New Faculty Orientation Schedule

NFO 2025 Presentation Slides (Day 1 and Day 2)

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Orientation Day 1, Wednesday, August 13, 2025

> NFO 2025 Presentation Slides (Day 1 and Day 2)

8:15‑8:55 am SHED Room 1300	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00‑9:30 am SHED Room 3350	Welcome Address Prabu David, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
9:30‑9:45 am SHED Room 3350	Office of Faculty Affairs LaVerne McQuiller Williams, Ph.D., JD, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Faculty Senate Executive Committee: Richard Zanibbi, Ph.D., Chair; Professor, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) Keri Barone, MA, Vice Chair; Principal Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Hamad Ghazle, MS, Ed.D., RDMS, RVT, Operations Officer; Professor and Department Head of Clinical Health Professions, College of Health Sciences and Technology (CHST) Stephen Aldersley, Ed.D., Communications Officer; Professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Joseph Lanzafame, Ph.D., Treasurer; Principal Lecturer, College of Science (COS)
9:50‑10:20 am SHED Room 3350	Division of Access, Engagement, and Success Keith Jenkins, Ph.D., Vice President and Associate Provost, Access, Engagement, and Success and Professor, College of Liberal Arts (COLA)
10:20‑10:30 am	Break
10:30‑11:10 am SHED Room 3350	Communicating with Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students Stacey Davis, M.S., Director of Cross-Registered Academic Services; Support Coordinator, COS and CHST; Principal Lecturer, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Billy Windhorn, Manager, NTID Interpreting Team for National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), College of Engineering Technology (CET), Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE), Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS)
11:15‑11:55 am SHED Room 3350	Supporting RIT Students: Academic & Student Affairs Lynne Mazadoorian, Ed.D., Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Student Success; Director, University Advising Office Megan Jaros, LMFT, Director of Student Case Management and Health Promotion; Case Management and Health Promotion
12:00‑12:45 pm SHED Atrium	Networking Lunch – Meet Your New Colleagues!
12:45-1:05 pm SHED Room 3350	Your Teaching Career at RIT Christine Licata, Ed.D., Vice Provost, Academic Affairs and Professor
1:10‑1:50 pm SHED Room 3350	Disability Services Office (DSO) Kelly Kamish, Ed.D., DMA, Associate Director, DSO
2:00‑3:00 pm Wallace Library Rooms: Non-Tenure Track=3560 Tenure Track=3530	Breakout Sessions (A & B below) These sessions are optional for new faculty with “Visiting” rank. A) Your Career Trajectory for Non-Tenure Track Faculty* Wallace Library (other side of SHED), Room 3560 Christine Licata, Ed.D., Vice Provost, Academic Affairs and Professor (Moderator) Jennifer Bailey, Ph.D., Principal Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) Andy Lawrence, EMBA, CAPM, Senior Lecturer, Saunders College of Business (SCB) Marissa Tirone, M.Arch., Principal Lecturer, College of Art and Design (CAD) Adam Towsley, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science (COS) B) Your Career Trajectory for Tenure Track Faculty Wallace Library (other side of SHED), Room 3530 LaVerne McQuiller Williams, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, College of Liberal Arts (COLA), (Moderator) Stephanie Godleski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Malar (Malarvizhi) Hirudayaraj, Ph.D., Faculty Associate for Women Faculty; Director, AdvanceRIT; Associate Professor, Saunders College of Business (SCB) Andy Meneely, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS)
3:00‑4:00 pm SHED Main Floor	New Faculty Resource Fair Participant Roster

*This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Remember to fill out your NFO 2025 Evaluation Form that will be sent to your email later today!

Orientation Day 2, Thursday, August 14, 2025

8:15‑9:00 am SHED Room 1300 Showcase Makerspace	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00‑11:00 am SHED Room 3350	Human Resources and Benefits Ericka Smith-Schubart, Assistant Director, HR Operations Ellen Fustanio, Executive Director, Payroll Sarah Kiessling, Assistant Director, Benefits Tasha Clark, HR Assistant, Benefits
11:00‑11:30 am SHED Room 3350	Individual Opportunities with HR representatives
11:45 am‑12:45 pm SHED, 3rd floor Lobby (3950 SHED) and Room 3350	New Faculty Networking Lunch
1:00‑1:15 pm SHED Room 3350	Overview of the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) Neil Hair, Ph.D., Executive Director, CTL & Professor of Marketing, Saunders College of Business (SCB)
1:15‑1:30 pm SHED Room 3350	Activity: What Excites and Challenges You About Teaching? Jenna Sadue, Assistant Director, Learning Design and Technology, CTL Michael Starenko, Senior Teaching and Learning Consultant, CTL
1:30‑2:00 pm SHED Room 3350	Educational Technology Overview Monica Cormier, Instructional Technologist II, CTL Cana Fuest, Instructional Designer, CTL Sandi Connelly, Associate Director, CTL; Principal Lecturer, College of Science (COS)
2:00‑2:15 pm SHED Room 3350	Classroom Technology @ RIT John Schrenker, Manager Classroom Technology and AV Systems, CTL
2:15‑2:25 pm	Break
2:25‑3:10 pm SHED Room 3350	RIT Teaching Tips: A CTL Faculty Fellows Panel Moderator: Neil Hair, Ph.D., Executive Director, CTL; Professor of Marketing, Saunders College of Business (SCB) Panelists: mari jaye blanchard, Fellow in The Arts; Associate Professor, College of Art and Design (CAD) Bernard Brooks, Fellow in Science/Health Sciences; Professor, College of Science (COS) Jessamy Comer, Fellow in Humanities/Social Sciences; Senior Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Makini Beck, Fellows in Inclusive Teaching Practices; Assistant Professor, School of Individualized Study (SOIS) Mario Gomes, Fellow in Engineering; Principal Lecturer,Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) Matthew Vollmer, Fellow in Business, Saunders College of Business (SCB)
3:10-3:45 pm SHED Room 3350	Small Group Discussion Jenna Sadue, Assistant Director, Learning Design and Technology, CTL, with assistance from CTL Staff colleagues, and CTL Faculty Fellows
3:45‑4:00 pm SHED Room 3350	Wrap-up & Working with the CTL in the Academic Year Neil Hair, Ph.D., Executive Director, CTL; Professor of Marketing, Saunders College of Business (SCB)
4:00‑5:00 pm SHED Atrium	Welcome Reception for New Faculty

*Remember to fill out your NFO 2025 Evaluation Form that will be sent to your email later today!

Questions?

Email: Anne.Marie.Canale@rit.edu or Cheryl.Herdklotz@rit.edu
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