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Academic Assistants, Unite!
Academic assistants can better support one another—and their institutions—when they connect, members of the Connecticut College Faculty Administrative Support Team write.
The Art of Professional Thank-You Notes
Katie Homar offers tips for composing thoughtful thank-you notes.
Learning a Language Called ‘How to Provost’
Laurie McLary reflects on what it’s like to wholly, humanly inhabit an administrative role whose language and norms you are only just learning.
How to Send Thoughtful Guest Speaker Invitations
Thoughtful invitations require deep work by event organizers, Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa E. Lewiss write.
Transforming the Postdoc-Faculty Mentoring Relationship
Relationship-centered mentoring can (re)align expectations and better prepare postdocs for career success, Paola Cépeda and Peter S. Myers write.
The Jobs of Faculty Governance
Peter Eckel breaks down the discrete jobs that make up effective faculty governance.
From One Woman to Another
Heather Setka writes that female colleagues can be one another’s best supports in teaching in male-dominated classrooms.
Advocating for Authenticity
Evan J. Walsh suggests reflective questions to ask of yourself—and your students—to bring about greater personal and professional fulfillment.