Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that LMU has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an institutional member. The NCFDD is a nationally recognized organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students.
They provide a variety of virtual programs and resources including:
- Weekly Monday Motivator
- Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
- Monthly Guest Expert Webinars
- Access to Multi-Week Courses
- Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
- Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, and moderated writing challenges
- Monthly accountability buddy matches
- Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges
- Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings.
To sign up for a free account that will allow access to the benefits of LMU’s institutional membership, including access to the materials, webinars, and weekly newsletters, complete the following steps:
- Go to http://www.facultydiversity.org/join;
- Choose Loyola Marymount University from the drop-down menu;
- Select “Activate my Membership”;
- Complete the registration form using your LMU email address (i.e. @lmu.edu);
- Go to your email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email.
Participation with NCFDD materials is voluntary. The Center for Teaching Excellence will offer programming in alignment with our new membership in the coming months. Please check back at the CTE page for more information and a list of upcoming events.
If you have any questions about the membership, please contact: Kat Weaver, kat.weaver@lmu.edu or the Office of Faculty Development, ofd@lmu.edu. If you have any technical questions, please email NCFDD at Membership@FacultyDiversity.org.
Sincerely,
Kat Weaver, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Research, Professional Development, and Online Learning
