Faculty Welcome Week is JMU's new faculty orientation program, which will help you get started, connect with your new colleagues, and become oriented to the institution and its culture.

Join us August 11-15, 2025

Throughout the week, you will encounter programs that:

• Welcome faculty to JMU
• Offer opportunities for networking and community building
• Enhance the success of faculty by encouraging a comprehensive approach to career planning
• Engage faculty in professional development that supports a diverse range of faculty careers and identities
• Orient participants who are new to JMU to the institution's culture
• Provide faculty with timely resources related to teaching, scholarship, service, and more

Learn More and Register

JMU's New Faculty Academy (NFA) is a yearlong cohort-based program consisting of a workshop series and monthly one-on-one sessions with senior faculty peer mentors. Inaugurated during the 2015-16 academic year, the NFA is particularly designed for faculty in tenure-track or renewable term appointments during the first two years of their careers, though faculty in other types of appointments are welcome to participate as well, space permitting.

Learn more about NFA