Associated Colleges of the South

Monthly First Year Orientation Meeting
2023-02-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Please contact us at office.admin@acsouth.edu for more information.

Leadership Fellows Orientation
2023-06-20 08:00 - 2023-06-22 17:00

Bimonthly Meeting of Residence Life Directors
2023-02-23 15:30 - 16:30

Inclusive Pedagogy Institute
2023-06-26 17:00 - 2023-06-28 15:30
Students and classrooms differ, not just by content but also by who’s teaching! Curious to learn more about reaching varieties of students in today’s generation? The facilitation team of this interdisciplinary workshop fosters honest exploration of the complexities of “doing the work of inclusive pedagogy,” structures activities that cultivate connections with colleagues across ACS, teaches participants how to design an authentic inclusive assignment, practice, or assessment that can be implemented in Fall 2023 in your course(s) or in your emergent inclusive mindset. Participants will come away from the institute with a toolkit for building inclusive learning environments.

For those coming in from out of town, please plan to arrive at Millsaps College no later than 4:00 PM on Monday, June 26th (flights should arrive at JAN airport by 3:15 pm or earlier). This allows for you to check in for the institute and check into your room. Because we end so late in the day Wednesday June 28th, you may wish to depart in the morning on the 29th. Housing, meals, and a more casual, community time together will be available after the formal program concludes.

Bimonthly Meeting of Diversity Officers
2023-02-28 14:00 - 15:00

Quarterly Meeting of Student Life Colleagues
2023-01-03 16:00 - 17:00

“Diversity Advocate” Approach to Building Equitable Hiring Practices
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-07-12 17:00
This “train the trainer” experience equips two people per campus (a human resource lead and a faculty-hiring lead) to build or expand the institution’s recruiting and hiring process, practices and policies towards increased equity in faculty/staff hiring. The experience includes readings, interactive lectures with people who have designed such programs at ACS institutions, opportunities for confidentially sharing and discussing among peers, scenarios for training and tactical planning for each institution’s up-coming hiring season.

Registration for this event is open to staff and faculty who have hiring and hiring oversight responsibility. Please click here to register.

Quarterly Meeting of Grant Officers
2023-01-10 14:00 - 15:00

Bimonthly Meeting of Chief Academic Officers
2023-01-13 16:00 - 17:00

Quarterly Meeting of Human Resources Directors
2023-02-07 11:00 - 12:00

Bimonthly Meeting of Vice Presidents for Student Life/Deans of Students
2023-02-02 14:00 - 15:00

Quarterly Meeting of Center for Teaching and Learning Directors/Faculty Development
2023-02-14 13:00 - 14:00

Quarterly Meeting of International Program Directors
2023-02-08 14:30 - 15:30

Bimonthly CFO/CBO Meeting
2023-02-08 16:00 - 17:00

Quarterly Meeting of Enrollment Leaders
2023-02-09 10:00 - 11:00

Quarterly Meeting of Campus Safety/Campus Police
2023-02-21 15:00 - 16:00

New Department Chair Programming Series - Who am I as a Leader?
2023-09-06 15:00 - 17:00
Who am I as a Leader? This first session will kick off the year by touching upon the big picture of chairing a department. In this session we will explore who we are as leaders; how to transition effectively into our new role. We will also develop a community of academic leaders from across the consortium of ACS. We will discuss leading from our values and through a DEI lens; the importance of communication; thinking like a department chair; running an effective meeting; and onboarding new faculty and staff into our departments. We will also review upcoming topics, and have time for some just-in-time discussions. In this first session, the goal is to create a community among ACS new department chairs, and to provide an overview of some of the issues and activities you are likely to encounter.

Please go here to register: https://www.acsouth.edu/forms/new-department-chair-programming/

New Department Chair Programming Series - Supporting Students as Department Chairs.
2023-10-05 15:00 - 16:00
Supporting Students as Department Chairs. This second session recognizes that the new department chairs are settling in to their new roles, and are moving towards both mid-terms and the development of the spring schedule. This session will intentionally look at ways that the department chair is called upon to support students – sometimes navigating conflict when student expectations and faculty expectations are not aligned. Topics include developing the schedule that accounts for student needs, as well as the needs of the departmental faculty and the institution (as a whole), maintaining the department as an inclusive environment, balancing tensions between faculty and students (if in conflict). When does a decision become less of a departmental matter, and more a matter to resolve institutionally. The goal of this session will be to remind us all that issues are often seen through different perspectives and that this complicates the decision-making; attending this session will help us learn to mediate conflict.

Please click here to register: https://www.acsouth.edu/forms/new-department-chair-programming/

New Department Chair Programming Series - Supporting Departmental Faculty as Chair.
2023-11-02 16:00 - 17:00
Supporting Departmental Faculty as Chair. The goal of this session is to promote faculty/staff (and students) through developing an inclusive environment and a positive departmental culture. We’ll talk about mentoring new faculty, resolving faculty conflicts, and revisit course scheduling.

Please click here to register: https://www.acsouth.edu/forms/new-department-chair-programming/
