September 7 – 8, 2016
Embassy Suites, Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA
| Time | Topic – Presenter |
| Wednesday, September 7 | |
| 1:00 | Welcome and Introductions – Ian Maw, Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, APLU |
| 1:15 | Role of non-tenure track faculty in teaching and research; undergraduate and graduate courses, undergraduate and graduate student advising, split appointments, interactions with tenure track faculty, undergraduate and graduate student feedback, evaluation and promotion opportunities, etc. – Elaine Turner, University of Florida, and John Russin, LSU AgCenter |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:15 | Ensuring diversity throughout the college; undergraduate & graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and administration; faculty, staff and student training in inclusion, micro-aggressions, unintended bias, etc. – Scott Willard, Mississippi State University, and Jackie Burns, University of Florida |
| 5:00 | Adjourn for the day |
| 5:30 | Reception – hotel atrium Dinner – on your own |
| Thursday, September 8 | |
| 6:30 | Breakfast – hotel atrium |
| 8:30 | Onboarding new faculty into joint appointments; teaching/research or research/ teaching, best practices for ensuring success in R&T joint appointments, etc. – Cynda Clary, Oklahoma State University, and Bill Brown, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:30 | Undergraduate and graduate student professional development and training for careers and as the next generation of faculty; teaching and research experiences, coursework on teaching and mentoring, extracurricular professional development and enrichment opportunities (ie participating in conferences, study abroad, internships, etc), conflicts with dissertation research time, etc. – Susan Sumner, Virginia Tech, and Bob Godfrey, University of the Virgin Islands/ |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |