May 1, 2024
The Office of Faculty ADVANCEment (OFA) hosted its inaugural Faculty Grow Workshop on April 9 th, 2024. With approximately 50 faculty participants, and through the lens of a “charette-style” workshop, we began to create a shared vision of the future of faculty success at Clemson. With speakers, a faculty panel, and active engagement and conversation, […]
May 1, 2024
2024 Faculty Climate Survey In 2017, with support from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program, Clemson University’s Advance grant team and Dr. Patrick Rosopa, the team’s Social Science Research Lead, developed and distributed a faculty survey to better understand Clemson’s institutional culture and climate for all faculty. Post COVID-19 and with the 2023 launch of […]
April 2, 2024
As you (faculty) matriculate through your career, you will need to continually increase your knowledge, evolve your skills, and perhaps even shift your focus areas. To help you, the Clemson Libraries now offers a guide that highlights faculty resources (click here). This makes it easier for you to locate books that provide productivity tips for […]
January 16, 2024
We welcome you to join the ADVANCEment team in open discussions about ideas that are important to you. Please drop in and have a conversation over a cup of coffee with these months’ featured speakers, and learn about initiatives that are institutional practice today and priorities moving forward. Mon, January 29th – Meet Angie Leidinger, Senior Vice President […]
November 30, 2023
Dr. Elliot Ennis (Chemistry) teaches his Creative Inquiry class on pseudoscience. What is a teaching philosophy statement and how it can be evaluated? If you have ever asked yourself these questions, it would be important to point out that teaching philosophy statements are ideally not just a few paragraphs describing existential issues linked to the classroom or […]
November 10, 2023
Join us for our first book club where we will be discussing Success After Tenure, Supporting Mid-Career Faculty by Dr. Vicky Baker (Albion College). This activity, which is co-sponsored by the Clemson Libraries, aligns with the aim to support the development of mid-career faculty at Clemson. We are offering a free copy of the book to the first 50 faculty […]
October 19, 2023
While the NSF-funded TIGERS ADVANCE grant wrapped up this summer, the impact of their work has permanently impacted Clemson. It led to many institutional changes, one of which was the creation of Clemson’s first ever Office of Faculty ADVANCEment. We also saw changes in our faculty’s diversity over the course of this program. The representation of women faculty among STEM assistant professor […]
October 10, 2023
Overview: Prof. Chalil Madathil’s recently took a 6-month sabbatical from his appointment at Clemson. At Clemson, faculty can apply for sabbatical leave every seven years and have the choice between a one semester (fully funded) or two semester fall/spring (partially funded) sabbatical. The sabbatical application can be found here and this page includes the deadlines for […]
October 5, 2023
The Office of Faculty ADVANCEment is hosting a monthly Faculty Coffee Klatch on Thursday, October 26th. We welcome you to join the ADVANCEment team in open discussions about ideas that are important to you. Please drop in and have a conversation over a cup of coffee with this month’s featured speaker, Dr. Amy Lawton-Rauh, Senior Associate Provost […]
September 27, 2023
Want to disappear and write for a while? Ensuring that faculty have the time and space to focus on scholarship, one of the most important aspects to their successful development, the Faculty ADVANCEment office invites you to stop by the next writing session: October 19, 2-5pm, 201 Vickery Hall (add it to your calendar). We provide […]
