Faculty Career Development

NFO is an all-day event designed to help full-time faculty become familiar with the university community: people, places, programs, and policies to help you get started with a new career at RIT. There will be opportunities to meet your new colleagues,  representatives of key resource offices, and university leaders.

Learn more about new faculty orientation at RIT

Our Faculty Success Series is designed for faculty to discover resources, enhance scholarship and teaching, network and collaborate with colleagues throughout the academic year, and to continue onboarding our newest faculty cohort.

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Mentoring is an integral part of professional development for all faculty at RIT. Whether you’re new to RIT or recently tenured, all faculty members can benefit from developing and maintaining a network of mentors who can help them navigate different phases of their careers. 

Learn more about faculty mentoring at RIT

NCFDD provides skills and strategies intended to help RIT faculty, post docs, and graduate students thrive in academic life. They offer a variety of professional development and training opportunities, including mentoring, webinars, multi-week courses, 14-day writing challenges, private discussion forums with moderated monthly writing challenges, dissertation success curriculum and discussion forum for advanced graduate students, and priority registration for the faculty success program. RIT is an institutional member of the NCFDD, so the service is free for RIT faculty, post docs, and graduate students. 

Throughout the academic year, leadership development and networking opportunities for department heads, chairs, and directors are offered through RIT's Council of Chairs (CoC) meetings. These sessions foster professional growth, peer learning, discussion of university priorities, and the sharing of effective leadership practices. Additional information is available on the CoC Website. Beyond CoC meetings, new and returning department heads may also participate in leadership development workshops on topics such as business essentials, departmental culture, performance reviews, and faculty onboarding and retention. Additional opportunities are listed below.

Department Head Series

As an RIT adjunct instructor, you’re not just teaching a course, you are joining RIT’s community of teaching and learning excellence. You will play a fundamental role in the lives of RIT students! RIT’s adjunct orientation programs, events, and resources will introduce you to critical information and where to find support on campus.  

More information for adjuncts