The New Faculty Community Teams space serves as a place for faculty to interact and network with peers to gain insights and share best practices surrounding teaching and learning topics and general Penn State resources. Additionally, the Teams space serves as a hub for new faculty to navigate New Faculty Orientation specific resources, overall University resources, and the promotion of upcoming professional development opportunities.

New faculty members at Penn State are automatically enrolled to the New Faculty Community Teams space. If you do not have access, please request to join.

Within the New Faculty Community Teams Space, monthly virtual synchronous lunch series provide an opportunity just for new faculty to have informal conversations and discussions with their faculty peers and a guest speaker surrounding current and timely educational technology topics.

The goals of the series are for faculty to:

Learn about timely educational technologies
Network with new faculty across the commonwealth who are interested in exploring technology within their teaching and learning practices
Identify the resources and tools available to new faculty surrounding teaching and learning.

Below is the Fall virtual series schedule:

Faculty Tech Academy (introduction to vital Penn State technologies)
- Wednesday, 9/25
- 12:20 - 1:10 pm
- Faculty Tech Academy Registration form
Impact Deck (exploratory card-based game on storytelling, empathy, and technology)
- Wednesday, 10/30
- 12:20 - 1:10 pm
- Impact Deck Registration form
Library Resources for Faculty
- Wednesday, 11/27
- 12:20 - 1:10 pm
- Library Resources for Faculty Registration form