Faculty & Staff Events & Opportunities

Faculty and staff at Fort Hays State University have several opportunities to network with colleagues and showcase scholarly work each semester. All are encouraged to attend the following events and check university-wide communications as new events are continuously planned and added.

Night at the Museum - Fall Semester

The FHSU Undergraduate Research (URE) Steering Group hosts an annual "Night at the (Sternberg) Museum". Administrators, new faculty, and staff attend the event, with presentations from former URE grant recipients, the Heinrichs Research Mentor Award recipients, and other campus researchers.

Learn about undergraduate research opportunities at FHSU
Hear from past URE grantees
Meet other faculty interested in undergraduate research
Enjoy a build-your-own taco dinner
Tour the museum behind-the-scenes

Research Speed Networking - Spring Semester

The Research Speed Networking Event is for faculty looking to get involved in interdisciplinary research. Faculty members from all disciplines connect and explore potential research collaborations with colleagues from across campus. Event participants become eligible for seed grant funding provided by the Graduate School and the Office of the Provost.

The event is made possible by the collaborative efforts of the Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects, the Graduate School, the Office of the Provost, Forsyth Library, Scholarship Environment Committee, and Teaching Innovations and Learning Technology (TILT).

Videos from the 2021 Research Speed Networking Event can be found here: https://app.vidgrid.com/content/KRGgIjzLl2bV

Virtual Tea - Spring Semester

The Virtual Tea event hosted by the Scholarship Environment Committee is modeled after the tradition of afternoon tea, this social gathering connects colleagues across FHSU around central themes and methodologies to promote multi-disciplinary projects. Each tea room is designed for 30-minute conversations on a specific topic with the goal of generating collaborative research projects that draw scholars from across FHSU disciplines.

During this event, SEC members host topical tea rooms focusing on two themes: Primary Research Interests and Research Methodologies. See the registration link for more information on tea rooms.