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, Oct 04
|Virtual Event
October Lunch & Learn: U.S. Geological Survey
Discover valuable data resources and opportunities in natural resources and hazards at the USGS. Join our webinar to enhance your curriculum and research initiatives.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Virtual Event
About the event
This webinar is part of our monthly Lunch & Learn series. Attending this webinar will give you a deeper understanding of the wide range of opportunities and data resources available across various natural resources and hazards disciplines at the U.S. Geological Survey. We will provide an overview of the types of data and resources that can be directly applied to curriculum/syllabus development and student and faculty research. We will also showcase examples of partnerships and opportunities for institutions, students, and recent graduates through grants, fellowships, and internships.
Presenter(s):
Linda Debrewer, U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Region Quality Management Specialist/Science Advisor
Mercer Parker, U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Geologist
Katherine Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Regional Administrator of the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Thomas Byl, U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center