New Faculty Orientation
Presented normally the week before fall registration and consisting of a full day of activities. New Faculty has an opportunity to meet with administrators, faculty development committee mem bers, and mentors. The process of becoming acquainted with the university begins by participating in workshops, discussions, interactive sessions and having lunch with colleagues.

New Faculty Sharing Session
This session is held near the end of Septem ber and serves as a follow-up to the initial orientation. Any concerns and questions raised at the orientation are discussed and new faculty has the chance to talk about their first experiences at CSU. A second session is held later in the semester.

Engaged Learning & Teaching (EL&T) Workshop
As part of the year-long orientation process ass new faculty are required to attend these workshops which focus on the improvement of teaching and learning.

New Faculty Mentorship Program
This program began during the 1991-1992 academic year pairing up new faculty with veteran faculty who help them become acquainted with CSU. Mentors have a checklist of items they discuss with new faculty during the year when they meet over coffee or lunch. It is important that new faculty have at least one person they feel connected with on campus.

Enrichment Grants
Under this program faculty may request funds to attend conferences, es6tablish projects to train colleagues, or carry on some other activity which will improve the curriculum. Enrichment Grant Awardees will be asked to submit a formal proposal outlining how the project will be shared with colleagues at CSU. In addition, a report of the activities accomplished during the grant period will be given in order to be reimbursed. Grant applications are sent to all faculty at the beginning of each semester and are submitted to the Faculty Development Office (Cordell Reed Student Union/Room 122 in care of Marlene Anderson, Faculty Development Lab Coordinator/Associate) within one month.

Faculty Development Forum
Through this forum, faculty have the opportunity to share the results of activities funded through Enrichment Grants. In addition, projects which stress the improvement of teaching and learning are encouraged. For more information, contact Dr. Ro bert J. Chierico, Faculty Development Coordinator at extension 2345.

Study Groups/Workshops
A variety of study groups and sub-committees are dedicated to achieving the goals of the CSU Faculty Development Program, which are: promoting writing, critical thinking, multi-cultural issues, assessment, research-based activities which enhance instruction and improvement of technology. Many of the workshops and discussions will focus on how these initiatives are promoted across the curriculum.

Multi-Cultural Sub-Committee
For 2006-2007, the Multi-Cultural Education Committee is launching a project to support interested faculty mem bers in making a planned commitment to multicultural development. The Multi-cultural Learning and Teaching Initiative (Multi) will provide a cohort of ten to fifteen CSU faculty mem bers with material and peer support and a year-long schedule of activities to integrate multi-cultural perspectives into self-understanding, curriculum, pedagogical approaches, and campus networks. For more information, contact Dr. Evelyne Norris at extension 2334 and Dr. Alonzo DeCarlo at ext. 2118.

EL&T
Engaged Learning and Teaching Group (ELT led by Dr. Howie Silver and Dr. Ro bert J. Chierico. This is a year long reading/discussion group that will focus on issues in higher education and the improvement of learning. The group is comprised of new faculty, veteran faculty and administrators. Sessions are held once a month on Friday’s 2:30pm to 4:30pm in Harold Washington Hall 300A. For more details, contact Dr. Howie Silver at extension 2103.

Instructional Technology
Instructional Technology Committee is charged with “facilitating and enhancing implementations of technology as it impacts instruction and research”. Specifically, committee mem bers plan and implement technology training for faculty; disseminate technology related information; provide support to the faculty in the use of technology and strive to acquire additional resources.

NYU University Faculty Resource Network
For the last sixteen years Chicago State University has been an act6ive mem ber of the Faculty Resource Network with New York University. Under this program Chicago State University faculty spend a week at YU participating in seminars with colleagues from across the nation. Faculty can also participate in the Scholar-in-Residence Program in which they work closely with a NYU Professor on a specific research project.