On rare occasions, an EPA employee may be approved to take two courses. Campus faculty in the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service are eligible to participate in the Specialist Leadership Development Institute, and field or county faculty in the Executive Development Institute. These programs are designed to improve and foster leadership, professional, and administrative competencies among extension faculty. To enrich professional experience of faculty by providing opportunities for observation and experience in academic administration, NCSU offers an Administrative Fellowship Program. Participants in this program work closely for up to one year with an NCSU administrator.
Eligible mentors are the chancellor, provost, vice-chancellors, and the ten college or school deans.
This program is open to all tenured associate professors and professors, and the applicant must obtain the nomination of his or her dean. Opportunities also exist for professional development of faculty through lecture and seminar series such as the Nusbaum Symposia, Watauga Seminars, DuPont Lectures, Barkalow Lectures, and others. These seminars typically recruit nationally and internationally known professionals to visit NCSU, make a formal presentation, and interact with faculty, staff, and students. Although NCSU offers its faculty a broad range of professional development opportunities, there is currently no deliberate and continued effort in all departments to ensure faculty development. To foster efficient use of resources and opportunities and to be sure that faculty are directed toward productive activity that furthers the University's mission, individual faculty should develop formal plans for self-improvement.