New and Not-So-New Faculty Network
I am the founder and organizer of the New and Not-So-New Faculty Network, an informal group of junior and senior faculty who meet twice every semester to share lunch, stories, and tips for "learning the ropes" at the Brooklyn Campus of LIU. We started as a handful of newly hired faculty in September 2003 and now have more than one hundred junior and senior faculty members.
Each meeting features a guest speaker presenting on a topic of interest to new faculty.These meetings provide opportunities for junior and senior faculty to get to know each other. Below is a list of upcoming and past events.
If you are a faculty member on the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, please e-mail me at sophia [dot] wong [at] liu [dot] edu to join our network and our listserve, which we use to post general questions and answers, to publicize upcoming events of interest, and to announce our meetings.
List of Past Events
| Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| Applying for Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure |
Margaret Cuonzo, Philosophy |
| Q & A for New Faculty Members |
Hal Barton, Anthropology |
| Introducing Your Faculty Union | Joseph Filonowicz, LIUFF Grievance Officer |
| Poetry Welcoming the New Faculty to LIU |
Wally Glickman, Physics |
| The TIAA-CREF Faculty Retirement Program |
Michael Pelias, LIUFF Treasurer |
| Survival Tips I Learned over the Past 20 Years at LIU |
Stacy Gropack, Physical Therapy |
| Integrating Writing into Your Courses |
William Burgos, WAC |
| Preparing for the Third Year Review | Maria McGarrity, English |
| Getting Grants at LIU |
Anthony DePass, Associate Dean of Research |
| The Joys and Challenges of Parenting on the Tenure Track | Andrea Slonosky, Media Librarian |
| Tips on Publishing |
Louis Parascandola, English |
| Serving Students with Special Needs |
Jeffrey Lambert, Special Educational Services |
| Library Resources and Services |
Ingrid Wang, Library |
| Tips for Retirement Planning with TIAA-CREF |
Thomas Kelly, TIAA-CREF |
| "Tracing Nature" (Art Opening) | Hilary Lorenz, Visual Arts |
| Persisting and Publishing |
Sealy Gilles, English |
| Off the Record Classroom Observation Exchange |
Margaret Cuonzo, Teaching and Learning Initiative |
| How Our Research Group Motivates Us to Publish |
Marshall Hagins and Evangelos Pappas, Physical Therapy |
| Breaking The Silence: What Students with Learning Disabilities Don’t Tell You |
David Flink, Project Eye-to-Eye |
| Sometimes Life Can Get Stressful...and Talking Helps: Information On What the Psych Services Center Can Offer Your Students and How to Help Them Use It |
Linda Penn, Director of the LIU Psychological Services Center |
| Tips on Preparing the Personnel Summary or Tenure Portfolio |
Yafeng Xia, History, and Christopher League, Computer Science |
| The Challenge of Teaching: New Perspectives, 'Old' Advice |
Mark Birchette, Teaching and Learning Initiative |