{"id":3209,"date":"2026-08-16T19:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/?page_id=3209"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:31:21","slug":"new-faculty-orientation-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/new-faculty-orientation-fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Orientation: Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orientation Sessions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All August 24-27 workshops will be held in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center<\/a>, room 229 unless otherwise noted, and coffee\/tea will be available in the same space starting at ~8:30 am. Lunch will be served each day 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Loch, on the lower level of the Campus Center. All September 2 activities will take place in Weyerhaeuser Board Room (Weyerhaeuser Hall)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All workshop materials (slides, resources) will be uploaded and accessible via this Google folder<\/a> after Orientation (accessible with Macalester login).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 24-27, 2026 Workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 24 8:30am – 9:15am<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coffee\/tea & light breakfast in the Serie Center (Library 338)<\/strong> – come meet the Serie Center staff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 24 9:30am – 11:30am<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Setting the Context: Understanding Who We Are<\/strong> Ebony Aya, Program Manager with the Serie Center; Minerva Munoz, Dean of Institutional Equity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 24 1:00pm<\/strong> – 2:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Advice from New-ish Faculty<\/strong> Haci Osman G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, Classical Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies<\/em>; Sheharyar Imran, Political Science<\/em>; Joslenne Pe\u00f1a (she\/her), Math, Statistics and Computer Science<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 24 2:45pm – 3:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Supporting International Students at Mac<\/strong> Luyen Phan, Director of International Student Programs<\/em>; Molly Rochon, Associate Director of International Students Programs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, August 25 9:30am – 11:30am<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using the Library Effectively for Your Teaching and Scholarship<\/strong> (meet in the Library main floor)<\/strong> Dave Collins, Research and Instruction Librarian  + additional library staff members<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, August 25 1:00pm – 3:00pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Supporting Students in Writing and Reading<\/strong> Britt Abel, Associate Dean of Academic Success; Jake Mohan, Coordinator of Writing Support; Em Buchanan, Coordinator of Academic and Writing Support<\/em> <\/em>
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, August 26 9:30am – 11:30am<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Academic Technology Services: Using Moodle and Tech Tools to Support Teaching & Learning<\/strong> The Academic Technology Services Team: Tamatha Perlman, Eric Handler, Jeff Rowdon, Brooke Schmolke, Jaz Thomasian, Ben Voigt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, August 26 1:00pm – 3:00pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Supporting Students with Disabilities: Creating a Culture of Inclusion <\/strong> Dr. Shammah Bermudez, Director, Center for Disability Resources<\/em>; John Hayes, Associate Director, Center for Disability Resources<\/em>; Jaz Thomasian, Academic Technologist for Social Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, August 27 9:30am – 11:30am<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using Transparent Design to Support Student Learning<\/strong> Britt Abel, Associate Dean of Academic Success<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, August 27 1:00pm – 2:00pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Orientation to AI at Macalester <\/strong> Chris Wells, Professor of History and Environmental Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, August 27 2:00pm – 3:00pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Workshop:<\/strong> Members of the Academic Technology Services Team will be available to answer your questions about Moodle and other academic technology resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, September 2 New Faculty Orientation Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All September 2 activities will take place in Weyerhaeuser Board Room (Weyerhaeuser Building)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:00am Coffee\/tea and light breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:30am Welcome & Introductions to each other and to Macalester<\/strong> Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching staff: Julie Dolan, Professor of Political Science; Kelly MacGregor, Professor of Geology; Ebony Aya, Serie Center Program Manager<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:15am Welcome from members of Macalester\u2019s Senior Leadership Team<\/strong> President Suzanne Rivera; Executive Vice President and Provost Lisa-Anderson Levy; Dean of Faculty Tom Halverson; Vice President for Student Affairs Kathryn Kay Coquemont; Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Alina Wong<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15am Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30am Student Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:30am Small group discussions<\/strong> about pedagogy<\/strong> Ebony Aya, Serie Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00pm Lunch<\/strong> (campus photographer will be present to take photos for website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:00pm Hitting the Ground Running \/ Important Faculty Resources<\/strong> Julie Dolan & Kelly MacGregor, Serie Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:30pm 30-minute small group “round robin” to learn about<\/strong>: Institutional Equity (including Title IX), Disability Resources, Academic Success Center (tutoring & support), Academic Programs and Advising, Academic Technology & Moodle support<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:30pm Social Hour \/ Reception<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orientation Sessions All August 24-27 workshops will be held in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, room 229 unless otherwise noted, and coffee\/tea will be available in the same space starting at ~8:30 am. Lunch will be served each day 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Loch, on the lower level of the Campus […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3461,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3209\/revisions\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}