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Career Development and Support Programs

The Office of the Provost offers a variety of programs that provide faculty the tools to do their best work. These programs and workshops are designed to enhance faculty career advancement and to promote well-being. All Office of the Provost events and programs are published in the Office of the Provost Events Calendar.

For questions about career development and support programming, contact Joan Marie Johnson, Director for Faculty, at faculty@northwestern.edu.

Faculty career development and support programs offered by the Office of the Provost during the 2024-25 academic year
Date Event Target participants
Sept. 4, 2024 New Faculty Welcome - Day 1 New faculty
Sept. 5, 2024 New Faculty Welcome - Day 2 New faculty
Sept. 6, 2023 New Chairs Welcome New department chairs

Ongoing Programs

Faculty Mentorship Programs

Faculty mentoring takes place in multiple forms, including one-on-one relationships between individuals and group-based mentoring, and includes the mentoring of faculty colleagues, postdoctoral trainees and students. Many departments and schools offer formal mentoring programs for early career faculty. The Office of the Provost offers small group mentoring for new and early career faculty through the Provost's Small Group Faculty Mentoring Program. The Graduate School also offers training for faculty who mentor graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.

Media Engagement Training

Media relations experts from Northwestern’s Office of Global Marketing and Communications host training sessions on everything you need to know about dealing with the media, from how to prepare for interviews to how to best position your work so that journalists want to tell your story.

Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching

Among its many resources, the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching offers the Northwestern Principles of Inclusive Teaching, supported by accessible strategies and case studies that instructors can use to create and sustain inclusive learning environments.

Past Programs