Associated Colleges of the South

New Department Chair Programming Series - Me, as department chair.
2024-09-19 15:30 - 16:45 (America/New_York)
ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Department chairs are essential faculty leadership roles that influence and shape the institutional mission and student success. This year-long program will leverage a consortial approach to professional development and build community among participants while providing essential guidance, opportunities for self-reflection, and sharing of useful practices for effective leadership as a department chair.

The target audience is new or emerging department chairs, although experienced chairs may also benefit. The program is scaffolded to connect sessions and build community among participants who can provide peer-peer support (“co-mentoring”) throughout and after the program. Chairs are encouraged to participate in all sessions, as much as their busy schedules allow.

September 19, 2024: Me, as department chair

Who am I as a leader and how do I apply my leadership strengths to the role of department chair?

Understanding my preferred style and how it impacts communication with others

Adapting my leadership to fit particular situations

Asking for feedback from peers and mentors to support continuous leadership growth and self-awareness

Please login to ACS Community to register for this session.

2024 Chief Academic Officers Meeting
2024-09-19 14:00 - 2024-09-21 11:00

Summer Virtual Workshop 2: Building an Inclusive Generative AI Toolset for Student-Centered Learning Activities
2024-08-15 14:30 - 16:00
Workshop Leaders: Andrew Bell (University of Richmond), Saif Mehkari (University of Richmond), Horace Ballenger (Morehouse College), and Melanie Hoag (Southwestern University)

Recommended Participants: All are welcome, but the workshop is designed primarily for faculty who want to explore the use of generative artificial intelligence in their classroom and assignments.

Register: Register in advance for this meeting: ACS WS 2 Building an Inclusive Generative AI Toolset

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Description:

Understanding how generative AI tools impact teaching and learning is challenging, and offering students an inclusive and effective toolset is even more so. This workshop draws on experiences from faculty and academic staff exploring generative AI integration at the University of Richmond, Morehouse College, and Southwestern University. Participants will:

1. Identify specific use cases for ethical, effective, and inclusive generative AI tools that support both faculty and students, such as building custom GPTs for assignment description generation and prompt engineering for data visualization coding tutors.

2. Explore various models for providing generative AI tools to faculty and students, including open-source options.

3. Develop best practices for addressing challenging discussions around generative AI, including academic integrity and data privacy, with take home resources for further exploration.

4. Describe emerging paradigms for teaching and learning that are emerging based on the integration of AI into the learning environment.

Summer Virtual Workshop 1: Setting the Stage for Inclusivity: A Scenarios Workshop for Faculty of All Academic Disciplines and Career Levels
2024-08-02 12:00 - 13:30
Workshop Leaders: Patricia Herrera of the University of Richmond, Wilson Terrell, Jr. of Trinity University, Leslie Wingard Cunningham of W & L University, and Maha Zewail-Foote of Southwestern University

Recommended Participants: All ACS members are welcome, but the workshop is designed primarily for faculty members of all career levels and all academic disciplines. Department and program chairs are also encouraged.

Register: Register in advance for this meeting: ACS WS 1 Setting the Stage for Inclusivity

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Description:This scenarios workshop is led by four professors of color (two in STEM fields and two in humanities and social science fields) and intended for fellow faculty and administrators of ALL backgrounds, academic disciplines, and stages in their careers. Join others determined to foster an inclusive environment and enable continued faculty success at ACS schools. Participants will first discuss real-life scenarios from ACS campuses and then will create some of their own to add to a growing inventory of recent scenes that other campus leaders can utilize in the future. Some scenes that participants may explore will allow the group to discuss:

1. Best practices for welcoming new colleagues who we plan to retain in our departments;

2. Regularly including conversations about diversity and equity even in classrooms that are based in STEM or other arenas seemingly less applicable – and in which there is also not much time to add content, and

3.Teaching, advising, Chair-ing, or Dean-ing in ways that consider a wider variety of viewpoints and experiences. Brief readings, podcast episodes, or video clips could be assigned for review before this 90-minute workshop and a resource guide to share with colleagues may be provided later.

New Department Chair Programming Series - Topic to be selected by group in early February.
2024-04-02 15:00 - 16:00
Please login to ACS Community to register for this session.

Quarterly Meeting of Career Development Directors
2024-03-21 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-21 14:00 - 15:00
Please contact us at office.admin@acsouth.edu for more information.

Quarterly CIO Meeting
2024-03-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-11 14:00 - 15:00

New Department Chair Programming Series - Support for Chairs.
2024-02-29 16:00 - 17:00
Support for Chairs: In this session we will explore resources available for avoiding burnout and promoting self-care (after all, we are rapidly approaching mid-terms!). We will provide some examples for when faculty feel distant from their identities as scholars (when taking on administrative duties); delegating; saying “no” when appropriate. We will discuss effective conversation and use of email, humor, ways to listen, understanding the need to collaborate with other units, the limits of what a chair can and cannot do. The goal of this session is to let you know that you are not alone in feeling a bit of burnout, and share a few solutions.

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

Quarterly Meeting of Campus Safety/Campus Police
2024-02-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-21 15:00 - 16:00

Bimonthly CFO/CBO Meeting
2024-02-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-13 16:00 - 17:00

Quarterly Meeting of International Program Directors
2024-02-14 14:30 - 15:30, 2023-11-08 14:30 - 15:30

Quarterly Meeting of Center for Teaching and Learning Directors/Faculty Development
2024-02-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-11-14 13:00 - 14:00

Quarterly Meeting of Enrollment Leaders
2024-02-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-11-09 10:00 - 11:00

Quarterly Meeting of Human Resources Directors
2024-02-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-07 11:00 - 12:00

New Department Chair Programming Series - The Budget.
2024-02-05 16:00 - 17:00
The Budget: dispelling myths and rumors. The goal of this session is to learn how the departmental (or divisional) budget is formed, how to make compelling data-driven requests, and to gain a better understanding of resources and finance in higher education.

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

Bimonthly Meeting of Vice Presidents for Student Life/Deans of Students
2024-02-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-07 14:00 - 15:00

Bimonthly Meeting of Chief Academic Officers
2024-01-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-11-10 16:00 - 17:00

Quarterly Meeting of Grant Officers
2024-01-09 14:00 - 15:00

Quarterly Meeting of Student Life Colleagues
2024-01-02 16:00 - 17:00

Bimonthly Meeting of Residence Life Directors
2023-12-28 15:30 - 16:30
