New Faculty Welcome
Updated August 2025
Registration has closed for New Faculty Welcome 2025. Please email Leslie Stevens with any questions.
The New Faculty Welcome program is an annual event offered by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, with contributions from other university units that support Virginia Tech faculty.
This event, which is separate and different from the orientation sessions provided by the Human Resources department, is designed to provide overview information about the university, hear from other faculty, and network with new faculty and leadership. This year's event will be held on August 21-22, 2025. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
The program provides breakout informational sessions for Administrative and Professional Faculty and Teaching and Research Faculty. This targeted program content is designed to address the specific needs and interests of the different faculty groups.
Agenda
Thursday, August 21
8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
and
Friday, August 22
8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Latham Ballroom
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
August 21
- 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. New Faculty Welcome, all new faculty
- 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch, all new faculty + spouses/partners
- 1:00-2:45 p.m. Focus on Teaching, for faculty with teaching roles*
- 3:00-4:30 p.m. Focus on Research, for faculty with research roles*
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. Reception, for all new faculty
August 22
- 8:00-10:00 a.m. Special International Faculty Session*
- 10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Special Postdoc Session*
* These sessions will be held upstairs at the Inn in breakout rooms.
All new faculty members hired between August 10, 2024 through August 10, 2025 are invited and strongly encouraged to attend this important program. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.
Please find informational presentations from previous New Faculty Welcome events and other resources linked below. Continue to check this page frequently before and even after the event for new information and resources as we receive them.
Please email Leslie Stevens with any questions.
We will share presentations from New Faculty Welcome during the week following this year’s event. Please check back regularly.
We will share presentations from New Faculty Welcome during the week following this year’s event. Please check back regularly.
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