Promotion is based on achievements to date and tenure is given based on perceived promise for the future. With this in mind, faculty will learn how to best prepare for a successful third year review as well as tenure and promotion. Teaching, research, service, and collegiality will all be discussed. Presenters will include University administration, deans, and faculty.

If you prefer a vegetarian meal, please email linda.bass@usm.edu. 

This session will assist new faculty in understanding how to become successful in the areas of research, publishing, and data interpretation. Faculty will learn how to advance creative and scholarly activities to become successful at Southern Miss. 

If you prefer a vegetarian meal, please email linda.bass@usm.edu. 

If you are a USM staff or faculty member and would like assistance in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, or Word (versions 2003 or 2007), an LEC staff member will be available at this time to assist you.  Please note that this session is available for issues with specific projects or files; it is not intended as a formal workshop or a generalized overview regarding these programs. 

For general instruction, please visit Microsoft’s online training modules located here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx

If you are a Southern Miss staff or faculty member and require assistanceusing Dreamweaver CS3 or Dreamweaver CS4 to edit a University website, aLEC staff member will be available at this time to assist you.  Please notethat this session is NOT intended as a formal workshop regardingDreamweaver, and we cannot assist with complex design or redesign issues. Itis available as a help and troubleshooting session only for basic site setupand editing tasks.If you require website design or redesign assistance, please contact PublicRelations.  Information regarding their web services is located here:http://www.usm.edu/pr/web/websites.htmlRegistration is required so we can assess the appropriate number of trainers to have available. 

If you are a faculty member and would like assistance in Blackboard CE8, an LEC staff member will be available at this time to assist you.  Please note that this session is not intended as a formal workshop regarding Blackboard.  It is available as a help and troubleshooting session for issues or questions regarding existing or future courses developed in Blackboard. 

For additional resources and tutorials, please see the faculty resources page here:

http://www.usm.edu/lec/des/faculty/index.php

The Open Lab is designed to answer specific questions and assisting with issues you are experiencing.  This is NOT a structured classroom training that will follow a hand-out.  So, please bring those SPECIFIC questions.

Registration is required so we can assess the appropriate number of trainers to have available.