Faculty Professional Development Days
The Faculty Center鈥檚 鈥淭hriving in Academia鈥� Professional Development Days (PD Days) are scheduled twice during the academic year. Topics covered are pertinent to faculty鈥檚 professional growth, promotion, retention, teaching, and student success.
PD Day Spring 2026
- Event Date:聽January 7, 2026
- Event Time:聽8:30 AM鈥�3:00 PM
- 尝辞肠补迟颈辞苍:听Nessmith-Lane Conference Center, 847 Plant Dr., Statesboro, GA 30458
*Lunch will be served
Event Details
Join us for an all-day interactive workshop with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD. Dr. Pope-Ruark is the Director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a leading voice in faculty wellbeing and professional growth. Holding a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication with over 17 years as a tenured professor, Dr. Pope-Ruark now focuses her work on helping faculty build meaningful, sustainable academic careers grounded in purpose and balance. She is also an ACC-certified coach, Certified Scrum Master, and experienced design thinking facilitator.
Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark is the author of Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022) and Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching (University of Chicago Press, 2017), and co-editor of Redesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First-Century Undergraduate Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). She also hosts The Agile Academic Podcast, which highlights the experiences of women in higher education.
Don鈥檛 miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and make a lasting impact in your academic career and educational community!
Don鈥檛 miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and make a lasting impact in your academic career and educational community!
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