The three tenets of faculty responsibility are teaching, research and service. WSU offers professional and faculty development opportunities to support these three pillars, and the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) offers these opportunities related to research. We collaborate with other units on campus that offer faculty development related to teaching, learning, technology and library resources. Together, our goal is to comprehensively provide support for faculty in their dynamic roles.
OVPR collaborates with the Graduate School and the Provost's Office to offer the bi-weekly Professional and Academic Development (PAD) seminar series. We offer trainings on grant writing, as well as on how to use COS.com to search for funding, to network with other experts and to search for conferences in which to present papers. We assist in organizing content-specialized seminars, such as the Nano@Wayne seminar series and BIO101: Introductory Topics for Collaborators.
If you have suggestions on topics for the PAD seminar series or other faculty development needs related to research, please e-mail Sarah James. We welcome your input!
Upcoming Seminars and Training
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- Biosafety Training
- November 23 2009 at 2:00 PMGordon H. Scott HallBiosafety Training is required for all employees who work with materials that are handled at Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2), including work with human blood, body fluids, tissue, cell lines, animals infected with human pathogens, mammalian viruses, etc. This training is required annually. Employees who have taken this class at least once at WSU may take the annual refresher online. The training session for those taking this course for the first time or who prefer to retrain in the classroom setting, may attend the next session on Wednesday, August 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in 3125 Scott Hall. If you have additional questions, please contact Elena Fracassa at 993-5702.
- Nano@Wayne Seminar
- December 1 2009 at 2:30 PMWelcome Center AuditoriumThe Office of the Vice President for Research invites the campus community to attend the next Nano@Wayne seminar on December 1, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at the Welcome Center auditorium. The seminar will feature guest speaker, Charles Wilkie, Pfetschinger-Habermann professor, Polymer and Organic Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
- COS/ScholarUniverse Training for WSU Full-time Faculty
- December 7 2009 at 2:00 PMUndergraduate Library, Computer Lab CCOS/ScholarUniverse Training for WSU Full-time Faculty
- Basic Radiation Safety Training
- December 8 2009 at 1:00 PM5425 WoodwardBasic radiation safety training is required for all employees using radioactive materials in the laboratory. The lecture is held on the second Tuesday of each month from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at 5425 Woodward, Suite 300. The following Monday from 1 to 2:30 p.m., all training attendees must take and pass a written Radiological Health Exam at the same location. Students attending this training this session should discuss with their PI the radioactive materials they will be working with prior to attending the training. All employees and students who continue to use radioactive materials in the laboratory and have taken basic radiation safety training are required annually to take an online refresher course. To access the refresher, visit http://www.oehs.wayne.edu/BRSC_Refresher/radtraining.php. Registration is required for training sessions. Please contact Justina Encarnacion at 577-1200 or ad6295@wayne.edu to register.
- Faculty Meeting: Transformation of Transportation
- December 9 2009 at 10:00 AM5057 WoodwardThe University Research Corridor – Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan – are collaborating in the design of a broad-based, multi-disciplinary research agenda focused upon the transformation of transportation in the Great Lakes region. Inclusive of much beyond automobiles, this research-focused initiative explores critical issues confronting innovations in transportation within the Great Lakes region that are intertwined with Michigan and Canadian Industries. Michigan and the region must confront numerous questions regarding innovation and change, communities and economic development, technology, labor, and policy as the nation moves inexorably in the direction of developing and implementing more sustainable modes of transportation. We envision opportunities for research in the social and behavioral sciences, technology-related sciences, public policy, business and economic development; urban transit; technology innovations; supply chain and logistics; globalization, in-sourcing, and diversity; and the rise of the service economy. We expect to develop both inter-institutional research programs that relate to these areas of inquiry, and to provide knowledge-based insights to policy makers across the region. To further explore the research problems, questions and issues that arise from the need to fundamentally transform the transportation industry in the Great Lakes region, we are convening a set of initial meetings with Wayne State University faculty whose research interests coincide or complement the areas identified above. These meetings will be on December 9, 2009 and January 12, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in 5057 Woodward, room 6202. Registration is requested to assist us with meeting set-up.
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