Wayne State University is now an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. The NCFDD is an independent faculty development center dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. The membership provides all faculty, postdocs and graduate students with access to NCFDD's member resources.

Members have access to the following resources at no cost:

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.

Visit www.FacultyDiversity.org/Join to claim a membership. Instructions on how to sign up can be found here. Once you complete the registration process and receive a welcome email from NCFDD, you can register for an upcoming training including the 14-Day Writing Challenge (registration closes October 25) and a host of webinars (see Fall 2018 calendar here).

"We will continue working with faculty and the Office of Teaching and Learning to host group NCFDD webinars and related panel discussions," said Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Faculty Success and Professor of Psychology Annmarie Cano, Ph.D. "Stay tuned for a separate email containing the schedule of this format of webinars as well as other programming to support your success."