Roadrunner Faculty Academy

At MSU Denver, we are committed to the success of our faculty. The Office of Faculty Affairs, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Design, and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion have collaborated to create a year-long course for our new tenure track faculty.

The Roadrunner Faculty Academy (RFA) was designed to support new faculty as they navigate faculty life at MSU Denver by providing tools, strategies, and skills to thrive in teaching, scholarly activity, and service.  Specifically, the RFA has been designed to help make progress toward the following goals: 

• Implement Effective and Inclusive Teaching
• Demonstrate Excellence in Scholarly & Creative Activities
• Mindfully navigate the tenure-track at MSU Denver
• Connect with MSU Denver Community and Support

The RFA will provide new faculty members with the foundation needed to be a successful teacher and scholar at MSU Denver.

Among other topics, this Roadrunner Faculty Academy will include:

• Teaching and learning theory
• Assessing our students and ourselves
• Effective teaching practices
• Service and Scholarly & Creative Activities
• Communication, Conflict and Community
• and Tenure and promotion at MSU Denver

New tenure track faculty will spend 2 hours per week in this year-long program which includes both asynchronous and synchronous work.

New for 2024-2025: An optional RFA Social Hour will take place for RFA attendees before all synchronous meeting dates between noon – 1:00 PM.

Synchronous Meeting Dates

Please note that all meeting dates are on Fridays between 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Fall 2024

• August 30th, 2024
• September 6th, 2024
• September 20th, 2024
• September 27th, 2024
• October 11th, 2024
• October 25th, 2024
• November 8th, 2024
• December 6th, 2024

Spring 2025

• January 24th, 2025
• February 7th, 2025
• February 28th, 2025
• March 14th, 2025
• April 4th, 2025
• April 18th, 2025
• May 9th, 2025

Please contact the CTLD with questions about this program.