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Faculty Development Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WEEK

August 15, 2011 – August 19, 2011

Monday,

August 15, 2011

Time
Presenter
Topic
Location
7 –9:30 a.m.
All Staff/Faculty
President Jim Fries/VPAA/
Deans/Department Chairs
Faculty and Staff Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction
Student Center Ballroom
10–11:50 a.m.
New Faculty
Phil Escue (ITS)
10:00 – 10:45
Human Resources (Marka Trujillo) 11:00 – 11:20
Thomasinia Ortiz-Gallegos (Student Advisement)
New Faculty Orientation
Kennedy Lounge

or

10–11:50 a.m.
Adjunct Faculty
Evonne Roybal-Tafoya, HR (Marka Trujillo)
(Charlene Ortiz-Cordova),
ITS (Jane Ellen Mallette)
Adjunct Faculty Orientation Overview of Distance Education: 
Explore the Potential for Using multiple Distance Education Media to Enhance/Deliver Your Courses
Sininger Hall 130B
Farmington Rm. 223
Raton Rm. 7
Rio Rancho Rm. 128
Noon
(Lunch will be served)
New Faculty
President, VPAA, School/College Deans, Associate Deans, Department Chairs
New Faculty Luncheon
Kennedy Lounge

1:30–3:20 p.m.

All Faculty
 
David Luna, Joe C’de Baca, Edward Martinez, Maura Pilotti, Belinda Laumbach
What’s Gone On While We Were Gone
G-35
3:30– 4:50 p.m.
All Faculty
 
School/College Meetings
 
 
College of Arts & Sciences
217 Douglas Hall
 
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Tuesday,   August 16, 2011

Time
Presenter
Topic
 Location
8–9:30 a.m.
All Faculty/Staff
Grant Writer’s Panel   
Interactive panel session on writing grant proposals
G-35
10–10:50 a.m.
All Faculty
David Esquibel   
Students with Disabilities in the Classroom
G-35
11– 11:50 a.m. Carol Linder, Stella Helvie, Mary Shaw Using I-Clicker Classroom Response System to Improve Student Performance and Participation G-35
Lunch (on your own) PKP Social
All PKP Members
Carolyn Newman
STEC 206
1:30–2:30 p.m.
All Interested Faculty
Edward Martinez,
Elizabeth Ratzlaff

The ARMAS Program:  Successes and Challenges

G-35
3–4:50 p.m.
All Faculty/Staff who deal with this type of paperwork
Representatives from the Business Office
Business Office Processes (i.e., SAR, AO/Travel, Petty Cash, etc.)
G-35

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Wednesday,   August 17, 2011

Time
Presenter
Topic
Location
9–9:50 a.m.
All Faculty Members
Jean Hill, Margaret Young, Margot Geagon, Stella Helvie, Rey Martinez, Kathy Jenkins

HLC Distance Education Accreditation

SH 100
Rio Rancho
Farmington
10–10:50 a.m.
All Interested Faculty
 Library Staff
Library Services and Resources for Faculty
 G-35

or

10–10:50 a.m.
All Staff Who Deal with Budgets, Interested Faculty
Eileen Bentley
Changes to Budgeting Procedures
SH 130A
Farmington
11–11:50 a.m.
Interested Faculty and FRC Committee Members
Richard Plunkett
Faculty Research Committee Presentation to the Faculty on Funding Opportunities
 G-35
Noon (lunch will be served)
Graduate Coordinators and Deans
Linda La Grange Graduate Coordinator Kennedy Lounge
1–1:50 p.m.
All Faculty
Faculty Association (Executive Team, Carol Linder, President)
Collective Bargaining Update
Planning Meeting
Election of Officers
G-35
2–2:50  p.m.
All Interested Faculty
Ron Garcia
Faculty and Career Services: Partnering for Student Success
 G-35
 3–3:50 p.m.
At least one faculty member from each program; all new faculty
 
Jean Hill,
Chris Nelson  
Outcomes Assessment
 G-35
4– 4:50 p.m.
All interested faculty
Charlene Ortiz
Blackboard 9.1 Update and Demo
SH 100
 
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 Thursday,   August 18, 2011

  Faculty Members Should be Available for Student Advisement

The Blackboard and Elluminate sessions are limited to 10 faculty members per session; however, since all sessions will be televised, faculty and staff at the Centers can participate.  Please call Charlene Ortiz-Cordova to register (426-2249)
Chairs/coordinators may scheduled department/discipline meetings

There is an all day workshop entitled “Introduction to Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Application” The workshop will be conducted by Mike Petronis and Joe Zebrowski in Room 160, Lora Shields Science Building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Time
Presenter
Topic
Location
8–8:50 a.m. 
All Interested Faculty
Barbara Risch,
Ben Villarreal,
Craig Conley
Academic Enrichment Program, Writing in the Disciplines
 G-35
9-10:50 a.m.

All Interested Faculty

Diego Gallegos,
Greg Hansen
Cultural Proficiency
 G-35

or

10–10:50 a.m.
All Interested Faculty
Chairs of Biology and Chemistry, Natural Resources Management, Computational and Mathematical Sciences Management, Computational and Mathematical Sciences
Ken Bentson
How Can We Minimize Course Schedule Conflicts?
Lora Shields LH1
11a.m. – 1 p.m.
All Faculty/Staff
NMHU Foundation and Alumni
Welcome Back Luncheon
NMHU Golf Course
1:30 – 2:50 p.m. Charlene Ortiz Elluminate Live SH 130B

or

1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Ed Manzanares The Student Athlete G-35
3–3:50 p.m. Charlene Ortiz Smartboard Technology SH 130B

or

3–3:50 p.m. Kimberly Valdez, Campus Violence Prevention Program The Extra Step G-35
4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Charlene Ortiz
Pre-recorded Lectures
SH 130B
 
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Friday, August 19, 2011

2010 All Faculty Members Should be Available for Student Advisement (all day)
The Blackboard and Elluminate sessions are limited to 10 faculty members per session.  Please call Charlene Ortiz-Cordova to register (426-2249)
Chairs/coordinators may scheduled department/discipline meetings
Time
 Presenter
 Topic
 Location
8–5:50 a.m.
Mandatory for all PIs
 
Angela Vigil-Juarez, Gayle Martinez, Eleanor Duran
Compliance Procedures for PIs
 
G-35

or

8–9:50 a.m.
 All Interested Faculty
Charlene Ortiz-Cordova
Blackboard
Sininger Hall Room 130B
10-11:50 a.m.
All Interested Faculty 
 
Charlene Ortiz-Cordova
Blackboard (Assessments, Selective Release)
 
 
Sininger Hall Room 130B
or
10-11:50 a.m.
All Interested Faculty
 Sean Weaver
 NMHU Website Changes
G-35
1-1:50 p.m.
All Interested Faculty
Fidel Trujillo
Student Affairs G-35
3-4:40 p.m.
All Interested Faculty
Charlene Ortiz-Cordova
Blackboard (Experienced Users-TBA [based on faculty needs]) Sininger Hall Room 130B

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