Office of Faculty Affairs
New & Early Career Faculty
Faculty Leadership & Development
Welcome to the University of Georgia. The Office of Faculty Affairs offers resources, workshops, and cohort programs to support faculty success at each stage of a career. This page focuses on opportunities for faculty new to UGA. We encourage you to also review UGA Human Resources Onboarding and Background site.
Join the Mailing List for Faculty Professional Development: Send us your UGA email address to make sure you never miss one of our learning opportunities. Please email the Office of Faculty Affairs for more information.
Opportunities
Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice
The Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice cohort program will take your writing skills and habits to the next level.
Faculty Interest Groups
Faculty Interest Groups are faculty-led, informal meetings or events about a topic related to your work, your professional development, or some personal interest.
Faculty Learning Communities
These structured communities of practice include the key goals of building community, engaging in scholarly (evidenced-based) inquiry, and working toward a shared goal.
Faculty Series
The Office of Faculty Affairs provides workshops, webinars, and events for faculty across their careers.
Intensive Professional Development Programs
Intensive professional development opportunities are sustained, cohort-based programs designed to strengthen faculty capacity and success in support of one’s career trajectory.
Keys to UGA: New Faculty Academy
Keys to UGA is a year-long series of events that provide incoming and early career faculty with resources and information valuable to success.
New Faculty Orientation
At New Faculty Orientation, UGA leaders and award-winning faculty discuss the university’s tripartite mission, strategies for enhancing success, and Bulldog traditions, legends, and lingo.
Promotion and Tenure Workshops
The Office of Faculty Affairs invites academic leaders to join us for small group lunches to meet with UGA leaders and enjoy peer networking.
Select Resources
Get Started:
- Begin your journey as a member of the Bulldog family by visiting OneSource Faculty and Staff Guide: Getting Started at UGA for links to onboarding resources and information about travel, purchasing, paid leave and approval, and more.
- Connect with key resources as you experience life, work and culture at UGA.
- Explore the UGA Human Resources Onboarding and Background Site. In addition, discover resources available to you through:
- Enroll a device in ArchPass. You will use ArchPass, UGA’s two-step authentication service, powered by Duo, to access many UGA systems, including eLC, Athena and OneUSG Connect.
Get to Know UGA:
- Find the UGA academic calendar.
- Check out campus tour options. The UGA Visitors Center offers comprehensive student-led tours of campus. If you prefer a self-paced option, you can also download the Self-Guided Tour Map.
- Access UGA maps and bus routes. Go to the Transportation and Parking services website or download the UGA app to get interactive bus and campus maps.
- Review campus policies. The University of Georgia’s Policy Library is UGA’s central resource for university-level policies and procedures. Here you can also read policies specific to faculty.
- Learn about UGA Elements, an internal repository for faculty to collect data about scholarly, creative and professional activities. All active UGA faculty have access to Elements and are expected to maintain up-to-date profiles as part of the annual performance evaluation process.
- Build your community with:
Connect with the Office of Instruction:
- Visit the Center for Teaching and Learning for teaching resources and training on course design, assessment, pedagogy, course management, etc.
- Explore how the Office of Active Learning supports faculty in enriching their instructional practices.
- Familiarize yourself with Faculty Resources related to academic integrity in the classroom.
Connect with the Office of Research:
- Access resources to Start Your Research Program.
- Sign up for the Research Insights Newsletter, a compilation of research news and announcements, including funding opportunities, policy changes and other updates, intended to support UGA investigators and to help them grow their research programs.
Connect with Public Service and Outreach:
- Explore resources related to faculty work in UGA’s outreach, engagement and economic development mission.
- Learn about the statewide Public Service and Outreach New Faculty Bus Tour.
Connect with Student Affairs:
- Review the resources available from Accessibility and Testing.
- Find out more about how Student Care & Outreach coordinates care and assistance for all students, undergraduate and graduate, who experience complex, hardship, and/or unforeseen circumstances, by providing individualized assistance and tailored interventions.
Further Information
If you have questions or want to receive the OFA Faculty and Leadership Development newsletter, please email the Office of Faculty Affairs at [email protected].
