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Nov 21, 2024

Unlocking Award Opportunities: Insights from the Provost’s Office

This month, we reached out to Kyle Miskell, the Director of External Awards, and Sherry Bailey, the Internal Faculty Awards Coordinator from the Office of Faculty Excellence (OFE) in the Provost’s Office. They both have extensive experience in the awards process and are well aware of the complexities of awards applications. To help our College… 

Nov 19, 2024

Spotlight on Innovation: Engineering Faculty Achievements (July – October 2024)

Awards Named President of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) Awardee:  Katherine Saul, Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAwarded by: American Society of BiomechanicsASB encourages and fosters the exchange of information and ideas among biomechanists working in different disciplines and facilitates the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science. Appointment to Advisory Committee… 

Sep 20, 2024

Igniting Success in the Engineering New Faculty Orientation Workshop

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University welcomed new faculty members from all nine departments and the three associated departments in other colleges during its annual New Faculty Orientation Workshop (NFOW) this past August. Led by the College of Engineering’s Office of Faculty Development and Success (OFDS) and hosted at Hunt Library, the… 

Sep 20, 2024

Achieving Promotion Success for Professional Track Faculty: Insights from Associate Dean Joel Ducoste

Professional Track Faculty Considerations For professional track faculty, career advancement is an option but not mandatory. These advancements, however, offer growth opportunities and raise your visibility to your department colleagues on the important contributions and impact you are making to our students and potentially nationally when you are involving novel strategies for student engagement and… 

Mar 5, 2024

Key advice for submitting an NSF Early CAREER proposal

Joel Ducoste, the Associate Dean of the Office of Faculty Development and Success, understands what NSF panelists are looking for, so we asked him for his advice on the important questions to consider if you are contemplating submitting a proposal. 

Mar 5, 2024

WEU empowering faculty to cultivate students’ entrepreneurial mindsets through activities and projects

NC State became the fifth university in North Carolina to partner with KEEN, joining the ranks of Wake Forest University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campbell University, and Duke University. 

Jan 4, 2024

OFDS welcomes an associate director

OFDS is thrilled to announce the addition of Megan Morin, Ph.D., a Pittsburgh native and mother of two, to the team as the new Associate Director. 

Jan 4, 2024

About the Office of Faculty Development and Success (OFDS)

What constitutes the development of faculty members? Is it confined to the act of teaching a course, or does it involve a more structured and formalized approach? These were the questions that prompted the Office of Faculty Development and Success, formerly Engineering Faculty Advancement, to convene and reflect during the past summer. 

Jan 2, 2024

What’s in a name?

Engineering Faculty Advancement (EFA) is pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2024, it was renamed Office of Faculty Development & Success (OFDS) to better reflect its commitment to advancing faculty success.