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Calendar of Events

2026-2027 Career Development Programs

The Office of the Provost provides many programs that equip faculty with the necessary resources to succeed.

2026-2027 Calendar of Events
Date Event Target participants
Sept. 11 New Chairs Welcome New department chairs
Sept. 17 Early Career Faculty Pathways Program Kickoff    New and early career faculty
Oct. 2 Advancing Mentoring Excellence, Session #1, Evanston All faculty 
Oct. 5 Faculty Leaders Series: Practical Tools for Holding Difficult Conversations with Michelle Manno, Associate Provost for Community Enrichment and Sarah Klaper, University Ombudsperson  Faculty leaders
Oct. 13 Early Career Faculty Pathways Program: Thriving at Northwestern - Building Your Network and Finding Your Community New and early career faculty
Oct. 19 From Overwhelmed to Strategic: A Time Management Monthly Series for Faculty  All faculty
Oct. 22 Communicating Your Research: Distilling Your Message All faculty
Oct. 23 Advancing Mentoring Excellence, Session #1, Chicago 
All faculty
Oct. 30 Advancing Mentoring Excellence, Session #2, Evanston  All faculty
Nov. 1 ImagineU Children’s Theatre: Grace and the Butterfly Effect (purchase using the code FAMILY for the Nov. 1 show only) All faculty
Nov. 2  Faculty Leaders Series: Aligning Expectations, Communication, and Boundaries Across Generations, Adam Goodman, Director, Center for Leadership  Faculty leaders
Nov. 10 Early Career Faculty Pathways Program: Research, Scholarship and Creative Practice New and early career faculty
Nov. 12 Managing Screens and AI with Your Children  All faculty
Nov. 16 From Overwhelmed to Strategic: A Time Management Monthly Series for Faculty  All faculty
Nov. 30 Faculty Leaders Series: Leadership in the Age of AI, Richard Jolly, Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg  Faculty leaders
Dec. 1 Advancing Mentoring Excellence, Session #2, Chicago  All faculty

Past Faculty Programs