Annual Networking event, 2009
For abundant photos of the event, please click here.SEEDS UM-wide networking dinner on October 19th, 2009, hosted 120 people from all three UM campuses. The event began with a networking and dinner session during which monitors profiled SEEDS people and events and participants interacted with people they knew, and people they didn't know. The keynote address by President Donna Shalala described the importance of diversity programs nationwide and her strong support for SEEDS activities at UM. SEEDS endeavors were briefly highlighted by speakers: SEEDS Director Kathryn Tosney, SEEDS You Choose Award Winners Tulay Koru-Sengul, Lisa Beal, Eunji Lim, Paquita Zuidema and (represented by Mary Lou King) Joy Lincoln as well as Speed Mentoring participants, Claudia Rodrigues, Angela Knapp and Marilyn Brandtan. The program included an audience perception survey that used "student response units" to gather people's perceptions on UM's climate.
The evening culminated with the inaugural SEEDS Interactive Theatre skit, The Mid-Term Review for Tenure, presented by SEEDS Theatre Director Jennifer Burke, stage manager Christine D'Amore, facilitator David Wilson and the SEEDS Repertory Players Janet Allard, Maha McCain, Marc Mocohbe, Glenn Patron, Lee Soroko and Jennifer Vellenga. Thanks to Tanya Busch for the photos below.Downloadable resources
Application form for a You Choose award (due December 15) docx, 48 KB
Career survival resources list mentioned by Kathryn Tosney pdf 104 KB
Slides of SEEDS people and events pptx 14 MB
Results of the audience climate perception survey pptx, 1.1 MB
List of event participants url
SEEDS annual networking event: program pamphlet pdf 408 KB
Assessment
- What were the best features of this event?
• Networking – meeting colleagues across UM and outside department
• IT, Very good! The best, great
•Learning about SEEDS and SEEDS events
• President Shalala – always a great speaker. Wish she stayed longer.
• Food and networking opportunity
• Relaxed and focused on faculty development
• I-Clickers were great
• Hearing from faculty, Shalala’s remarks
• Networking with high level leadership
• Presentations and audio visuals
• The upbeat tone of future directions at UM Re: these issues
• President Shalala speak; would like to learn more specifics about what the University is doing to increase gender parity among Science and English faculty
Please identify the most crucial issue that would enhance your ability to be successful at UM.
• Clearer identification of promotion & tenure criteria, not just the “gestalt.” Jr. Faculty need to know
• Efficient and effective means for handling logistics, paperwork, etc… IRB, HR Included. Particularly voluntary faculty, paying continuing education faculty*
• Better mentors and mentoring events for women faculty
• More small pots of $ made available for individual initiatives, similar to YCLF
• Leadership and new challenges hired in my department at chair level also
• Free up time for research
• Mentoring
• Better feedback on what will come up in tenure review
• Good mentoring for successful grant writing, collaboration, manuscript prep/submission/rebuttal
• Decrease administrative burdens on researchers
• Mentoring
• Supportive environment – SEEDS does a great job of this
• More space
• Support for education and educational research at med school
• Research funding/support
• Family/career balance is always hard
• Promotion process
• $ for more tenure track hires, matching and for spousal hires
• Negotiating for resources
• Increased leadership training/opportunities
• Better facilities, infrastructure
• Mentoring
