Career and Advancement: New Faculty
2025-2026 New Faculty Meeting Series
Additional virtual meetings for the 2025 new faculty cohort will be hosted throughout the year. The sessions will be hosted via Zoom and recorded. The following schedule is tentative.
Zoom information will be shared via Outlook calendar.
Overview of Student Resources & Office of the University Ombuds
Presenters:
- Justin Denney, Professor and University Ombuds
- Kim Holapa, Senior Associate Vice Provost for External Relations and Strategic Initiatives
- Matthew Jeffries, Assistant Dean of Students & Director of Campus Climate and Community Building
- Karen Metzner, Assistant Dean of Students & Director of the Center for Community Standards
- Romando Nash, Vice Provost for Student Affairs
- Lenka Perkins, University Ombuds
Academic Success and Career Center and Advising Structure
- Presenters:
- Terese King, Executive Director, Academic Success and Career Center
- Amanda Morgan, Associate Director, Academic Success and Career Center
International Programs
- Presenters:
- Paul Whitney, Interim Vice President for International Programs
- Kate Hellmann, Director of International Student and Scholar Services
WSU Shared Governance and Organizational Overview
- Presenters:
- Doug Call, Senior Vice Provost
- Matt Hudelson, Faculty Senate Executive Secretary and Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Tracy Klein, Faculty Senate Pas Chair and Professor, Department of Nursing and Systems Science
Early Alert Systems and Midterm Grades
- Presenters:
- Terese King, Executive Director, Academic Success and Career Center
- Erika Offerdahl, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Recognition
Center for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning Panel
- Presenters:
- Ben Calabretta, Director, Center for Civic Engagement
- Jessica Perone, Assistant Director of Engaged Learning
Native American Programs and the Land-Grant Mission
- Presenters:
- Amanda Boyd, IREACH Co-Director
- Jerry Crowshoe, Native American Health Sciences Program Director
- Denise Dillard, IREACH Co-Director
- Zoe Higheagle Strong, Vice Provost for Native American Relations and Programs & Tribal Liaison to the President
- Caren Rosenbaum, Tribal Community Specialist in Environmental Justice and Stewardship
- Hannah Tomeo, K-12 Coordinator, Native American Health Sciences
Topics and Presenters Forthcoming
Topics and Presenters Forthcoming
Annual Review, Promotion, and Mentoring
- Presenters:
- Doug Call, Senior Vice Provost
- Erika Offerdahl, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Recognition
2025-2026 New Faculty Research Information Series
The Office of Research will provide informational sessions to new faculty across all disciplines and campuses. This virtual series will introduce research and artistic practice requirements and resources at WSU.
Topics include:
- Navigating the new federal funding landscape
- WSU grant proposal basics
- Finding funding and other research support services
- Compliance and ethics in research at WSU
- Research impact
- WSU’s eREX
- Budgets and justification
- Workday dashboard and PI reports
- WSU’s eIRB
- Commercialization
When?
- Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Fall: September 23 – October 21
- Spring: January 27 – March 3
Where?
- RSVP to receive a calendar invitation with Zoom access
Questions?
Email or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu
2025 New Faculty Orientation
The Provost’s Office hosted the virtual 2025 New Faculty Orientation on August 15, 2025. Zoom recordings and transcripts, as well as meeting materials, are available by request.
If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Kristina Peterson-Wilson (Vice Provost for Academic Administration & Chief of Staff) or Haylee Hansen (Senior Principal Assistant) at (509) 335-5581.