Faculty ADVANCEment Workshops

Faculty ADVANCEment workshops provide UMBC faculty with the necessary information needed to successfully advance through the ranks of academia.

Annually, we host a workshop on the Tenure to Associate Professor Process, and a Promotion to Full Professor Process.
Additional workshops are offered, based on current needs and request from faculty and have included workshops on such topics such as:
  • Exploring opportunities for leadership with intentionality
  • Effective teaching
  • Grant writing
  • Mentoring
  • Resource negotiation
  • Department policies
  • Press relations
  • Work life balance
  • Effective communication techniques
  • Lab management
  • Cultivating your digital footprint
  • Scientific writing