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All OFA programming aims to provide campus, college, school, and unit leadership with the tools and resources necessary to enhance excellence through diversity and to build and retain a more inclusive faculty.

Events and Announcements

UW ADVANCE and the Office for Faculty Advancement, both of which are now part of the Office of Academic Personnel, are partnering to offer a fall workshop on effective practices for assessing faculty application materials. This workshop will address mitigating bias in evaluation, using assessment rubrics, and achieving consensus on which applicants to move forward.

This workshop will take place October 1st, 2024 and be offered in two formats: an in-person workshop and an online webinar. The same content will be offered in both sessions. No recording will be made of these events.

Workshop/Webinar: Effective practices for assessing faculty application materials

In-Person Workshop:
When: October 1, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Location: HUB 145
Click to RSVP to the in-person workshop by Sept. 24

Online Webinar:
When: October 1, 2024
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Click to RSVP to the online webinar

Stay tuned. A companion workshop on effective practices for interviewing candidates will be offered in November 2024 (details forthcoming following the October event).

Programs

The Office for Faculty Advancement supports a range of major programs:

  • Handbook of Best Practices for Faculty Searches and Online Toolkit – a concise Handbook divided into six steps of the search process, supported by an expansive Toolkit of sample materials and additional resources.
  • Faculty Recruitment Initiative – funds provided by the Office of the Provost to enrich competitive recruitment offers for new hires that will enhance a unit’s diversity profile in research, teaching, service, and/or outreach.
  • DEI STEM Faculty Recruitment Initiative – funds provided by the Office of Research to assist in the recruitment of faculty in the STEM disciplines (broadly defined) with a proven history of supporting and mentoring BIPOC students, post-docs, and/or early-career colleagues; conducting research that benefits underrepresented or underserved communities, and/or significantly participating in programs and activities that are aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in their field.
  • Faculty Retention Initiative – funds provided by the Office of the Provost to enrich critical retention efforts for colleagues whose research, teaching, service, and/or outreach assists the university in meeting its goals for diversity and inclusion.
  • NW Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (formerly GWS HERC) – our regional chapter of a national organization focused on increasing access to talented and diverse applicant pools and improving collaborations in cases of dual-career hiring; established at the UW in October 2013.
  • Faculty Advancement Initiative (FAI) – promotes collaborations with colleges, schools, campuses, and individual units to advance the careers of faculty and to promote ongoing training in diversity/inclusion and faculty advancement for university leadership.
  • UW institutional membership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) – an external mentoring resource for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students that includes access to online courses, monthly writing challenges, and a webinar curriculum. NCFDD runs Faculty Success Program (FSP) three times annually. Details available at https://www.ncfdd.org/join.