Events and Workshops
Explore upcoming events hosted by our office to support faculty development, foster collaboration, and enhance the academic experience. Stay tuned for opportunities to engage, learn, and connect with colleagues through workshops, seminars, and networking events.
Upcoming 2026 Events and Workshops
Looking ahead to the spring, please save the date for upcoming workshops and events that support faculty development, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking in engineering. Additional events will be added throughout the semester. Please check the website regularly for updates.
Professional Track Lunch & Learn: Crowdsourcing Textbooks with Perusall’s Social Annotation Tool
March 30, 2026, 11:45 AM -1 PM
Fitts Woolard Hall, Room 4301
Join this session to learn how Perusall’s social annotation tool can increase student engagement, encourage reading, and support the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in your courses led by Computer Science faculty member Abida Haque. Please bring a laptop and lunch will be provided.
WEU Lunch and Learn: Crafting an Exemplar Engineering Unleashed Card
March 31, 2026, 12-1 PM
Fitts Woolard Hall, Room 3301
Facilitator: MAE Faculty Member, Anna Howard and FB Faculty Member Nathalie Lavoine
CARE Coalition Special Session: Accountability Beyond Presence
April 14, 2026, 11:30 AM -1 PM
Monteith Research Center (MRC), Room 454
Join this interactive professional development session to explore a practical framework for clarifying team expectations, strengthening reliability, and supporting flexible work realities led by College of Sciences strategic operations expert Ashley Arya.
New Faculty Network – Career Exchange
March April 15, 2026, 12-1:30 PM
Fitts Woolard Hall, Room 3301
This networking session helps faculty connect across career stages and discuss practical strategies for navigating mentoring, teaching, research development, and work–life integration. Through small-group conversations rather than formal presentations, participants will share experiences, learn from colleagues, and leave with at least one concrete idea to apply in their work, along with new connections to follow up with.
Dean’s Award Ceremony
April 9, 2026, 3-4:30 PM
Duke Energy Hall, Hunt Library
WEU Incubator Workshop
May 14-15, 2026
MRC, Room 454
American Society for Engineering Education
June 21-24, 2026
Charlotte Convention Center
Previously Recorded
Integrating AI in Teaching Writing: A Workshop for Engineering Faculty (September 27, 2024)
In this recorded session, Kirsti Cole, PhD, Co-Director of the NC State Office for Faculty Excellence’s Campus Writing and Speaking Program, led a workshop on integrating AI tools into writing instruction for engineering students. The workshop covered the following topics:
- Introduction to AI in Writing for Engineering
- Ethical Considerations in Engineering Contexts
- Hands-On Activities Exploring AI Tools for Writing
- Designing AI-Enhanced and AI-Driven Writing Assignments
- Assessing AI’s Impact on Engineering Writing Skills
Participants learned to implement AI tools to enhance student writing, address ethical concerns, assess AI’s effectiveness, and design AI-supported activities.
Watch the full workshop to discover how AI can enhance writing instruction in engineering education!
WOrkshop Slides
Navigating RPT Process with Associate Dean Joel Ducoste (September 9, 2024)
Designed for faculty, department heads, and administrators seeking clarification or with questions about the RPT process, this session was hosted by Associate Dean Joel Ducoste from NC State Engineering Office of Faculty Development and Success. Dr. Ducoste provided insights and addressed concerns regarding the RPT process.