Faculty Success

AA Annual Due Dates
Curriculum

Governance, Policy & Procedures

Classroom Resources

  • TLC
    The Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) creates and disseminates innovative educational initiatives for instructors across all levels at Sam Houston State University.

  • Syllabus Guidelines
    Certain information is recommended on all syllabi; please see the Faculty Handbook, Curriculum section for details. Faculty may opt to link to www.shsu.edu/syllabus to include all required policies.

Faculty Development

  • New Faculty Investment (NFI)
    The New Faculty Investment (NFI) is an event designed to equip new faculty members at SHSU with comprehensive knowledge of the university's resources and provide essential guidance for a successful start.

  • QEP
    An essential component of our SACS-COC accreditation, the 2019-24 Quality Enhancement Plan seeks to improve both student success and student learning outcomes through the increased use of evidence-based active learning techniques in our classrooms.  

  • NCFDD
    The NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students. SHSU has maintained membership for several years. For more information, contact Nancy Baker.

  • PACE
    The Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE) is the faculty-led teaching and learning center at SHSU. Its primary goal is to improve student learning through teaching excellence.

  • Study Abroad
    Faculty-led study abroad programs are academic experiences/programs that are initiated, organized, and carried out by members of SHSU faculty, with assistance from the Global Engagement Center (GEC). 

  • Graduate Studies  

Research & Grant Writing

  • ORSP Grant Development
    The Proposal Development Division is responsible for assisting and guiding investigators throughout the pre-award process. This is the first stop for faculty and staff interested in applying for external funding.

  • Research Compliance
    The Compliance Division is responsible for assisting and guiding investigators throughout the Compliance approval (IRB/IACUC/IBC/Drone) process.       

  • Library Services in Scholarly Communications  
    The Newton Gresham Library’s scholarly communications services can support researchers through many stages of the research and publishing process, from data management planning, journal evaluation, and open-access publishing to copyright and licensing, research impact metrics, and much more.

  • Undergraduate Research Symposium  
    Conceived out of the importance of sharing undergraduate research by all students in a multi-disciplinary environment.  

  • EURECA
    SHSU recognizes the value of undergraduate scholarship—both for our students and our faculty members. We embrace a broad sense of the term “scholarship,” embracing all disciplines and all forms of creative activity, research, application and discovery.  

Resources for Department Chairs

  • Chair Handbook
  • Hiring New Faculty, per Academic Instructional Staffing Policy (800114)
  • Hiring New Staff, per HR-20 Talent Acquisition

  • Hiring New Student Employees, per HR-27

  • Strategic Planning & Budget Process  
    The Budget Office assists with all stages of the budget process and additionally provides budget controls, training, and analysis. Check out the Forms page for downloads of the Strategic Planning overview, Budget Process Timeline, Budget Request Forms, and more.

  • PCard Training & Procurement  
    The SHSU PCard is a credit card issued in a department’s name and must have a primary and secondary delegate, assigned by the Department Chair. The card is to be used for University purposes only. Training is provided and scheduled through Talent Management.

  • Room Reservations  
    AdAstra Scheduler is the platform used to reserve rooms on campus for events, meetings, and for purposes not part of standard classroom scheduling. Navigate to this IT@Sam Tech Tutorial for more help.

Student Support Referrals

 A student approaches you for help with a problem.  Not sure where to send them for additional support or assistance?  Here’s a starting list… 

A student just needs some direction on where or how to find help.  Where to begin?  The Office of the Provost maintains a Student Success Resource Hub website where current students will find different categories of support for advising, finances, and a number of other services and programs.