Department Chairs Meeting and Workshop Schedule

2022-2023 Meeting and Workshop Schedule for Department Chairs and Program Directors

Monday, August 22: Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chairs Institute   

REGISTER NOW for the CBB session; no registration needed for the Bowdoin-only session

  • 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. For Newish Chairs – CBB (virtual): Getting Starting and Chair Basics - Krista Aronson (Bates College), Carol Hurney (Colby College), and Dharni Vasudevan (Bowdoin College)
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For Chairs and ADCs – Bowdoin only (in-person): The Year Ahead; Lunch provided, Daggett Lounge
  • 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. For Chairs – CBB (virtual) Keynote and Workshop: Conflict Resolution and Transformation – Kimberly Davidson (University Ombudsperson, George Mason University)

Friday, September 16: Department Chairs Meeting on Course Assessment Strategies

  • 2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge (in-person)

Friday, September 30: Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chairs Institute

  • 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. For Chairs – CBB (virtual): Keynote and Workshop: Equity-Minded Faculty Workload -  KerryAnn O’Meara (Professor of Higher Education & Distinguished Scholar Teacher and Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives, University of Maryland);

Friday, November 4: Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chairs Institute

  • 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. For chairsCBB (virtual): Strategic Planning and Reflection - Rachel Beane (Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences and Chair of Council of Mentors, Bowdoin College); register here

Friday, February 3, 2023: Department Chairs Meeting: Transition to Workday Student

  • 2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge (in-person)

Friday, February 24, 2023: Department Chairs Meeting: Conflict Resolution with Whitney Hogan

  • 2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge (in-person)

Friday, April 28, 2023: Department Chairs Meeting: TBD (chair's discretion)

  • 2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge (in-person)