New Academic Faculty Orientation - August 2025
Welcome to Georgia Tech, New Faculty!
On behalf of the Vice Provost for Faculty, Dr. Michelle Rinehart, we welcome you to Georgia Tech and look forward to supporting your success as a faculty member. You are now part of a unique community dedicated to enacting our mission to improve the human condition through advanced science and technology.
New Faculty Orientation
Sponsored by the Offices of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Faculty Professional Development, New Faculty Orientation for all new permanent academic faculty will take place on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 from 9am to 4:30pm. Breakfast will be available before the event.
Please see below for additional new faculty events from the Office of Faculty Professional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning, Office of Information Technology, and Human Resources.
| Time | Event/People |
| 8-9 | Check-in and optional breakfast and coffee |
| 9-9:15 | Welcome to Georgia Tech Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development, Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Dr. Leslie Sharp, Dean of GT Libraries Dr. Michelle Rinehart, Vice Provost for Faculty |
| 9:15-9:45 | Meet the Interim Provost Karie Davis-Nozemack |
| 9:45-10:15 | Who Are Georgia Tech's New Faculty? |
| 10:15-10:45 | Research at Tech - The Research Enterprise Raghupathy Sivakumar, VP Commercialization |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:15 | Lightning Roungs:
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| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:30 | Welcome and Introduction to the Teaching Environment Dr. Larry Jacobs, Senior Vice Provost for Education and Learning |
| 1:30-2:30 | CTL’s Block Dr. Laura Carruth, Associate Vice Provost for Transformative Teaching and Learning and Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Community Building Activity |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-4:00 | Getting to Know Georgia Tech Students/Student Panel
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| 4:00-4:20 | Faculty Governance Overview Dr. Dima Nazzal, Director of Professional Practice, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Chair of the Faculty Executive Board Dr. Adam Steinberg, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, and Secretary of the Faculty |
| 4:20-4:30 | Concluding Remarks |
Office of Faculty Professional Development Fall Offerings
Leadership Exploration Certificate and Career Well-Being Certificate Workshops - Learn more and Register!
Writing Retreats (3-hour virtual writing blocks) - Register here!
Workshop Offerings (30-minutes, virtual unless otherwise noted) - Register here!
Strategic Planning Your Semester TBA
Take 30 minutes to kick off your semester with this brief, practical workshop on how to create a strategic plan for getting your most important work done this semester.
Building Your Academic Network TBA
Networking is a crucial skill for academics. In this workshop we will review strategies and develop an actionable plan for growing your network virtually and in person.
Building Your Social Media: LinkedIn TBA
Academics are increasingly using LinkedIn to share their work and build networks. In this short workshop, we will review strategies for creating a maintaining a LinkedIn presence to meet your networking goals.
Considering Professional Service TBA
Service is a necessary part of academic work and an opportunity to directly impact the Institute or your discipline. Learn how to strategically select service opportunities and to connect your service work to your most meaningful goals.
Writing an Effective Annual Self-Evaluation – 60 min TBA
The end of the calendar year is an opportunity to review your progress and to share that work with your supervisor in your annual review narrative. In this workshop, we will review strategies for writing an effective annual review that showcases your achievements and sets goals for the coming year.
Additional Events and Opportunities
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops
Each August, the Center for Teaching and Learning hosts a Fall Teaching Kickoff event. This year's event includes the syllabus clinic, a keynote on teaching with AI and breakout sessions on teaching with Canvas, small teaching, and addressing common teaching challenges.
Human Resources and Benefits Review
USG New Hire Benefits Orientation - website, video
GT Benefits - website
OIT Digital Learning Faculty Trainings
Check out this page to review upcoming sessions - Date TBA - on how to maximize your use of Canvas for courses.
Newly hired full-time “permanent” academic faculty are invited to these events, which includes tenure-track or tenured assistant, associate, and full professors, Lecturers, Academic Professionals at all ranks, and Professors of the Practice.