Some timely notes  on upcoming Events Related to Faculty Development, and  an opportunity for collaboration with colleagues  from the NY6.

10/2 Interdisciplinary Economics Workshop.  Come and share lunch and learn about your colleagues recent projects on "economics-adjacent" research.  This week's session will be about Lewis Davis' project on the "Cultural Foundations of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights."  Upcoming events include colleagues from Religious Studies, English, Math, and Political Science. 

10/16 HHMI All Faculty Luncheon, Hale Dining Room.  Join us at 12 - 1:45 p.m. in Hale Dining Room, where we will share our plans for year 3, hear from you about what your needs are, and engage in a discussion about what a Student Partners program could look like at Union. Lunch is free, complements of the HHMI grant.

NY6 Seed Grants. Do you have an idea for a conference, a course, a collaboration among colleagues with which you might work with faculty from another liberal arts college?  The New York Six invites faculty members to apply for seed grants for scholarly collaborations that engage faculty from at least three of the Consortium’s member institutions (Colgate, Hamilton, Hobart-William Smith, Saint Lawrence University, Skidmore, and Union). Past grants have funded faculty across a wide range of disciplines to support in-person and virtual workshops, research, performances, innovative pedagogy, and many other projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. To apply or request more information, please contact Peter Simons at psimons@newyork6.org. (Application form)

For more resources on Faculty Development, please visit the Faculty Development webpage.  

Many Faculty Development resources  are available through NCFDD.  To join through Union's institutional membership:
1) Go to http://www.ncfdd.org/join 
2) Choose your Union College from the drop-down menu. 
3) Select “Activate my Membership” 
4) Complete the registration form using your institutional email address (i.e., @union.edu) 
5) Check your email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email. 

As always, if you have ideas for events, or ones you would like to publicize, share them with facdev@union.edu.  To keep  track of these you can sync up the Google calendar feature which will allow you to see Faculty Development events (including General Faculty Meetings, and Faculty Fora) right in your Google calendar.