Current programs
Milestone Moments: A celebration of faculty success
The Center for Faculty Success is pleased to host celebratory events to recognize faculty who have achieved the highest rank within their respective faculty tracks. The Milestone Moments program builds a tradition of honoring these accomplishments and giving faculty the opportunity to share their inspiring stories with the faculty, staff, and students who join us for these events.
Engineering Leadership Fellows Program
The Engineering Leadership Fellows Program offers full professors from all faculty tracks (tenure, teaching, and research) an opportunity to work collaboratively with their engineering colleagues to:
- Assess their leadership strengths and identify areas for growth
- Explore various leadership pathways within the college and beyond (e.g., within CMU, professional organizations, leading research centers, etc.)
- Develop the skills necessary to navigate organizational challenges and opportunities, including risk, change, and innovation
Each cohort of faculty Fellows will participate in monthly sessions and leadership coaching to explore different leadership pathways (e.g., in research, in education, etc.) and to develop the requisite knowledge and skills to succeed in a variety of leadership roles.
The Engineering Leadership Fellows Program supports the Center for Faculty Success’s mission to empower all faculty to be successful at all stages of their careers. Additionally, it supports the College of Engineering’s goals to:
- Encourage a culture of leadership among engineering faculty
- Expose engineering faculty to various dimensions of leadership
Eligibility
Full professors from all faculty tracks (tenure, teaching, and research) who have paid appointments in the College of Engineering are eligible to apply. Those individuals selected as Engineering Leadership Fellows must attend and complete all of the program components described under the “Program Structure” heading below.
Application and review process
Faculty should submit their application materials using this link by Monday, April 14.
To apply, faculty should submit:
- A brief CV (2-3 pages, an NSF-style CV is sufficient)
- A leadership statement discussing:
- Goals for your leadership development
- A description of how the Engineering Leadership Fellows Program would contribute to your long-term career goals
Program structure
Engineering Leadership Fellows participate in a 9-month program that consists of required, monthly, in-person sessions as well as outside-of-session prework. Fellows should be able to commit approximately 6 hours per month, including all in-person sessions, to the program. The program structure with programming dates is provided below:
- A kickoff retreat (full-day) on September 5, 2025
- 6 monthly sessions (approximately 90 minutes each w/ lunch served)
- Dates: Sept. 26th, Oct. 24th, Dec. 5th, Jan. 16th, Feb. 20th, Mar. 27th
- Approximately 1-2 hours of individual, out-of-session “pre-work” every month
- A half-day, end-of-year graduation event on May 1, 2026
Interactive leadership sessions consist of content delivery as well as group discussion, self-
assessments, case studies, and other activities. Session topics are expected to include but
are not limited to:
- Leadership pathway exploration
- Leading research teams and centers
- Building and sustaining educational ecosystems
- Conflict management and difficult conversations
- Academic budgeting and resource management
- Leadership to build healthy communities
- Leading in times of uncertainty and change
Contact information
If you have questions about the Engineering Leadership Fellows Program, please send them to
eng-cfs@andrew.cmu.edu. For information about other Center for Faculty Success programs, please visit our website.
Past programs and events
Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Seminar:
Navigating the RPT process to achieve your career goals
Tuesday, February 25
The faculty learned how the Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) process works in the College of Engineering. Lisa Porter, the Associate Dean of Graduate and Faculty Affairs and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Franz Franchetti, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, led an informative discussion about the career stages in the RPT process that could guide faculty through and to their career milestones.
DoD Early Career Awards
Department of Defense funding for early-career faculty
Friday, February 14
Participants learned to apply for and win prestigious Young Investigator Awards from the Army, Navy, and Air Force in this program that was jointly hosted by the Engineering Research Accelerator and the Center for Faculty Success.
Teaching Fellowship Showcase
Funding and professional development to enhance your teaching
February 5, 2025
Participants learned about fellowship opportunities at CMU and beyond at this round-robin style showcase even that highlighted four outstanding programs: the Wimmer Faculty Fellows, Provost's Inclusive Teaching Fellows, Dowd Fellows, and the KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellows. Previous awardees discussed how to apply for and benefit from these opportunities.