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Faculty Search Committee Workshops 2015-2016

For the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters the following workshops for members of faculty search committees were conducted (please see the new rules concerning attendance in the STRIDE workshops below):

Date Time Location Presenters
Friday, September 11 12:20 – 2:20 PM The Black Cultural Center Michael Olson, Soren Sorensen
Tuesday, September 29 12:40 – 2:40 PM Ayres Hall 405

(Closed for additional reservations. No more available space)

Roberto Benson, Paul Frymier
Wednesday, October 7 2:30 – 4:30 PM Ayres Hall 405

(Closed for additional reservations. No more available space)

Camille Hall, Rhonda Reger
Monday, October 12 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Rm. 156/157 Plant BioTech Bldg. (For faculty at the Ag Campus !) Bonnie Ownley, Soren Sorensen
Thursday, October 22 1:30 – 3:30 PM The Black Cultural Center Judy Cornett, Bonnie Ownley
Thursday, February 11 9:00 – 11:00 AM Nielsen (Physics), Room 307 Michael Olson, Soren Sorensen
Monday, February 29 1:00 – 3:00 PM Buehler (Chemistry) Room 511/512 Roberto Benson, Craig Barnes
Tuesday,  May 3 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Nielsen (Physics), Room 307 Soren Sorensen

The capacity of each workshop is limited to 50 participants (25 for the Spring 2016 workshops), so we request that you reserve space by emailing the following information to stride@utk.edu:

  • First and last name
  • Unit (department, school, center, and/or college)
  • utk.edu email address

You will be required to sign-in at each workshop and after the workshop you will receive an email stating that you participated in the particular workshop.

 

UTK Workshop / Training requirements (changed as of AY2015-2016)

  1. Only the Search Committee Chair will be required to meet with an OED (Office of Equity and Diversity) representative unless the requirement is waived by OED.
  2. OED will offer five sessions for chairs in the fall semester and two in the spring. Each college is responsible for having the chairs of the search committees attend one of these sessions. Any searches approved after the meetings will require the department to work with OED to meet the requirement.
  3. The campus will phase in a requirement that search committee members attend a STRIDE presentation
    1. 2015-16: one-third of the members of the search committee must attend or have attended a presentation by STRIDE
    2. 2016-17: two-thirds of the members of the search committee must attend or have attended a presentation by STRIDE within the last 3 years.
    3. 2017-18: every member of the search committee must attend or have attended a presentation by STRIDE within the last 3 years.