Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity | May 2024

Retirement Reception for Lisa Eberle-Mayse

Lisa Eberle-Mayse, the university’s Child and Family Care Facilitator, is retiring after helping hundreds of employees navigate options and resources for family care, including childcare, early childhood education, schools, and adult/elder care. Please join us in celebrating Lisa’s retirement and thank her for all her support throughout the years. Location TBD, May 6 (12–1 p.m.) register here by 5 p.m today

Coming Soon - Faculty Pedagogy and Curriculum Enhancement Program from CEILE (Creating Equitable & Inclusive Learning Environments)

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the Office of the Provost are proud to announce a faculty pedagogy and curriculum enhancement program: Creating Equitable & Inclusive Learning Environments (CEILE). This program is a year-long opportunity for faculty wishing to develop a plan for enacting inclusive and anti-racist practices in their teaching and curriculum design. The program will use a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) cohort model to support faculty as they develop equitable and inclusive learning practices for a specific course of their choosing.

Faculty who actively participate in the CEILE cohort meetings, develop, and implement their inclusive teaching plan, and complete the program reflection will receive a $2,000 inclusive teaching grant in the form of a contribution to the faculty member’s professional development, discretionary, or research account.

The application deadline for the Fall 2024-Spring 2025 cohort is Friday, May 17. To apply to participate in the program, please complete the form at the bottom of the program description page. If you have questions about this opportunity, please reach out to Lorien Carter, Inclusive Pedagogy Faculty Fellow through the Office of the Provost at lcarter@wustl.edu.  

Highlighted Events

Assembly Series - Fireside Chat with Jennifer Pahlka 

EPNEC, Medical Campus

May 6 (3 p.m.)

Code for America founder and former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Obama, Jennifer Pahlka joins Dr. Philip Payne, digital transformation implementation chair, to discuss the parallels of insights from her recent book and how they inform the critical challenges facing the academy and healthcare such as the optimal use of healthcare information technology and the clinical application of digital access and medical care.

Mentoring Intensive

Danforth Campus

May 16 (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.)

The curriculum features five essential modules developed by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). This intensive is tailored for WashU faculty dedicated to mentoring graduate students and early career faculty, offering a unique blend of theory-based exercises and case studies proven to enhance your mentoring impact.

Crossroads Spring 2024 Danforth Campus May 17 (9 a.m.–5 p.m)

Crossroads Anti-racism Conversations will provide a unique and important opportunity for WashU faculty, staff and leadership to discuss and learn about social and institutional histories, policies, and practices that impact our lives and experiences, both professionally and personally.

Applications Open for the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program

The Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program brings to WashU individuals from underrepresented backgrounds who have distinguished themselves as leaders and innovators in the academy, business, or in other fields of endeavor. Learn more and apply to the program here. In 2023–24, the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program is expanding its support to make it easier for top international scholars to visit WashU. Submit a global candidate.

Additional Events and Opportunities

• Consultation Hours Available on Equity-Centered Work: Aurora Kamimura, assistant provost for inclusive excellence, offers regular consultation hours on equity-centered work focused on faculty searches and graduate admissions. please sign up for a meeting time

• Association for Women Faculty (AWF): Join the AWF the first Friday of every month for happy hour (3:30–5 p.m.) at the Bear Public House in the Knight Center (Danforth Campus).

• Free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Courses for Missourians: UMSL’s Missouri Institute of Mental Health is offering free Mental Health Health First Aid or Youth Mental Health First Aid courses. Mental Health First Aid teaches you to recognize signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, and prepare you to help a family member, friend, co-worker, or neighbor. 

• Faculty Grants: WashU Leads and the Bauer Leadership Center will provide grants to support faculty to innovate in research and education. As a start, in Spring 2024, they will provide educational grants to support faculty to develop a new course or add a module to an existing course on relevant topics. The focus for this round will be undergraduate courses which involve first year students. Details on the grant program will be released in early January. For inquiry or more information, contact Mayo Amos, program manager for WashU Leads.

• Free NCFDD Membership and Programming: Claim your free membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). Learn more about this free membership, available to all WashU faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and trainees. Plus, the NCFDD programming calendar is live and visible upon joining NCFDD.