Research and Scholarly & Creative Activity

Events to Support Faculty Writing

Spring Break Writing Retreat 2025

The Provost’s Office and Faculty Center invite all tenure-track and tenured faculty and librarians to consider applying for the 2025 Spring Break Faculty Writing Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to provide you (faculty and librarians with expectations for producing scholarly and creative activity) with the space, time, and sustenance as you work on a scholarly or creative project. The retreat will be held during spring break in 3 different time frames (2 days, 3 days, and 5 days). Space is limited and priority will be given to tenure-track (untenured) faculty and librarians, but all are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Dates:

Monday, March 17 – Friday, March 21, 2025

Day options:

5 days (MTWRF)
3 days (MTW)
2 days (RF, 3/14 and 3/15)

Goals for Faculty:

Provide collegial accountability for writing / research / creative activity time.
Generate community and a shared, supportive experience.
Create academic networks.

What’s in it for you:

A supportive, enjoyable, and accountable environment to help you throughout each day
Opportunities for camaraderie with colleagues from across the campus
Safe spaces to discuss the successes and challenges and also celebrate your writing, research, and creative activities
A private study room in the Campbell Library for each participant
Group lunches, coffee/tea, and snacks provided daily

What’s asked of you:

Participants must agree to engage in the full 7 hours each day of the retreat, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (including morning goal sharing; 1 hour of a catered, group lunch; and 5 hours of writing with small breaks) and to step away from other commitments during that time.
Applicants must provide project title and description and specific goals for scholarly work during the retreat with at least one deliverable (e.g., lit review, manuscript, data analysis, grant proposal, creative work)

How and when to apply:

Applications will open on December 1st and close on Monday, February 10th at 11:59 PM.

Decisions will be made and notifications sent out on or before February 21st.

14-Day Writing Challenges Feb. 24-Mar.9, 2025

The Faculty Center and The Division of Inclusive Excellence, Community and Belonging (IECB) are excited to convene interested Rowan faculty for participation in the NCFDD’s 14-Day Faculty Writing Challenge from February 24^th- March 9^th!

Rowan has an institutional membership in the NCFDD, so there is no cost to participate. NCFDD has designed this challenge to allow you “to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability,” as well as to meet some of your writing goals this semester.

By signing up, you’ll be committing to writing for at least 30 minutes every day, logging your progress in their online community platform, and supporting other writers in the challenge along the way. Go to NCFDD to learn more.

If you are interested in joining the Challenge, first you’ll need to activate your institutional membership (if you haven’t already). Here’s how:

Go to the NCFDD Institutional Membership website.
Select “Rowan University” from the drop down menu.
Click “Activate Account” and register with your Rowan email address.

Then, register on this page by February 14th.

But wait! Through the Rowan Faculty Center and DEI, we’re also creating an opportunity for some local community support throughout the challenge by hosting four hybrid sessions:

Goal Setting: Friday, February 21st @ 10:00 - 11:00 am (hybrid)
Writing Together 1: Friday, February 28th @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (hybrid)
Writing Together 2: Friday, March 7th @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (hybrid)
Reflection Session: Friday, March 14th @ 10:00 - 11:00 am (virtual)

Interested in joining us for one or more of these sessions? Sign up for our Spring 2025 Rowan Faculty Writing Support Group. (If you don’t feel drawn to this group or can’t make it to any of the sessions, you are welcome to participate in the NCFDD Challenge and register through the links above.)

If you're up for the challenge, we can't wait for you to join us!