Associated Colleges of the South

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 (America/New_York)
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
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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
2023-02-21 15:00 - 16:00
Please contact us at office.admin@acsouth.edu for more information.

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

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

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

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

Quarterly Meeting of Human Resources Directors
2023-02-07 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
2023-02-02 14:00 - 15:00

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

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/

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 - 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/

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

Monthly First Year Orientation Meeting
2023-02-20 15:00 - 16:00
