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Optional Webinars

Faculty Prep Week 2025: August 18 - 22

Attendance at Faculty Meetings is required by full-time Faculty members of the stated discipline. Please direct questions about Faculty Meetings to your Dean or AVP.

25-26 Club Advisors are required to attend one of the Club Advisor Meetings.

Monday, August 18

11:30 – 12:30                 Welcome Back Luncheon in the Student Center on each campus (Optional)

1:30 – 2:30                       Academic Affairs Curriculum Committee Meeting

Tuesday, August 19

9:00 – 10:00                    Club Advisors Meeting: Orange Park, V-120; Palatka, L-219C; St. Augustine, V-112

9:00 – 10:30                    Biological Sciences Faculty Meeting

9:00 – 11:00                    Adult Education Faculty Meeting: Palatka, T0112

9:00 – 11:00                    Allied Health Faculty Meeting: St. Augustine, H114

9:00 – 11:00                    Criminal Justice Faculty & Staff: St. Augustine, J-Conference Room

10:00 – 12:00                 Nursing Faculty Meeting: Palatka, L114

10:00 – 11:30                 FloArts Faculty Meeting: Workforce Training Center

10:00 – 12:00                 Business, Industry, CIS Faculty Meeting: Orange Park, T116        

11:00 – 12:30                 English Faculty Meeting     

1:00 – 3:00                       Teacher Education Faculty Meeting: St. Augustine, A0112

2:00 – 3:00                       AI Taskforce Academic Workgroup Packback Overview: St. Augustine, L-123 & Zoom 

3:00 – 4:00                       Club Advisors Meeting: Orange Park, V-120; Palatka, L-219C; St. Augustine, V-112

3:00 – 4:30                       Humanities Faculty Meeting

Wednesday, August 20

9:00 – 10:30                    Mathematics Faculty Meeting

11:00 – 12:30                 Social Sciences Faculty Meeting

1:00 – 2:30                       Physical Sciences Faculty Meeting

3:00 – 4:30                       Foreign Languages Faculty Meeting

6:00 – 8:00                       Academic Affairs Adjunct Faculty Meeting

Faculty Convocation – Thursday, August 21

Location: Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park Campus (Directions)

Attire: Casual professional - no suits or shorts, please.

Attendance: Required for all full-time faculty. 

DRAFT Agenda:

8:30 - 8:55  Check-in

9:00 - 12:30  Opening General Session with Lunch Provided

  • Welcome and Housekeeping: Dr. Melanie Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

  • Mission Moment: Michelle Sjogren, AVP for Institutional Advancement & Strategic Communication

  • Introduction of New Full-time Faculty: Dr. Edward Jordan, Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs and Chief Academic Officer

  • State of the College: Joe Pickens, J.D., SJR State President

  • 10-minute break

  • Introduction of Guest Speaker: Dr. Edward Jordan

  • Lunch provided    

12:40 - 3:00  Small Group Breakout Sessions

To keep groups small and allow for discussion, faculty have been assigned to a group based on the first letter of their last name. Each group rotates through the three 40-minute breakout sessions; all Faculty attend all three breakout sessions.

Groups 12:40 - 1:20 1:30 - 2:10 2:20 - 3:00
Group 1: A - G  Room A/B Room C Room D
Group 2: H - M Room D Room A/B Room C
Group 3: N - Z Room C Room D Room A/B

Room A/B -  
Room C -  
Room D -  

SJR State's Instructional Design staff will be in L-116 after Convocation until 5:00 for in-person help.