Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence

Join us in celebrating! We are thrilled to announce our Butler Center 2024 Leadership in Action awardees: Valerie Knopik Faculty Awardee Professor and Department Head of Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Sciences? Jennifer Simpson Faculty Awardee Clinical Professor and Interim Department Head of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences College of Health and Human Sciences? Kris Acheson-Clair Staff Awardee Director of the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR), Global Partnerships and Programs? Prudence Mbah BA, MS. Student Awardee Ph.D. Candidate, Brian Lamb School of Communication Graduate Student of Public Health These remarkable individuals will be recognized and celebrated at our December Leadership and Mentoring Community Banquet. Read more about the Leadership in Action award here: https://lnkd.in/gR876QUd

What a rich time at our Faculty Mentoring Workshop this week! Thank you to all who joined us. One of our big takeaways is that mentoring is a shared responsibility. What was your greatest takeaway? The slides from our time can be found in the dropdown "Faculty Mentoring Workshop" on this page on our website: https://lnkd.in/g5DWmJKp Another great resource for mentoring is the Mentoring Map from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD): https://lnkd.in/gSrczd8r

Butler Center Donor Spotlight: Tanuja Sheth ? Recently, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Butler Center donor Tanuja Sheth, to hear about her story, her vision for supporting the young generation of women, and her role as Director of Development at YWCA Greater Lafayette. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eP-E4hYs

Purdue Faculty Members - Come join us on Wednesday, October 16th for our Faculty Mentoring Workshop! This workshop will be a great opportunity to learn and reflect on best practices of faculty mentoring based on insights from psychological sciences as well as Purdue faculty's collective wisdom. Register here: https://lnkd.in/g55-Vhxm

Purdue Faculty Members: You're Invited! Faculty Mentoring Workshop Wednesday, October 16th 2-4pm Register to attend here: https://lnkd.in/g55-Vhxm Faculty members often serve as mentors to students, but what about when you become mentors for fellow professors either in the same stage or different stages of your professional journey? What are truly effective practices in these peer mentoring relationships? Let's learn together! The goal of this workshop is to provide Purdue faculty an opportunity to learn and reflect on best practices of faculty mentoring based on insights from psychological sciences as well as Purdue faculty’s collective wisdom. Roundtable discussions will involve everyone sharing thoughts on: ?? Benefits of investing in mentoring relationships across differences ?? How to form a trusting relationship with a mentee ?? How to seek mentoring advice from others #PurdueUniversity #facultydevelopment #mentorship #facultymentorship

Thank you to everyone who attended Part 2: Working Well in our Fall Assistant Professor Symposia series! We loved sharing tips and practices for truly working well and navigating multiple priorities in the midst of busy schedules. This concludes our Fall Assistant Professor Symposia and we are immensely grateful for the insights we get to take with us into our daily lives. Thank you so much to our Panelists and Speed Coaches for serving our Assistant Professor by sharing your wisdom and experiences. You are making a huge a impact! #PurdueUniversity #workingwell OPENING REMARKS: Beth McNeil Jenna Rickus PANELISTS: Neera Jain Valerie Knopik Lisa Snodgrass, Ph.D. Chenell Loudermill Laura Montenovo Laura E. Murray-Kolb SPEED COACHES: Ourania Andrisani Carrie Berger Patty Darbishire Sunnie Lee Watson Maria Marshall Linda Mason David Purpura Zach Weber

Kicking off Part 2 of our Assistant Professor Symposia: Working Well! We’re excited for the conversation today and to learn from one another in this space ??

What a rich time at our Promotion & Tenure Symposium, Part 1 of 2 in our Fall Assistant Professor Symposia series! We had the wonderful opportunity to listen to a variety of perspectives from faculty currently in the tenure process, associate professors, full professors, and Department Heads. We concluded our time with roundtable discussions led by our Speed Coaches on a relevant topics within the P & T process, including external grants, tough interpersonal situations, and more. We’ll continue the conversation in Part 2: Working Well Assistant Professor Symposium this upcoming Tuesday, Sept 24! Looking forward to seeing you then. If you’re a Purdue Assistant Professor, and you haven’t already registered, register here for Part 2: Working Well: https://lnkd.in/gVY6EX8W Thank you so much to our Panelists and Speed Coaches for your presence and openness to share your experiences with our Assistant Professor attendees! #PurdueUniversity PANELISTS: Susan Gordon Soojung Jo Maria Marshall Jennifer William Christina Wilson-Frank SPEED COACHES & CLOSING REMARKS: Christopher R. Agnew Ourania Andrisani? Jay Akridge Clint Chapple elena Coda Dan DeLaurentis Maria Marshall Linda Mason Linda Prokopy Sunnie Lee Watson

Our Assistant Professor Symposia have begun! Thanks so much for joining us today for our session on Promotion & Tenure with Panelists Susan Gordon, Soojung Jo, Maria Marshall, Jennifer William, and Christina Wilson-Frank. #PurdueUniversity #promotion #tenure

Yesterday we launched our New Moms Coaching Network for Faculty! What a sweet time connecting and discussing the joys and challenges of motherhood in academia. We can't wait to see how this network takes off as we support one another along the way! ? Read more about the network and get to know the advisors and coaches here: https://lnkd.in/ga3WtGPf Thank you so much to our coaches and advisors! FACULTY ADVISORS: Allison Gabriel, Ph.D. Valerie Knopik Laura E. Murray-Kolb COACHES: Sally Bane Cezanne Elias Abigail Engelberth Marisa Exter Kristine Marceau Kameron Moding Anita Panjwani Dr. Libby Richards Elizabeth Schlesinger-Devlin Kimberly Updegraff