2026 Academic Retreat Schedule

August 17 – 28, 2026

Retreat Schedule PDF

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

August 17

  • Department Heads Retreat
  • New Faculty Orientation
  • ETE: Foundations of USU Teaching

August 18

August 19

  • Empowering Teaching Excellence Conference
  • Statewide Faculty Recognition Dinner

August 20

  • College Retreats

August 21

  • Department Retreats (Departments with or without Statewide/Eastern faculty)

August 24

  • Department Retreats (without Statewide/Eastern faculty)
  • USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat

August 25

  • USU Eastern (Price) In-Service
  • New Faculty Research Orientation
  • USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat

August 26

  • Connections

August 27

  • Connections
  • USU Eastern TDTE

August 28

  • Connections
  • USU Eastern TDTE

Event Details

Date Event Location & Time Invited Contact
August 17 Department Heads Retreat TSC Ballroom
8:00 am – 4:00 pm		 All academic department heads and others by invitation only Michele Hillard
435-797-1167
August 17 New Faculty Orientation Huntsman Hall 
Perry Pavilion
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
(12:00 -1:00 lunch)		 New tenured, tenure-track, and term faculty (not temporary) with start dates after August 2026

Jenna Padelsky
435-797-1840
August 17 ETE: Foundations of USU Teaching

Huntsman Hall
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

 New teaching faculty with start dates after August 2026 Travis Thurston
435-797-4950
ete@usu.edu 
August 19 Empowering Teaching Excellence Conference TSC Ballroom
8:00 am – 4:30 pm		 All faculty Travis Thurston
435-797-4950
ete@usu.edu 
August 19 Statewide Faculty Recognition Dinner President's Home
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm		 Statewide faculty
by invitation Only		 Tammy Firth
435-797-2201
August 20 College Retreats Determined by Colleges Determined by Colleges Individual Colleges
August 21 Department Retreats (Departments with or without Statewide/Eastern faculty) Determined by Departments Determined by Departments Individual Departments
August 24 Department Retreats (without Statewide/Eastern faculty) Determined by Departments Determined by Departments Individual Departments
August 24–25 USU Blanding Staff/Faculty Retreat Arts & Events Center
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Monday)
8:30 am – 1:00 pm (Tuesday)		 All Blanding faculty and staff Donna Blake
435-678-8145
August 25 New Faculty Research Orientation David B. Haight Center
11:30 am – 1:30 pm		 All new faculty Nathan Stucki
435-797-9879
August 25 USU Eastern (Price) In-Service JLSC-MPR
8:30 am – 11:00 am		 All USU Eastern faculty and staff Erin Rowley
435-613-5306
August 27–28 USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE Retreat Jennifer Leavitt Student Center
8:00 am – 4:00 pm		 All USU Eastern TDTE and AVTE faculty and staff Jessica Johnson
435-613-5276