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Program for Early Career Excellence (PECE) Workshop Series

PECE is Now Open to All

So many faculty found the PECE cohort workshop offerings incredibly valuable that going forward they will be open to all Rutgers faculty to maximize the benefit. We offer a myriad of ways to sustain community through workshops and small group activities.

Professional Advancement Workshops

The Program for Early Career Excellence (PECE) workshop series supports Rutgers’ mission to recruit, retain, and advance a diverse faculty through a slate of regular engagement opportunities to connect with others and support early career success. PECE workshops focus on scholarly productivity, professional advancement, and help current and future faculty to:


• Develop their scholarly work and identity 

• Build connections within the Rutgers community 

• Promote diversity and inclusion in academia    

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2022-2023 Workshop Series

We leverage our National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Institutional Membership to offer high quality, impactful workshops throughout the year.

Every Semester Needs a Plan: How to Boost Your Summer Productivity – May 31 from 10 am to 12 pm via Zoom
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Every Semester Needs a Plan: How to Boost Your Summer Productivity

This workshop is designed to help participants plan ahead by identifying personal and professional goals; creating a strategic plan to accomplish them; and identifying the types of community, support, and accountability necessary to have the most productive and balanced semester ever! 

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Tenure & Time Management: How to Manage Your Time So You Can Publish Prolifically AND Have a Life Beyond the Ivory Tower

This workshop is specifically designed to address common faculty challenges and provide participants with concrete skills such as how to avoid the most common mistakes in managing time, why and how to align work time with priorities, how to create time for academic writing and research, and how to organize a network.

Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: How to Identify Your Writing Blocks and Move Through Them – June 18, 2023 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: How to Identify Your Writing Blocks and Move Through Them

Recognize resistance in academic writing and overcome it in this hands-on workshop. Learn to build supportive communities for writing success.

What I wish I knew about tenure and promotion

PECE workshop - What I wish I knew about Tenure and Promotion

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Want more? Recordings of past workshops are available!