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Week of 11/20/2023

DORNSIFE FACULTY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dear Dornsife Faculty,

Your elected members of the Dornsife Faculty Council have been working on your behalf on a variety of tasks and initiatives. In this newsletter you will find announcements and an update on some of our current projects. For further information on any of the DFC work, please write to facultycouncil@dornsife.usc.edu.

Yours,

Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos | President
Gorretti Prieto-Botana | Vice President
Tanvi Patel | Secretary

NEW! Yoga Certification Program

Become a Yoga Certified Instructor

Led by Dr. Eden Goldman Chiropractor, USC Lecturer, Yoga Therapist

New! USC Teacher Training Progam Launching on January 13- May 5, 2024.

HAVE YOU HEARD?

Dornsife is launching a one-of-a-kind wellness lifestyle program featuring an incredible guest faculty made up of 25+ top Yoga instructors and Yoga-oriented doctors and therapists, including 10 of our very own USC faculty members. This unique teacher trraining program uses Yoga as the catalyst to create transformational changes in people’s lives while also teaching participants how to become USC-certified Yoga instructors.

This certificate program is open to everyone! You don't have to be a current USC student, faculty, or staff. Tell your family and friends around the holidays and please share this information with anyone you think may benefit from such a program.

Classes meet at the USC campus for 11 weekends and online on Wednesday evenings.

Find ourtmore about the cost of the program here. Check out the website for more information and how to register.

Stay connected and subscribe to the YogaUSC newsletter or follow @YogaUSC on Instagram.

DID YOU KNOW?

Physical Education & Mind Body Health Department (PEMBH) offers four free lunch time (12 noon) classes - Yoga Hour on Mondays & Wednesdays (the Yoga Hour meets in SB3/sub-basement yoga room #3) and Power Hour on Tuesdays & Thursdays to ALL Dornsife faculty and staff. Take advantage of this great opportunity

Faculty Affairs Caucus

Merit Review Performance Evaluation Guidelines and Rubric

The DFC Faculty Affairs Caucus in collaboration with the Dean's Office, the HR office, and Dornsife Department Chairs and Program Directors are in the process of collecting existing rubrics and guidelines used for the merit evaluation process. The goal is to create a set of suggested guidelines and a master rubric to serve as a template for faculty performance evaluation. If you have any questions or would like to contribute to this effort, please contact us at facultycouncil@dornsife.usc.edu.

Informational Panel

RTPC Promotions

The Dornsife Faculty Council on Ocotber 19th, facilitated an informational panel on RTPC promotions. The meeting was held in person and online with over 50 faculty in attendance. We would like to thank the panelists for their helpful input and advice for anyone involved in the promotions process. If you missed this event, please find the link to the recording here.

Panelists:

Emily Hodgson Anderson, Dornsife Dean of Undergraduate Education

Karen Sternheimer, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology

Karla Heidelberg, Professor of the Practice, Department of Biology and Environmental Studies

Diana York Blaine, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Goretti Prieto Botana, Latin American & Iberian Cultures

David W. Ginsburg, Environmental Studies

Jessica Parr, Chemistry

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