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2023 New Faculty Orientation

Location:  Dupré Library

                 Staff Lounge, Room 221

Date:         August 15, 2023

Time:        7:45 am

 

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Dianne F. Olivier, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Student and Faculty Excellence

Faculty Senate

Dr. Phil Auter, President, Faculty Senate

Overview of Office of Student & Faculty Excellence

Dr. Dianne F. Olivier, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Student and Faculty Excellence

Student Success

Dr. Beth Giroir, Executive Director of Student Success
Lana Rodriguez, Associate Director of Student Success

Grade Check

Melissa Chavis, SSM Systems Analyst, Academic Success Center

F.E.R.P.A.

Amy Desormeaux, Registrar

Dupré Library Introduction

Dr. Brian Doherty, Dean of University Libraries

Research

Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, Vice President, Research, Innovation, and Economic Development
Dr. Kumer Das, Assistant Vice President, Research, Innovation, and Economic Development & Assistant Provost

Break (15 mins)

Office of Student Affairs (Part 1 & Part 2)

Dr. Margarita Perez, Dean of Students

Academic Honesty & Appeals

Carl Tapo, Senior Director, Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities

Lamar Dixon, Assistant Director, Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities

Human Resources

Katherine LeBlanc, HRBP; Andrea Bonin, HRBP
Shekethia Ryan-Williams, Sr. Retirement Coordinator

Michele Broussard, Director of HR Consultancy 

Disability Services

Dr. Carol Landry, Director, Office of Disability Services

Institutional Effectiveness

Dr. Blanca Bauer, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Dr. Melissa Lewis, Director of Planning and Academic Initiatives

Lunch (45 mins)

Moodle

Michael D. Williams, Instructional Technologist, Distance Learning;
Dr. Alise Hagan, Instructional Designer

Distance Education

Dr. Francesco Crocco, Instructional Support Manager, Distance Learning

Graduate Students

Dr. Mary Farmer Kaiser, Dean of the Graduate School & Professor of History

Diversity

Professor Kiwana McClung, Chief Diversity Officer & Associate Professor of Architecture

Break (15 mins)

Undergraduate Student Research

Dr. Sherry Krayesky-Self, Director, Student Center for Research, Creativity, and Scholarship (SCRCS)

Environmental Health & Safety

Carl “Taz” Wininger, Director, Office of Environmental Health, and Safety & Interim Director Risk Management

Student - Athletes

Dr. Anita Hazelwood, Department Head & Professor, Health Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences & Faculty Athletics Representative

Questions

Dr. Dianne F. Olivier, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Student and Faculty Excellence