Pomona College welcomes our new faculty!
We can’t wait to see you at New Faculty Orientation! Think of it as your backstage pass to navigating Pomona’s academic culture and administrative ins and outs, so you can hit the ground running. We want to connect you with essential resources and great colleagues from day one. We want to help you succeed. Think of us as peers, cheerleaders, and occasionally tech support.
This year’s New Faculty Orientation will be a two-day event. On Monday, August 24, we invite new faculty to a “Tech Orientation” that includes interactive workshops introducing you to Canvas and how to manage PERMS, enter grades, schedule classes. The workshops will be led by our amazing teams in ITS and the Registrar’s office. Monday will conclude with a mixer at the Hive for new faculty from all seven Claremont Colleges.
Tuesday will be a full day of programs, from Building Community at Pomona College to Assessment and Evaluation in the Age of AI. Throughout the course of the day, you will get to meet each other as well as faculty and staff on the campus. The day will conclude with a reception at the Courtyard of the Benton Museum of Art for you, Pomona College’s new faculty.
See below for a complete schedule of New Faculty Orientation and some key upcoming dates and links. And come back to this page because we’ll be updating it. If you have any questions about NFO, please contact Amir Soliman.
New Faculty Orientation Schedule
Monday, August 24
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10–11:30 a.m. | Canvas Workshop | Cowart ITS Building, ITS Classroom |
| 10–11:30 a.m. | How to: Manage PERMs, Enter Grades, Schedule Classes | Edmunds 101 |
| 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. | LUNCH | Frary Dining Hall |
| 1:15–2:45 p.m. | Canvas Workshop | Cowart ITS Building, ITS Classroom |
| 1:15–2:45 p.m. | How to: Manage PERMs, Enter Grades, Schedule Classes | Edmunds 101 |
| 3–5 p.m. | HIVE 7C New Faculty Orientation and Mixer | The Hive |
Tuesday, August 25
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration | Smith Campus Center 201 (Hart Room) |
| 9:30–10:15 a.m. | Community Building | SCC Hart Room |
| 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Inclusive Excellence at Pomona: Academic Student Success | SCC Hart Room |
| 12:15–1:45 p.m. | LUNCH | SCC Hart Room and SCC 208 |
| 2–3:15 p.m. | Assessment and Evaluation in the Age of AI | SCC Hart Room |
| 3:25–4:25 p.m. | Info for Lecturers and Visiting Faculty Members | SCC Hart Room |
| 3:25–4:25 p.m. | Info for Tenure Track Faculty Members | SCC 208 |
| 4:30–6 p.m. | Reception for new Pomona faculty | Benton Museum Courtyard |
Some Upcoming Dates
- Learn about the Institute for Inclusive Excellence and their New Faculty Cohort Program, a year-long introduction (meeting every other week) to campus for new tenure-track and multi-year visitors focusing on sharing key information, building community, and enhancing your inclusive pedagogy. The NFC’s welcome lunch will be on August 19 from 11:30AM to 1:00PM. Please RSVP for the lunch (by August 10). If you have any questions, please reach out to Travis Brown.
- New Student Orientation will be held from August 22 to August 29. Find out more details here!
- New Faculty Orientation: Monday, August 24, and Tuesday, August 25.
- The Center for Teaching and Learning serves as a hub for both practical teaching support and meaningful discussions about teaching as an intellectual endeavor. Some of the CTL’s most popular programs with new faculty and instructors are the Guilt-Free Book Club, the 5C Peer-Observation Program, and the First 5 Socials (monthly happy hours for instructors in their first 5 years at the Claremont Colleges). The CTL would love to meet you during their Drop-in Hours on Wednesday, August 26, at 10:00–12:00 and 2:00–4:00PM or Thursday, August 27, at 1:00–3:00PM in their office on the first floor of The Claremont Colleges Library! That’s a great time to pick up a copy of the Book Club book. The CTL’s will begin hosting the First 5 Socials on September 24 at 5:30–6:30PM.
- Fall semester begins on August 31.
- Convocation will be on September 1 at 11:00AM.
- A 7C Reception for all new faculty will be held on September 3 at 4:30 – 6:30PM at the Founder’s Room in The Claremont Colleges Library.
Some Useful Links
- Please make sure to set up your Pomona email. You can find out more information here.
- Want to know where to get your ID card? Keys? More? Check out Contracts and Hiring Specialist Sabina Klemm’s helpful onboarding information!
- New Tenure-Track Faculty: Make sure to sign up for a conversation about your mentoring goals with Senior Associate Dean April Mayes.