ACES

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Workshops | Provost's Annual Leadership Retreat | Distinguished Lecturers | University Wide Meetings

Career Development workshops and meetings are held periodically through out the year for faculty, department chairs and administrators. A twice yearly Faculty Development workshops take place in cooperation with the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and past workshops have included "Gendered Communication in Academe", "Negotiation at the Academy", "Success Strategies for Women in Academic Careers", and "Successful Mentoring".

University-wide meetings are held once a year to about climate change issues. Multiple meetings were held with a variety of constituents around campus over 3 days in October 2004 about Improving the Chilly Climate for Women Students, and the Provost's Annual Leadership Retreat for Department Chairs takes place each fall since 2004. The first University-Wide Meeting of Women Faculty was held on January 26, 2006 to share information and brainstorm the institutionalization of ACES initiatives.

Women Faculty who attented a Development Workshop had this to say:

• "It encouraged me to continue working towards my career"
• I am currently in the ACES program. I feel a lot of the issues that came up today are being addressed by this program
• I feel fortunate to have had this awesome opportunity
• Networking and strategic alliance is important and efficient for the clinical faculty

	Susan Case event: Susan S. Case, Ph.D., of the Department of Organizational Behavior presented the faculty development workshop "Gendered Communication in Academe: Understanding the Gap – Valuing the Differences" on Friday, February 17, 2006 in the 1914 Lounge in Thwing Center.
	University Wide Meeting for Women Faculty: Institutionalizing ACES. On January 26, 2006, ACES held a meeting for all women faculty to share information and brainstorm.
	Deborah Kolb event: Deborah Kolb, Ph.D., Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women & Leadership at the Simmons School of Management presented "Negotiation at the Academy: A Workshop for Women Faculty."
	Sandra Donovan event: Sandra Donovan, Ph.D. (Case, Chemistry) presented "Success Strategies for Women in Academic Careers" as part of a series of ACES networking events at the Center for Women. More than 60 women, including faculty, graduate students, and industry executives, attended the workshop where Donovan shared insights and strategies from her 30 year career in the corporate world and as a consultant to private and public decision makers.
	Bernice Sandler event: Nationally known expert on women's issues and author of Title IX, Dr. Bernice Sandler visited Case October 18-20, 2004, sponsored by WISER (Women in Sciences and Engineering Roundtable) and ACES.
	Claire Scott Miller event: The first networking event was held on February 25, 2005. Case's own Claire Scott Miller presented "Successful Mentoring for Women in Academic Careers."