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The Center for Faculty Development (CFDFREEMississippi) and the Office of Online Learning (onlineFREEMississippi) are available for one-on-one consultations through email and virtual meetings.
Workshops & Events by Topic
Purpose & Pathways: An Educator's Retreat for Fostering Career-Ready Students
The Spring 2026 Educator's Retreat is a full-day professional development experience designed to help faculty across disciplines intentionally embed career readiness into the student experience. The retreat begins with an exploration of curricular approaches, highlighting current initiatives and actionable strategies for deepening career readiness within academic programs. Participants will go on to examine best practices from peer institutions and consider how applied experiences, community engagement, professional development, and research opportunities contribute to career-ready planning and outcomes at the program level and school-wide.
The interactive afternoon sessions will focus on integrating employer-valued competencies into coursework as well as breakout sessions. Through collaboration with Career Services, the Provost's Office, and the Spring 2025 Provost Faculty Fellows, attendees will leave with a well-rounded understanding of best practices within and beyond USM, as well as practical methods to connect classroom learning to real-world skills and help faculty chart purposeful pathways for students from education to meaningful careers.
- Gain strategies for fostering career-ready learning outcomes
- Connect share ideas with campus colleagues
- Take away actionable tools for your own courses and program development
Join us as we align our educational purpose with the pathways that guide students toward meaningful and fulfilling careers.
January 14, 2026
8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
In-Person Session | EHH 120
Watermark Faculty Success: Putting it Together for 3rd year Review, Promotion, & Tenure
This session is designed for faculty preparing their dossiers for promotion and tenure and pre-tenure review. It will review how to assemble the PDF evidence files, best practices for putting your materials together, the submission process, and other considerations for participating in a review process. Before the workshop, please review all files and information located on the Promotion and Tenure site. The 'Dossier Information' section will be especially helpful for this session.
Presenter:
JB Amacker, Institutional Effectiveness Data Coordinator
Monday, December 15th
1:00-2:00 pm
Virtual | Teams
Deck the Data: Faculty Success Data Entry Workshop
’Tis the season to get organized! The Center for Faculty Development and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness invite you to an interactive working session where you can enter your Faculty Success information, troubleshoot challenges, connect with colleagues, and start working on your annual evaluation submission! Drop in for one-on-one help, collaborative support, and some festive refreshments.
Presenters: Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Tuesday, December 16th
12:00-2:00 pm
In-Person Session | IC 319
ORSD-Research Development Training & Engagement Winter Grant Writing Series
Part One: Engaging Inquiry to Develop a Powerful Grant Proposal
This workshop is designed to enhance participants’ proposal writing skills by first engaging the Six Critical Questions framework to take an idea and plan impactful outcomes. Individual work and interactive discussions will provide clarity, insights, and actionable next steps to invigorate research initiatives. An interdisciplinary approach will foster a supportive environment for academic growth, collaboration, and innovation.
Maximize the benefits of your workshop experience by also registering for Part Two: The Proposal Writing Retreat, to be held January 30, 2026, in partnership with The Writing Center, on the Hattiesburg campus (in-person attendance only).
December 16, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hybrid Session | EHH 120 & Teams
Register to attend these two valuable workshops to enhance your grant writing skills!
ORSD-Research Development Training & Engagement Winter Grant Writing Series
Part Two: The Proposal Writing Retreat
Close out the first month of the new semester with a full day of productive writing in a relaxed atmosphere among your colleagues! ORSD has partnered with The Writing Center to provide space and resources for you to create a document that is ready-for-review by a Program Officer. Writing Center staff will be available to assist with writing style nuances, while ORSD staff will offer guidance on additional parts of the proposal development process. The ultimate goal for The Writing Retreat is for you to walk away, confidently, with a well-written project summary on which a Program Officer could provide feedback relative to the sponsor's mission and priorities.
Friday, January 30, 2026
8:30-11:00 a.m. | Break for Lunch | 1:00-4:00 p.m.
The Writing Center, Cook Library (Hattiesburg Campus)
In-person Session Only
Workshops & Events by Date
December 2025
Watermark Faculty Success: Putting it Together for 3rd year Review, Promotion, & Tenure
This session is designed for faculty preparing their dossiers for promotion and tenure and pre-tenure review. It will review how to assemble the PDF evidence files, best practices for putting your materials together, the submission process, and other considerations for participating in a review process. Before the workshop, please review all files and information located on the Promotion and Tenure site. The 'Dossier Information' section will be especially helpful for this session.
Presenter:
JB Amacker, Institutional Effectiveness Data Coordinator
Monday, December 15th
1:00-2:00 pm
Virtual | Teams
ORSD-Research Development Training & Engagement Winter Grant Writing Series
Part One: Engaging Inquiry to Develop a Powerful Grant Proposal
This workshop is designed to enhance participants’ proposal writing skills by first engaging the Six Critical Questions framework to take an idea and plan impactful outcomes. Individual work and interactive discussions will provide clarity, insights, and actionable next steps to invigorate research initiatives. An interdisciplinary approach will foster a supportive environment for academic growth, collaboration, and innovation.
Maximize the benefits of your workshop experience by also registering for Part Two: The Proposal Writing Retreat, to be held January 30, 2026, in partnership with The Writing Center, on the Hattiesburg campus (in-person attendance only).
December 16, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
EHH 120
(in-person and online)
Register to attend these two valuable workshops to enhance your grant writing skills!
Deck the Data: Faculty Success Data Entry Workshop
’Tis the season to get organized! The Center for Faculty Development and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness invite you to an interactive working session where you can enter your Faculty Success information, troubleshoot challenges, connect with colleagues, and start working on your annual evaluation submission! Drop in for one-on-one help, collaborative support, and some festive refreshments.
Presenters: Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Tuesday, December 16th
12:00-2:00 pm
In-Person Session | IC 318
January 2026
Purpose & Pathways: An Educator's Retreat for Fostering Career-Ready Students
The Spring 2026 Educator's Retreat is a full-day professional development experience designed to help faculty across disciplines intentionally embed career readiness into the student experience. The retreat begins with an exploration of curricular approaches, highlighting current initiatives and actionable strategies for deepening career readiness within academic programs. Participants will go on to examine best practices from peer institutions and consider how applied experiences, community engagement, professional development, and research opportunities contribute to career-ready planning and outcomes at the program level and school-wide.
The interactive afternoon sessions will focus on integrating employer-valued competencies into coursework as well as breakout sessions. Through collaboration with Career Services, the Provost's Office, and the Spring 2025 Provost Faculty Fellows, attendees will leave with a well-rounded understanding of best practices within and beyond USM, as well as practical methods to connect classroom learning to real-world skills and help faculty chart purposeful pathways for students from education to meaningful careers.
- Gain strategies for fostering career-ready learning outcomes
- Connect share ideas with campus colleagues
- Take away actionable tools for your own courses and program development
Join us as we align our educational purpose with the pathways that guide students toward meaningful and fulfilling careers.
January 14, 2026
8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
In-Person Session | EHH 120
ORSD-Research Development Training & Engagement Winter Grant Writing Series
Part Two: The Proposal Writing Retreat
Close out the first month of the new semester with a full day of productive writing in a relaxed atmosphere among your colleagues! ORSD has partnered with The Writing Center to provide space and resources for you to create a document that is ready-for-review by a Program Officer. Writing Center staff will be available to assist with writing style nuances, while ORSD staff will offer guidance on additional parts of the proposal development process. The ultimate goal for The Writing Retreat is for you to walk away, confidently, with a well-written project summary on which a Program Officer could provide feedback relative to the sponsor's mission and priorities.
Friday, January 30, 2026
8:30-11:00 a.m. | Break for Lunch | 1:00-4:00 p.m.
The Writing Center, Cook Library (Hattiesburg Campus)
In-person Session Only
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