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Assistant Professors' Community (APC)

The Assistant Professors’ Community is an informal discussion group open to all faculty, with a special emphasis on issues of importance to assistant professors. The learning community will meet approximately three times each semester to discuss topics related to teaching, research, and faculty life. It will provide an informal setting to meet other faculty and discuss issues of common interest to those who are teaching, conducting research, and working toward tenure.

The intent is to enhance faculty experience and provide an ongoing discussion group for faculty working toward promotion or tenure. Each meeting will focus on a different aspect of faculty experience and help make connections with people in many different spheres of the university.

Workshops

Please register on the Office of Faculty Development (OFD) Event Registration Form for upcoming workshops!

2012-13

• Monday, October 8, 2012: Research Development at NC State
• Thursday, November 8, 2012: Juggling Flaming Chainsaws: Work/Life Integration
• Monday, January 28, 2013: Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management
• Tuesday, March 12, 2013: A Conversation with Recently Tenured Faculty

2011-12

• Monday, October 3, 2011: Managing Research
• Tuesday, October 18, 2011, Networking for Peer Review
• Friday, November 11, 2011, Obtaining Research Funding
• Thursday, January 26, 2012, Tips and Tricks from Recently Tenured Faculty
• Tuesday, March 13, 2012, Best Practices for Professional Success
• Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Planning Your Focus

2010-11

• Friday, August 13, 2010: Panel of Outstanding Teachers: What Do You Do to Start the Semester Off Right? (Related reading: Your ASAP List)
• Wednesday, September 22, 2010: Grant Writing and Initiating Research (Related reading: How Your Grant Proposal Compares and 10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly)
• Wednesday, November 3, 2010: Panel of Representatives of College RPT Committees (NC State's RPT website)
• Thursday, January 13, 2011: How to Direct and Mentor Students
• Thursday, February 24, 2011: Keeping all the Balls in the Air
• Thursday, June 2, 2011: Teaching Something You've Never Taught (Related Reading: Teaching What You Don't Know)

2009-10

• August 2009: Panel of Outstanding Teachers: What Do You Do to Start the Semester Off Right?
• October 2009: Tactics for Getting Grants Funded Beyond the Technical Content
• November 2009: Preparing a Dossier
• January 2010: Panel of Representatives of College RPT Committees
• February 2010: Balancing Research and Writing Time with Other Responsibilities
• April 2010: Effective Networking - Strategies for Approaching People and Selling your Capabilities/Ideas
  

2008-09

• September 2008: Getting Started on a Research Project
• October 7, 2008: Where to Find Help, Answers to Questions
• October 31, 2008: Writing "Broader Impact" Sections of Grant Proposals
• February 6, 2009: Meet with Representatives of College RPT Committees
• March 12, 2009: How to Review a Paper
• April 7, 2009: Annual Reports and Dossiers

2007-08

• September 2007: Working together: collaboration in academia
• October 2007: Grantsmanship
• November 2007: Directing graduate student research
• January 2008:The Promotion and Tenure Process: A Discussion with Chairs of College Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committees
• February 2008: When to Say Yes, How to Say No
• March 2008: Managing Classes, Proposals, Graduate Students

2006-07

• September 2006: Pacing a Presentation for High Impact
• November 2006: Focusing Your Research - Getting a Research Program Going
• February 2007: What Can the Library Do for You?
• March 2007: The Art of Oral Scientific Presentation
• April 2007: Developing graduate research problems

Advisory Board

• Betsy Brown, Office of Faculty Development
• Michael Dickey, Chemical Engineering
• Joy Gayles, Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education
• Christine Grant, College of Engineering
• Steffen Heber, Bioinformatics
• Hoon Joo Lee, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
• Terri Long, Plant Biology
• Marce Lorenzen, Entomology
• Jim Martin, Chemistry
• Melissa Pasquinelli, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
• Pradip Pramaik, Proposal Development Unit
• Roderick Rejesus, Agriculture and Resource Economics
• Tao Xie, Computer Science

Previous Advisory Board members

• Nancy Fire, Office of Faculty Development
• Janice Wells, Social Work
• Colleen Wiessner, Adult Education

If you would like to serve on the Advisory Board, please contact Marcia Gumpertz.