University of Richmond - Office of the Provost

Once you earned tenure or reached a particular career goal, did you ask yourself, “What’s next?” Reaching a milestone in your career is a wonderful achievement and opens up new possibilities, just as reaching the summit of a mountain yields new views. UR’s third annual Mid-Career Faculty Summit is a one-day professional development opportunity for mid-career faculty to explore their unique challenges and how to enhance the ability to navigate career progression in a supportive and collegial environment. The program is adapted for associate professors (from the first year post-tenure until several years before consideration for the next promotion) or for non-tenure track faculty of equivalent time of service (seven or more years as a faculty member).

The Summit’s facilitators, Nancy Chick (Director of the Endeavor Foundation Center for Faculty Development, Rollins College) and Linda Boland (Associate Provost for Faculty, University of Richmond), will lead faculty through a professional development program that will lay a strong foundation to navigate in and through mid-career. The overarching goal is to both acknowledge challenges and help you move forward in a productive and manageable way.

• communicate career strengths and areas for growth, 
• articulate professional contribution, 
• identify needs and sources of support to advance professional (and personal) goals, 
• begin to design short- and long-term goals, with corresponding action steps, and 
• contribute in meaningful ways to professional advancement and to diverse stakeholder groups (department, institution, community, family, others) 
• participants will be offered an opportunity for group coaching following the Summit (optional, more information to be provided after January 26)

The Summit is on Friday, January 26, from 9 am to 3:30 pm. Please plan, as much as possible, to attend the entire Summit as the work will be intentionally scaffolded throughout the day.

A light breakfast will be available from 8:30 - 9 am and a working lunch will be provided. Coffee, tea and soft drinks will be available throughout the session. We will be meeting in person in the Faculty Hub. A overview of the day's schedule is below-

Once you register, a confirmation email will ask you to please complete a brief survey so that we understand your interests and can be prepared to best support you at the Summit. The survey is anonymous and is not linked to your identity in the application form. If you have questions, please contact Linda Boland, Associate Provost for Faculty at lboland@richmond.edu or x 8571 on campus.

Schedule:

8:30-9:00                       Breakfast

9-9:15                           Welcome and Introductions

9:15-10                          The Experiences of Mid-Career Faculty 

10-11:55                        Using Joy and Agency as Drivers of Your Job & Goals

11:55-1:45                   Working Lunch: Understanding Your Promotion Criteria & Requirements

1:45-3:20                       Strategic Professional Planning

3:20-3:30                       Next Steps and Invitations