The Department Chair Learning Community offers a collaborative environment for all chairs
to share and receive peer support and build department leadership skills.
Depending on the topics of most interest to department chairs, guest speakers from around campus may be invited to attend the group to join the discussion and provide resources.
Following on the heels of last year’s visit from How to Chair a Department author Kevin Dettmar, this programming aims to provide an opportunity for faculty serving as department chairs to meet with each other and, when appropriate, with invited guests to learn more about aspects of chairing and to share their challenges and successes. Chairs are welcome to come to one or all sessions, as their schedules allow.
Session topics will be determined by a survey of department chairs prior to the start of the academic year, but may include budgeting and strategic allocation of resources, mentoring and evaluating faculty, space and course scheduling, Workday transition, and dealing with conflicts. Follow-up before or after each session is welcome – please reach out to the facilitator (Holly Cashman, holly.cashman@unh.edu) to set up a meeting (in-person or virtual) or just plan to drop in early or stay late at any of the sessions. Light refreshments will be provided.
Current Sessions
|
Date |
Time |
Topics |
|
Wednesday, September 25 |
11:45am - 1:00pm |
Conversation about budgeting with Finance Director, Sarah Littelfield Connor |
| Late October | TBD |
Presentation from Institutional Research about newly available data to department chairs. |
|
Late-November |
TBD |
TBD taking a poll to determine greatest interest among department chairs |
The Poll was emailed to all department chairs. If you are a department chair (or in a similar role) and you did not receive this email, please contact holly.cashman@unh.edu.
Spring 2025 dates will be posted in Fall 2024.
