Faculty Affairs
Academic Leadership Program 2012-2013
Session 3: Developing a vision for one's department/division
Tuesday November 13, 2012
8:00 am – 10:00 am
East Baltimore Campus
Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street
Room E9519
Experienced panel discusses:
- What is a departmental vision? How does one set priorities?
- Kinds of change: faculty, graduate program, undergraduate curriculum
- Setting goals: SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely)
- Negotiating with the dean to strengthen the department
- Three biggest challenges
- Three best examples of moving towards change
Panelists:
Stephen Desiderio, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Director of Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Director of Immunobiology Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, SOM [bio]
Diane Griffin, Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, BSPH [bio]
Daniel Reich, Professor and Chair of Department of Physics and Astronomy, KSAS [bio]
Ben Schafer, Professor and Chair of Department of Civil Engineering, WSE [bio]