- Departmental approach to or policy for
- Graduate recruitment (when, how, …), tradeoffs in number of students
- New faculty mentoring: Who, how, …
- Purchasing, contract/grant/IC tracking, …
- Teaching: load & assignments, TA assignment, buyout, course development
- Seminars
- Department and College Staff: Who are they and what does each do (purchasing, reimbursements,
- grad. advising, course scheduling…)
- UC/UCR Merit and promotion process. CPSU staff support introductions.
- Opportunities to meet potential collaborators: department, college, campus
- Teaching and travel conflicts.
- Department meetings.