LSC) White Ballroom

• Resources to Be Successful on Your First Day
  Student Experience and Retention

  Works with institutional stakeholders, reviews institutional goals, values and day-to-day practices, and better aligns them.

  Student Grievances

  Procedures for students to pursue academic and non-academic grievances within the university community.

  麻豆传媒AV IT

  Includes tech tutorials, services, support, and technology acquisition procedures for the university.

  Houses and supports online education at 麻豆传媒AV.

  Services for Students with Disabilities

  Promotes equal access for students with disabilities to the educational programs, services, and activities at 麻豆传媒AV.

  Watermark

  The activity reporting system used for faculty review processes, including tenure & promotion, at 麻豆传媒AV.

  Textbook Adoption

  Course materials must be selected in a timely manner prior to each semester using the Barnes & Noble Insights Portal.

  Campus Connect

  Student success technology allows for student appointment scheduling, alerts, referrals, and communication.

  Federal Aid Eligibility Validation (FAEV)

  Reporting student engagement for financial aid eligibility.

• Resources to Be Successful in Your First Semester

  The library provides physical and virtual environments with access to quality print, electronic and other resources for instructional and research services.

  First Year Experience (FYE)

  Programs to engage first year students through new student convocation, University 1101: Bearkat U, the Common Reader Program, learning communities, and the FORWARD program.

  First-Generation Center (FGC)

  The center helps first-generation students and their families navigate their university experience.

  TRIO First Generation

  Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from challenging backgrounds.

  Career Success Center (CSC)

  The Center provides mock interviews, career fairs, job and internship searches, among other strategies to support students鈥� career development.

  Center for Community Engagement (CCE)

  A hub for campus-community connections and collaborations, the CCE designs, plans, manages, and promotes initiatives that enhance the culture of community and civic engagement.

  Elliott T. Bowers
  Honors College

  An academic environment that emphasizes undergraduate research and personal growth.

  Academic Success Center (ASC)

  A hub providing student success resources including tutoring and coaching.

  Student Advising & Mentoring (SAM) Center

  Houses full-time advisors virtually and face-to-face to serve most majors.

• Additional Resources to Be Successful Beyond Your First Semester
  Ombuds

  An independent, neutral, and confidential place for faculty and staff to have informal conversations about workplace concerns, questions, and issues.

  Faculty Senate

  Faculty Senate is an advisory body that examines issues of interest to the 麻豆传媒AV community.

  Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)

  The office partners with faculty, staff, and students to promote, facilitate, and enhance scholarly activities through sponsored projects.

  Writing in the Disciplines

  A program about teaching students how writing works in their chosen discipline and using writing to learn.

  麻豆传媒AV Counseling Center

  The center provides individual, couples, and group therapy to currently enrolled students.

  Teaching & Learning Center (TLC)

  The center creates and disseminates innovative educational initiatives for instructors to further the scholarship of teaching and learning.

  Undergraduate Research

  The office helps connect faculty with students interested in research as well as student research-related funding opportunities.

Is there a resource or support you cannot find? Send us a request or question!