2023 Fall Professional Development Days: Thursday, August 10

Flag Football photo by Leticia Trujillo, Assistant Director of Student Life

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Welcome Back Breakfast
Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty and Staff
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

8:15 AM

Land Acknowledgment Statement
Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Member of the President’s Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PC DEI)
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

8:15 – 8:55 AM

Welcome & Announcements
Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Roxanne Gonzales, EdD
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

9:00 – 9:50 AM

The President’s University Address
Attendance: All Faculty and All Staff
Presenter: Sam Minner, President, PhD
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

President Minner will provide a brief overview of actions and initiatives during the 2022 – 2023 academic year, along with the impact of those initiatives to date, and provide a preview of institutional initiatives for the 2023 – 2024 academic year.

10:00 – 10:50 AM

Title IX Mandatory Reporting
Attendance: Mandatory Training for ALL Faculty, Staff, and Administrators
Presenter: Ruth Mariampolski
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

This session will inform you of when, where, why, and how to report a student or employee concern about gender discrimination, sexual assault, stalking, other gender-based forms of discrimination covered by Title IX.

11:00 – 11:50 AM

Degree Audit and Graduating Your Students on Time
Attendance: All Faculty and All Staff
Presenters: Henrietta Romero, PhD and Michael Montoya
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

This session will be useful for all faculty and staff who interact with students on degree programs. We will cover the best practices in how to advise your students from start to finish and the in-betweens of how to best get your students graduated by following the Degree Audit as a guide.

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch
Attendance: ALL Faculty
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Faculty Senate Executive Committee & Provost Lunch
Attendance: Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Deans
Location: Student Union Building, Faculty Lounge, Room 211

1:00 – 1:50 PM

Outcome Assessment: Academic and Co-curricular
Attendance: Mandatory for all Faculty
Presenters: Roxanne Gonzales, EdD and Deans
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

This session is on Outcomes Assessments data collection and reporting.

2:00 – 2:50 PM

Tenure and Promotion
Attendance: Open to ALL Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty
Presenters: Roxanne Gonzales, EdD and Kathy Jenkins, PhD
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

3:00 – 3:50 PM

Faculty – General Meeting
Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty
Presenter: Rodney Rock, EdD, Chair
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

4:00 – 4:50 PM

Faculty Association Meeting
Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty
Presenter: Kathy Jenkins, PhD
Location: Student Union Building, Ballroom

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Faculty and Staff Association & NMHU Administration
Taco Party

Attendance: Open to ALL Faculty and Staff
Sponsored by Faculty & Staff Association and NMHU Administration
Location: The Skillet, 619 12th St, Las Vegas