HBCU FACULTY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
33rd Annual
Conference
Strengthening Excellence at HBCUs:
Developing Faculty, Staff, and Academic Leaders
for What’s Now and What’s Next
October 29-31, 2026
Charlotte, North Carolina
Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The HBCU Faculty Development Network Annual Conference brings together faculty, staff, academic leaders, and higher education professionals from across the HBCU community for three days of learning, collaboration, and connection.
This year’s conference, Strengthening Excellence at HBCUs: Developing Faculty, Staff, and Academic Leaders for What’s Now and What’s Next, focuses on practical strategies, shared solutions, and meaningful conversations that strengthen teaching, leadership, faculty and staff development, and institutional effectiveness.
Join colleagues in Charlotte to exchange ideas, build relationships, and return to your institution with new perspectives, practical resources, and strategies you can put to work.
Fri, Nov 22
|Virtual Event
November Lunch & Learn: CAORC Faculty Overseas Seminar
Time & Location
Nov 22, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
Virtual Event
About the event
Register to join a webinar about the Overseas Faculty Development Seminars (OFDS) program offered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).
OFDS provides short-term, fully-funded professional development travel opportunities, supported by the U.S. Department of State. Hosted at CAORC's overseas research centers, the program is exclusively available to faculty from community colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions.
OFDS seminars are held in January and summer at centers in Senegal, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, and Mongolia. Additional seminars are announced throughout the year. The next application deadline is December 2. More information about the OFDS program is available here: https://www.caorc.org/faculty-development-seminars.
