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
2026
- Jan. 7, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Winter Cycle 2026 begins
- Jan. 20, 2026: Research Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
- Jan. 26, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Feb. 23, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Mar. 23, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Mar. 23, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Summer Cycle 2026 application deadline
- Apr. 23, 2026: New Faculty Orientation
- Apr. 27, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- May 6, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Summer Cycle 2026 begins
- May 19, 2026: Faculty Development and Engagement Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
- May 20, 2026: Faculty Assembly
- Jun. 22, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Jul. 27, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Jul. 27, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Fall Cycle 2026 application deadline
- Aug. 24, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Aug. 25, 2026: University of Minnesota New Faculty Orientation
- Sep. 2, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Fall Cycle 2026 begins
- Sep. 15, 2026: Research Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
- Sep. 28, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Oct. 22, 2026: New Faculty Orientation
- Oct. 26, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Nov. 23, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
- Nov. 23, 2026: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Winter Cycle 2027 application deadline
- Dec. 1, 2026: Faculty Development and Engagement Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
- Dec. 21, 2026: Faculty Advisory Council meeting
2027
- Jan. 6, 2027: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Winter Cycle 2027 begins
- Jan. 19, 2027: Research Deep Dive Session for New Faculty
- Mar. 22, 2027: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Summer Cycle 2027 application deadline
- May 12, 2027: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Summer Cycle 2027 begins
- Jul. 26, 2027: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Fall Cycle 2027 application deadline
- Sep. 8, 2027: Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Fall Cycle 2027 begins
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