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The Provost's Collaboratory

For Faculty Leadership and Development

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For Department Chairs/Unit Heads

  • Academic Administrators Orientation & Refresher: Multi-part series filled with need-to-know information for new department chairs/unit heads (held every July/August).
  • Awards and Promotion Workshops: Informational sessions covering APT-AEP promotion and award nomination basics (offered throughout the academic year, see Events Calendar for details).
  • Academic Leadership Forum: Conversations and learning opportunities for academic leaders across campus.
  • Brave Conversations Intensive: Facilitated discussions that build skills for navigating challenging conversations and improving departmental climate (held in Fall and Spring).
  • Department Executive Officer Seminar: Learn from Big Ten leadership professionals and colleagues tools and strategies for the newer department chair/unit head (applications accepted in Spring, seminar series held in the following Fall). 
  • Fearless Unit Leadership: Support for faculty leaders working to strengthen their departments or academic units.
  • Faculty Search Coaches Program / Train-the-Trainer Course: Training for faculty involved in search committees to support equitable and effective faculty hiring.
  • Policies of particular interest to chairs (link)
  • Walk the Walk: A Leadership Experience: Leadership development program focused on inclusive leadership and institutional culture.

Other Leadership Development Opportunities