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Fall 2024 NFO

Full-Time Faculty

The 2024 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, August 25 and Monday-Tuesday, July 29-30, 2024. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important importation information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered on Zoom and on the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses. This orientation will be offered online on Zoom. For more information, please check out the 2024 Three-Day NFO Schedule (PDF).

Part-Time Faculty 

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 8, 2024. This orientation will be offered virtually through Zoom. This orientation will be offered online on Zoom. For more information, please check out the 2024 Evening NFO Schedule (PDF).

NFO January 2024

The 2024 Evening New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, January 4, 2024. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for importation information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered online on Zoom. For more information, please check out the 2024 January NFO Schedule (PDF).

Fall 2023 NFO

Full-Time Faculty

The 2023 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Monday - Wednesday, August 7 - 9, 2023. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered on the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses. For more information, check out the 2023 Three-Day NFO Schedule (PDF).

Part-Time Faculty 

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 17, 2023. This orientation will be offered virtually through Zoom. For more information, please view the 2023 Evening NFO Schedule (PDF).

Spring 2023 NFO

NFO January 2023

The 2023 Evening New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, January 5, 2023. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered online in Zoom and will be recorded. For more information, please see the 2023 January NFO Schedule (PDF).

Fall 2022

Full-Time Faculty

The 2022 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Monday-Wednesday, August 8-10, 2022. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered on the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses. For more information, please view the 2022 Three-Day NFO Schedule (PDF).

Part-Time Faculty 

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022. This orientation will be offered virtually through Zoom. For more information, please view the 2022 Evening NFO Schedule (PDF).

Spring 2022 NFO

NFO January 2022

The 2022 Evening New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, January 6, 2022. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered online in Zoom via ̨Íåswag's learning management system, D2L. For more information, please see the 2022 January NFO Schedule (PDF).

Fall 2021

Full-Time Faculty

The 2021 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held August 9-11, 2021. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered on all five campuses. For more information, please see the 2021 Three-Day NFO Schedule (PDF).

Evening NFO

Part-Time Faculty 

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 19, 2021. This orientation will be offered virtually through Zoom. For more information, please see the 2021 Evening NFO Schedule (PDF).

Spring 2021

NFO January 2021

The 2021 Evening New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held Thursday, January 7, 2021. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered online in Zoom via ̨Íåswag's learning management system, D2L. For more information, please see the 2021 January NFO Schedule (PDF).

Fall 2020

Full-Time Faculty

The 2020 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held August 4-6, 2020. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered virtually through Blackboard Collaborate and eLearning (D2L). For more information, please see the 2020 Three-Day NFO Schedule (PDF).

Evening NFO

Part-Time Faculty 

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 13, 2020. This orientation will be offered virtually through eLearning (D2L) and Blackboard Collaborate. For more information, please see the 2020 Evening NFO Schedule (PDF).

Spring 2020

NFO January 2020

The January 2020 New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held January 9, 2020, from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. All incoming faculty are expected to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. Because of the low number of incoming faculty at Blue Ridge, Cumming and Oconee, we will not hold orientations on these campuses; instead, faculty are invited to attend in Dahlonega or Gainesville.

A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.

For more information, please see the 2020 January NFO schedule (PDF).

Fall 2019

Full-Time Faculty

The 2019 Three-Day New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held August 6-8, 2019. All incoming faculty are invited to attend this event for importation information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. This orientation will be offered on the Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee campuses.

For more information, please see the 2019 Three-Day NFO schedule. 

Evening NFO

Part-Time Faculty

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the Three-Day NFO or to attend the Evening NFO. The Evening New Faculty Orientation will be held Thursday, August 15, 2019. This orientation will be offered on the Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee campuses.

For more information, please see the 2019 Evening NFO schedule.

Spring 2019

NFO January 2019

The January 2019 New Faculty Orientation (NFO) will be held January 3, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. All incoming faculty are expected to attend this event for important information regarding working at ̨Íåswag. Because of the low number of incoming faculty at Blue Ridge, Cumming, and Oconee, we will not hold orientations on these campuses; instead, faculty are invited to attend in Dahlonega or Gainesville.

A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.

Fall 2018

Full-Time Faculty

All new full-time faculty are expected to attend the three-day NFO in order to receive essential information for working at ̨Íåswag. We recommend that faculty attend Thursday's orientation sessions (August 9, 2018) on the campus where they will do the majority of their teaching.

Part-Time Faculty

Part-time faculty are invited to attend the three-day NFO or to attend the evening orientation below:

Spring 2018

NFO January 2018

Thursday, January 4, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Dahlonega Campus | Hoag ABC Meeting Room, Led by Rebecca Johnston

Gainesville Campus | Nesbitt 3203, Led by Diana Edelman

Because of the low number of incoming faculty at Blue Ridge, Cumming, and Oconee, we will not hold a Part-Time NFO for spring 2018 on these campuses; instead, faculty are invited to attend in Dahlonega or Gainesville.

A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.

Fall 2017

Full-Time NFO August 2017

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 through Thursday, August 10, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All full-time faculty are expected to attend the three-day event, which is primarily geared to tenure-track faculty, but is useful to all instructors. Part-time and non-tenure-track faculty are also welcome.

Tuesday, August 8 – All new faculty will gather at the Dahlonega Campus, Library Technology Center, room 382.

Wednesday, August 9 – All new faculty will gather at the Gainesville Campus, Nesbitt building, room 3110.

Thursday, August 10 – We recommend that faculty attend on the campus where they will do the majority of their teaching. Campus-specific information is provided on this third day.

• Dahlonega faculty will meet at the Library Technology Center, room 382.
• Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 3110.
• Oconee faculty will meet in SRC 581.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day.

For more information, please see the 2017 August Full-Time NFO schedule. For parking information, please see campus maps

Faculty head shots will be available. Please check back for details.

Part-Time NFO August 2017

Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Cumming faculty will meet in Room 161
• Dahlonega faculty will meet in Hoag Student Center, Meeting Rooms A, B, and C
• Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 4171
• Oconee faculty will meet in SRC 581.

If your primary campus is Blue Ridge, you can attend at either the Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, or Oconee Campus.

Spring 2017

Part-Time New Faculty Orientation 2017

Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Cumming faculty will meet in Room 161
• Dahlonega faculty will meet in Hoag Student Center, Meeting Rooms A, B, and C
• Gainesville faculty will meet in Nesbitt, Room 4171
• Oconee faculty will meet in SRC 581.

If your primary campus is Blue Ridge, you can attend at either the Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, or Oconee Campus.