The TANDEM (Thoughtful Advice. Nurtured Diversity. Engaged Mentorship) program supports faculty members alongside the mentoring they receive in their academic units. By pairing mentees with mentors outside their department or school, TANDEM provides new faculty members additional perspectives, an expanded interdisciplinary network, and if desired, an important opportunity to be paired with someone from a shared affinity group. Mentees receive a stipend for participating.
Want a colleague’s insight? Contact Dr. Herb Thompson who has been a mentee in the program for the past two years or watch this short video.
TABS (Teaching Analysis By Students) provides faculty members a free and confidential opportunity to assess pedagogical strengths and weaknesses at the mid-point of the fall or spring semesters based on the same instrument that is used for UNO’s course evaluations. This is a great way to preview UNO’s course evaluation, discuss your course(s) with a teaching consultant, and build evidence that can be used in the RPT and annual review process.
These informal groups of faculty members support each other in one of three areas: Writing Accountability, Research or Creative Activity; Student Engagement; or Competency-based Education. Participants receive professional development funds for participating.
Faculty wellness coaches will meet with you up to five times a semester and can help you address overall wellbeing, develop career strategies, enhance your skills, improve daily habits, integrate work-life balance, and navigate difficult situations. Services are free and confidential.
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Our students have unique stories, experiences, and skills and can experience challenging times. The UNO Care Team helps students address these challenges. Its goal is to keep the campus safe, address concerns, and connect students with appropriate resources.
It’s also helpful for you to inform and remind students that Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers free counseling services to ALL enrolled students (in-person or online).
The Office of Hardship and Resiliency Support is another important resource for you to share with students. This unit provide support and empowerment using trauma-informed practices for students who have lived in foster care or justice experience, have parents who are incarcerated, or are pregnant or parenting.
This fall, over 15,000 students chose UNO as the institution where they will make their dreams a reality. Most of these individuals are full-time (11,000), undergraduate (12,000) students. Nearly half are first-generation students, and we have a growing number of international students.
Just over 2,000 faculty and staff have made it their life’s work to help students succeed. Your interactions with students –offering kind and guiding words, re-explaining a concept, checking in when they miss class or an assignment, connecting them to services – helps to retain students, move them toward a timely degree completion, and ultimately achieve their dream.
UNO will be making changes to its benefits providers. To assist in the transition, attend one of the Benefit Open Houses (October 9, 3 – 6 pm or October 10, 9 am – 12:00 pm.)
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