NCFDD Institutional Membership

The National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) is an independent professional development, training and mentoring community for over 71,000 faculty, post-docs and grad students, dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. They offer workshops, professional development training and intensive mentorship programs.

NCFDD training teaches concrete, empirically tested strategies for increasing productivity and pays special attention to the challenges of underrepresented faculty. In addition to monthly training workshops, NCFDD provides an opportunity for individual scholars to become more effective.

WSU ADVANCE sponsors the WSU Institutional membership and this membership provides relevant professional development training, support from highly trained and successful mentors, a confidential “safe space” for problem solving, and downloadable formats for self-paced learning.

Benefits to Faculty

Resources for greater success in publication and securing external funding for your research
Strategies that instill confidence as an independent researcher
Tips for fostering better working relationships with departmental colleagues
Increased interactions with both campus-based and external mentors, sponsors, and collaborators
Increased job satisfaction and the ability to truly enjoy the academic life you’ve worked so hard to create

What’s Included:

The Monday Motivator (weekly productivity tips email)
Productivity workshops
Guest expert workshops
Multi-week courses
Private networking forum
Moderated writing challenges
Library of workshop recordings, slides and transcripts
Mentor matches
NCFDD Career Center

Members receive the weekly Monday Motivator; get their pick of our monthly webinars and intensive multiweek courses; and have access to our private discussion forum, monthly writing challenges and accountability partner matches, resource library, and Career Center.

Click HERE for more information about the NCFDD Institutional Membership

Click HERE for the 2018 Information NCFDD ADVANCE Handout

ADVANCE at WSU Lighty Building, Room 190F P.O. Box 641061 Pullman, WA 99164-1061

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