Faculty Development Programs
Throughout the year, we host a variety of programs, workshops, and special sessions to help faculty meet their goals.
Whether you are a new faculty member, looking to deepen your connections, or move into an administrative role on campus, we have something to support you.
Are you looking for:
New Faculty Programming
Navigating SBU is a year-long program to help you learn Stony Brook's systems and build your network as a Seawolf
Please join us for any and all of the sessions, as your schedule and interests allow. These sessions exist entirely to help you expand your network, discover campus resources, exchange ideas, and connect with your peers. We look forward to seeing you.
Promotion and Tenure Session
For tenure-track faculty only
Learn more about Stony Brook's promotion and tenure process.
Accessibility with the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Please bring a laptop
Learn about creating accessible and inclusive digital course materials and the campus resources available to support your teaching.
Libraries Resources Social
Join colleagues for a relaxed, informative gathering focused on services and resources that can support your research and scholarship. Topics will include research data management, scholarly publishing, open access, Academic Commons, and other library resources.
Beer, wine, and refreshments will be served.
New Faculty End-of-Semester Social
Let's celebrate the end of the semester together. Join us for an informal evening with your new faculty peers. We'll have beer, wine, refreshments, and great conversations.
We'll review effective practices, discuss lessons learned during the semester, and ask for your ideas about future programming and additional ways we can support you. The things you share help us to improve our programming and develop new initiatives for the future.
Still getting used to life on Long Island?
Chairs Programming
All Chairs and Directors Meeting
Every semester, the provost hosts a meeting for all department chairs and center/institute directors. At the meeting, he shares updates about campus initiatives of note to academic units. We always leave lots of time for your questions as well.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP to the chairs and directors meeting
Best Practices for Faculty Searches
Learn how you can run and support a successful, equitable, and inclusive search for new faculty. We host two sessions about hiring, in partnership with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Intercultural Initiatives and the Office of Access and Equity:
- Hiring in STEM fields,
- Hiring in the humanities and social sciences.
Programming for New Chairs
We host several special programs by invitation only every semester to help new department chairs adjust to their new administrative role.
These invitations will come via email; keep an eye on your inbox for messages from faculty_affairs@stonybrook.edu.
- Student Affairs and the Career Center
- Educational and Institutional Effectiveness
- Ombuds Conversation
- AI, Wearable Technology, and Title II
- Budget Conversation with the Provost