Faculty and Staff Resources
APLU Report: From Academia to the Workforce: Critical Growth Areas for Students Today
- Policies, Procedures, & Manuals
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Advising Forms
- CALS Petition for Third Course Drop Form
- UF Summer Enrollment Waiver Form
- CALS Change of Major Form
- Innovation Academy Change of Major Form (CALS)
- UF Application to Add or Cancel a Minor Form
- UF Application for Double Major within a College Form
- UF Application for Dual Degree Form (across colleges)
- UF Combined Bachelor's and Master's Degree Request Form
- CALS Graduate Schedule Change Form
- CALS Probation Contract Form
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- SUS Transient Student Form
- CALS Incomplete Grade Contract
- CALS HS/AA Academic Plan Form
- ALS 4911 Supervised Research Undergraduate Student Contract Summer 2025
- ALS 4911 Supervised Research Undergraduate Student Contract Fall 2025
- ALS 4915 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research Student Contract (also found under Honors Program Courses)
- CALS Late Degree Application Form
- UF Student Records Retention Schedule
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Promotion & Tenure: Teaching Related
- CALS Guidelines for Teaching Section
- T&P Workshop 3rd Yr Handout (Spring 2023)
- T&P Workshop Pre-Tenure Handout (Spring 2023)
- T&P Workshop Post-Tenure Handout (Spring 2023)
- Peer Teaching Assessment Summary (Revised 5-1-23)
- CALS Peer Assessment of Teaching Procedures (Revised 5-1-23)
- Peer Teaching Assessment Observation Form (5-1-23)
- UF Catalog
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Mentoring
UF and CALS resources
CALS Mentor Academy – 8 sessions every spring semester; contact Dr. Heather McAuslane
UF Center for Teaching Excellence - Mentoring
UF Mentoring Affinity Group – contact Dr. Linda Searby for an addition to the group listserv
UF Graduate School Office of Graduate Professional Development
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity – click to obtain free login information
Organizations
National Research Mentoring Network
International Mentoring Association
Additional Mentor Training
Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring – University of Minnesota
Articles
Ålund, M., Emery, N., Jarrett, B.J.M., et al. 2020. Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4: 777–781
Crutcher, B.N. 2007. Mentoring across cultures. Academe 93: 44-48.
Emery, N., A. Hund, R. Burks, M. Duffy, C. Scoffoni, and A. Swei. 2019. Students as ecologists: Strategies for successful mentorship of undergraduate researchers.
Fine, E., and J. Handelsman. 2005. Benefits and challenges of diversity in Entering Mentoring: A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists, (pp. 71-81). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Handlesman, J., C. Pfund, S. Miller Lauffer and C. M. Pribbenow. 2005. Mentoring learned, not taught in Entering Mentoring: A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists, (pp. 52-64). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Hund, A. K., A. C. Churchill, A. M. Faist, C. A. Havrilla, S. M. Love Stowell, H. F. McCreery, J. Ng, C. A. Pinzone, and E. S. C. Scordato. 2018. Transforming mentorship in STEM by training scientists to be better leaders. Ecology and Evolution 8: 9962-9974.
Lee, A., C. Dennis, and P. Campbell. 2007. Nature's guide for mentors. Nature 447: 792-797.
Books
Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2006. Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty.
Johnson, W. Brad. 2016. On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty. 2nd edition. Taylor & Francis.
Johnson, W. Brad and Charles Ridley. 2018. The Art of Mentoring; 75 Practices of Master Mentors. 3rd edition. St. Martin's Press. New York.
National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to students in Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2019. The Science of
Effective Mentorship in STEMM. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Opening Doors
Webinars/presentations
The Art (and Science) of Outstanding Mentoring in Higher Education - 2018 CALS Teaching Enhancement Symposium keynote address by Brad Johnson
The Elements of Excellent Mentorship: A Skill-building Workshop - 2018 CALS Teaching Enhancement Symposium presentation by Brad Johnson
Bridging Difference: Building Cultural Competency through Mentoring - 2019 International Mentoring Association workshop presentation by Lisa Fain
Websites
CIMER Multidisciplinary Research Mentor Training Seminar for Faculty mentors
University of Michigan Rackham graduate school Mentoring and Advising with a PDF on How to Mentor Graduate Students