2024 Academic Retreat Schedule

August 12 – 24, 2024

Retreat Schedule PDF

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
August 12 Department Heads Retreat New Faculty Orientation ETE: Foundations of USU Teaching	August 13	August 14 Empowering Teaching Excellence Conference Statewide Faculty Recognition Dinner	August 15 College Retreats	August 16 Department Retreats (Departments with or without Statewide/Eastern faculty)
August 19 Department Retreats (without Statewide/Eastern faculty) USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat	August 20 USU Eastern Welcome Breakfast New Faculty Research Orientation USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat	August 21 Connections	August 22 USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE Retreat Connections	August 23 USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE Retreat Connections

Event Details

Date	Event	Location & Time	Invited	Contact
August 12	Department Heads Retreat	TSC Ballroom 8:00 am – 3:00 pm	All academic department heads and others by invitation only	Michele Hillard 435-797-0121 michele.hillard@usu.edu
August 12	New Faculty Orientation	TBD 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (12:00 -1:00 lunch provided)	New tenured, tenure-track, and term faculty (not temporary) with start dates after August 2023	Jenna Padelsky 435-797-1840 jenna.padelsky@usu.edu
August 12	ETE: Foundations of USU Teaching	TBD 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm	New teaching faculty with start dates after August 2023	Travis Thurston 435-797-4950 ete@usu.edu
August 14	Empowering Teaching Excellence Conference	TSC Ballroom 8:00 am – 4:30 pm	All faculty	Travis Thurston 435-797-4950 ete@usu.edu
August 14	Statewide Faculty Recognition Dinner	President's Home 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Statewide faculty by invitation Only	Terin Crane 435-797-5701 terin.crane@usu.edu
August 15	College Retreats	Determined by Colleges	Determined by Colleges	Individual Colleges
August 16	Department Retreats (Departments with or without Statewide/Eastern faculty)	Determined by Departments	Determined by Departments	Individual Departments
August 19	Department Retreats (without Statewide/Eastern faculty)	Determined by Departments	Determined by Departments	Individual Departments
August 19–20	USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat	Arts & Events Center 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Monday) 8:30 am – 1:00 pm (Tuesday)	All Blanding faculty and staff	Donna Blake 435-678-8145 donna.blake@usu.edu
August 20	New Faculty Research Orientation	TBD 11:00 am – 2:00 pm	All new faculty	Alexa Sand 435-797-8549 alexa.sand@usu.edu
August 20	USU Eastern Welcome Breakfast	JLSC-MPR 8:30 am – 11:00 am	All USU Eastern faculty and staff	Erin Rowley 435-613-5306 erin.rowley@usu.edu
August 22–23	USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE Retreat	JLSC-Alumni Rm. 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (tentative)	All USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE faculty and staff	Jessica Johnson 435-613-5276 jessica.johnson@usu.edu