Fall 2007 Workshop

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Excel at Teaching Plus Publish and Flourish!
With Tara Gray, Ph.D.

All-College Group Mentoring Program Launches the 2007-2008 Year
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 9:00—3:00
Clark Lounge, Campus Center

This event is open to everyone, whether or not you plan to be part of the Mentoring Program in 2007-2008. Workshops described at right. Please register on form at right or by contacting Susanne Morgan.

Tara Gray serves as associate professor of criminal justice and as the first director of the Teaching Academy at New Mexico State University (NMSU). The Teaching Academy provides NMSU educators with training, mentoring, and networking.

Tara was educated at the United States Naval Academy, Southwestern College in Kansas and Oklahoma State, where she earned her Ph.D. in economics by asking, “Do prisons pay?” She taught economics at Denison University before joining the Department of Criminal Justice at NMSU. She has published three books, including her most recent, Publish and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar. She has been honored at NMSU and nationally with seven awards for teaching or service.

Tara has presented faculty development workshops to 3,000 participants in more than twenty of the United States, and in Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Thailand. Workshop participants report that she is “spirited, entertaining, and informative—she’s anything but gray!™”

Plan now to engage in our All-College Group Mentoring Program next year! Why?

• You’ll get to know several other faculty members, new and not-so-new, in an informal context we don’t usually experience.
• You’ll have an hour every couple of weeks or so when the focus is on you.
• You’ll build connections with colleagues whose work life is extremely different from yours.
• You’ll have the opportunity to join a Scholars Working Group, in addition to or instead of your general mentoring group.
• You’ll be able to engage campus leaders in small-group conversation if you invite them to visit your group.
• You’ll consider building a writing-coaching element into your group.
• You’ll become yet another advocate for our unique, acclaimed program.

Please note: Mentoring groups are NOT required to become writing groups! We expect that most groups will continue to focus on all aspects of our faculty lives. Some additional Scholars Working Groups may emerge from this workshop, and Mentoring Groups may engage in regular coaching of each other’s scholarly work. We understand that scholarship is a big concern for many on our campus and are committed to supporting each other in multiple ways.