Faculty Support

The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) started the Service, Teaching and Research (STaR) Mentoring program in the fall of 2017. The program was created from a CEHD Catapult grant, which proposed creating a mentoring program for new faculty members. The program has now served countless new faculty members by matching them with seasoned faculty members from across the college. The program lasts one year and is designed to help jump-start faculty careers.

The College of Education and Human development mentoring program is proud to pair with the Jerry and Kay Cox Fellows. Through the generosity of this amazing family, additional funding ($2000 per new faculty) is available for new faculty development and professional pursuits. Funding is deposited in faculty accounts upon the conclusion of their first year of the STaR program.

The Faculty Success Program is offered by the National Center for Faculty Development. The main goal of the program is all about learning the secrets to increasing research productivity, getting control of time, and living a full healthy life beyond ones campus. As NCFDD’s signature program, the Faculty Success Program is specifically designed to transform participants’ personal and professional life. The program is for tenure-track faculty and tenured faculty who are looking for the perfect combination of empirically tested methods to improve research productivity through intense accountability, coaching, and peer support and to propel their work-life balance and personal growth to a whole new level.

The College of Education and Human Development in collaboration with our four academic departments plans to support our faculty interested in participating in NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program. Last year EAHR and TLAC in collaboration with CEHD supported 8 faculty who participated in the Faculty Success Program. Based on their positive experiences, we think that this is a worthwhile career development program for our faculty.