Upcoming Opportunities & Deadlines

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Upcoming Opportunities and Deadlines  

View the full schedule of upcoming workshops and webinars offered by Center for Educational Innovation (CEI). 

• Jun. 11-13: Center for Grading Reform | 2025 Grading Conference
• Jun. 23: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Jul. 1: Planning for Your Next Promotion / "New" Associate Professors (Clinically-Active Faculty)
• Jul. 1: Near-Peer Mentoring / Basic Science Faculty (Asst. Professors / Academic & Clinician Track Faculty)
• Jul. 10: Planning for Your Next Promotion / "New" Associate Professors (Tenure Track and Research-Focused Faculty)
• Jul. 10: Near-Peer Mentoring / Clinical Faculty (PhD Assistant Professors, all tracks)
• Jul. 28: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Aug. 13: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Canvas Essentials Asynchronous Online Only
• Aug. 14: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Teaching in Times of Crisis - Office for Equity and Diversity
• Aug. 19: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Canvas Clinic, Fall 2025
• Aug. 19: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Discussions that Engage All Students
• Aug. 19: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Canvas Gradebook Set Up
• Aug. 19: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Time to Think: Research Assignments and Student Discovery
• Aug. 20: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Digital Accessibility: Create an Accessible Syllabus using 7 core skills
• Aug. 20: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | How Students Are Using AI in Their Research
• Aug. 21: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Opening Moves: Strategies for Day 1 Success
• Aug. 21: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Engaging Students Online
• Aug. 21: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | AI in Teaching Series: Crafting Your AI Syllabus Statement: Choose Your Own Adventure!
• Aug. 21: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | New TA Orientation
• Aug. 25: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Aug. 26: University of Minnesota New Faculty Orientation
• Aug. 26: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | New TA Orientation
• Aug. 26: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Canvas Clinic, Fall 2025
• Aug. 26: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Fostering International and Multilingual Student Success: Back to Basics
• Aug. 27: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | GenAI in Your Fall Teaching
• Aug. 27: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Explore GenAI Tools: Google Gemini and NotebookLM
• Aug. 28: CEI Teaching Enrichment Series | Digital Accessibility Series: Explore Digital Accessibility Tools: Grackle Docs, UDOIT scan, RCE Checker
• Aug. 31: CEI 2025-26 Cohort, Early-Career Teaching and Learning Program - Application deadline, Aug. 31
• Sep. 3: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Fall Cycle begins
• Sep. 15: NCFDD Faculty Success Program, Spring Session Application Deadline
• Sep. 16: Research Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
• Sep. 20: Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club | Group work enhances student performance in biology: A meta-analysis
• Sep. 22: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Sep. 24-Nov. 12: Center for Educational Innovation | Inclusive STEM Teaching Program
• Sep. 25-Oct. 16: Center for Educational Innovation | Designing and Delivering Online Learning Program
• Oct. 7: Planning for Your Next Promotion / "New" Associate Professors (Tenure Track and Research-Focused Faculty)
• Oct. 7: Near-Peer Mentoring / Clinical Faculty (PhD Assistant Professors, all tracks)
• Oct. 9: Planning for Your Next Promotion / "New" Associate Professors (Clinically-Active Faculty)
• Oct. 9: Near-Peer Mentoring / Basic Science Faculty (Asst. Professors / Academic & Clinician Track Faculty)
• Oct. 15: Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club | How do undergraduates cope with anxiety resulting from active learning practices in introductory biology?
• Oct. 23: Medical School New Faculty Orientation
• Oct. 27: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Nov. 20: Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club | Metacognitive Exam Preparation Assignments in an Introductory Biology Course Improve Exam Scores for Lower ACT Students Compared with Assignments that Focus on Terms
• Nov. 24: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
• Nov. 24: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Winter Cycle 2026 application deadline
• Dec. 2: Faculty Development and Engagement Deep Dive Session for New Faculty

Administrative Deadlines (Annually)

• March 15: Adjunct Faculty Annual Activities Report due to department
• April 15: Deadline for Carole J. Bland Award nominations
• May 15: Deadline for sabbatical leave requests
• June 30: Annual appraisals and reviews for all faculty due
• June 30: Adjunct Faculty Annual Activities Report due to OFA
• Aug. 31: CVs for all faculty due
• Sept. 15: Dossiers for Tenure/Academic Track and Clinician Track promotion are due