New Faculty Orientation
Welcome to MSU!
New faculty orientation aims to build a welcoming and inclusive culture and empower faculty to monitor their own progress towards achieving their career goals and success. The sessions promotes early engagement with campus systems, student support services and pedagogical best practices and connects you to a network of mentors and other key resources.
New Faculty Orientation takes place two times per year:
FALL - Thursday, August 20, 2026
Spring - Thursday, January 8, 2026 - See agenda and register here
If you are a new faculty member and are unable to register online, please contact cfe@montana.edu.
Early Career Faculty Success Program
Orientation of new faculty plays an essential role in establishing the culture of the university. Our Early Career Faculty Success Program is designed with this idea in mind. It is aimed to build a welcoming and inclusive culture , aligned with the university's objectives and land-grant mission, that spreads into classroom, research, creative and community spaces. The program also aims to empower faculty to monitor their own progress towards achieving their career goals and success by
- Reducing confusion and stress by outlining expectations and timelines in a centralized, user-friendly format
- Promoting early engagement with campus systems, student support services and pedagogical best practices.
- Seeking internal and external grants to support education, community engagement, research and creativity.
- Connecting them to a network of mentors and other key resources.