News & Events
Registration Now Open for 2025 - 2026 Peer Networks!
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We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for our 2025 - 2026 Faculty Peer Networks! These networks offer structured support, professional development, and community for faculty with shared interests and career paths.
Registration Open: Faculty Search Committee Train-the-Trainer Course
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To build the capacity of faculty and staff to engage in fair and effective searches, ADVANCE and ODI are offering a train-the-trainer course for faculty and staff involved in faculty hiring, recruitment, evaluation, and/or administration. After the course, participants will be prepared
Register for the 2025 PTK Symposium- March 6 & 7
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The 2025 PTK Symposium is a two-day event taking place on March 6th and 7th, 2025.
Register Now! Faculty Promotion Workshops - Winter 2025
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Join us for one-day, in-person workshops for assistant professors (January 23rd, 2025 10am - 3:30pm) and associate professors (Friday, January 24th, 2025 10am - 3:30pm) aimed at preparing for promotion.
Registration for virtual "Negotiation for Academics" workshop 10/31 now open
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Register for a workshop on negotiation led by nationally recognized coach Rena Seltzer.
Celebrating Former ADVANCE Professors as UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award Recipients
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We're excited to announce that three of the six recipients of the UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award are former ADVANCE Professors! Congratulations to Brooke Lui, Linda Steiner, and Vijaya Venkataraman on this well-deserved recognition!
Rena Seltzer to lead workshops on Negotiation for Academics Sept 26 & 27
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Workshops organized by school/college will teach faculty about negotiation across contexts such as salary, teaching, and collaboration. Register Today!
MarylandToday: ‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’
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In MarylandToday, UMD’s five female deans shared during this Women’s History Month their experiences rising through the ranks of leadership, the challenges they’ve faced and how they are paving the way for the women who follow.
May 10th: ADVANCE-ABRI-VFTS Faculty Writing Retreat
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Join ADVANCE Advancing Faculty Diversity Peer Network (AFD), the Anti-Black Racism Initiative (ABRI), and the BSOS VisionTeam for Faculty Success (VTFS) for a faculty writing retreat on May 10th, from 9 am to 1:30 pm.
First Annual TerrapinSTRONG Symposium
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The First Annual TerrapinSTRONG Symposium will be on Wednesday, November 1 from 9am-4pm in the STAMP Student Union.