September 16, 2009

The Graduate School at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus will be holding New Faculty Mentoring Workshops on the following dates, times and locations:

• Tuesday, September 22, 2:00pm-4:00pm - Stewart Center, Room 314
• Friday, October 2, 9:00am-11:00am - Stewart Center, Room 314

Please advise new faculty who will be starting in Fall 2009 to sign up for one of these workshops.  To do so, please contact Joy Beckett, jbeckett@purdue.edu or call her at 765-494-0245.

The purpose of the workshop is to help prepare new faculty to supervise and mentor graduate students.  Participation in the workshop is required for new faculty who have had minimal experience directing graduate students and who seek appointment to the Graduate Faculty. 

In addition to this workshop, faculty who wish to hold a position as a regular member of the Graduate Faculty must be nominated by their unit and be a tenure-track or voting status faculty member.  Appointment to the Graduate Faculty permits a faculty member to teach graduate-level courses, to serve on graduate student advisory committees, and to chair or co-chair master's and Ph.D. committees.