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We look forward to your attendance at the upcoming 2025 Summer Institute sites. We are excited to welcome 43 faculty to our summer sites, 5 of whom are new faculty.

Please read through the below information closely, as it contains important information regarding action items and deadlines noted in parenthesis. 

Please let Cici know if you have questions at cfrancisco@uschamber.com or 385.484.9830.

Faculty Action Items

  1. Site Registration (Deadline: Friday, March 28)
  2. Submit Updated W-9, if applicable (Deadline: Friday, March 28)
  3. Submit ACH Payment Form (Deadline: Friday, March 28)
  4. Transportation to Site (Deadlines Below)

    Midwest: Friday, April 18
    Southeast: Friday, May 9
    Northeast: Friday, June 13

  5. Attend Virtual Faculty Trainings (Dates TBD)
  6. Upload Presentation Materials (Deadlines Below)

    Midwest: Friday, May 16
    Southeast: Friday, June 6
    Northeast: Friday, July 11
  1. Course Evaluation QR Codes
  2. Faculty Orientation Packet
  3. Faculty Grids
  4. 2025 Curriculum Syllabus 
  5. Faculty Press Release and Social Posts
  6. Course Rosters (Site Links Below)
  7. On-Site Activities to Note

 

Detailed Faculty Action Items

Detailed Faculty Action Items

Site Registration

(Deadline: Friday, March 28)

Here you’ll accept the 2025 Faculty Contract, submit your emergency contact, dietary, and lodging information. Faculty will be asked to provide their intended arrival and departure days. As faculty members, hotel accommodations are covered for the duration of your teaching days, as well as the day prior to and after teaching days. Sometimes faculty members choose to arrive and stay outside these dates and cover the hotel on their own. In this instance, Institute will reserve the room and modify the billing information accordingly. Institute staff will make reservations based on your request and you will receive confirmation prior to arrival. 

Please register for each of the Institute site(s) you've been invited to teach by selecting Volunteers and Faculty:

Submit Updated W-9

(Deadline: Friday, March 28)

A copy of your W-9 form is required to ensure you are compensated. If you are a new faculty member or your organization information has changed since your last Institute payment, please upload a copy here. If you have questions on the compensation structure, please let Cici know. 

Submit ACH Payment Form

(Deadline: Friday, March 28) 

Effective January 2025, Institute payments are processed via ACH payments. Previously, faculty payments were processed in check form. A completed ACH form is required to ensure you are compensated. Please upload your completed ACH Form here. 

Please note, once the form is received, Jack Potter (240-994-9690) from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Finance Department will contact you via phone to confirm the information. Please ensure that you can be reached at the "Contact Telephone" number provided on the form. 

If you taught at 2025 Winter Institute and submitted this form previously, you do not need to submit a new form unless you would like to change the payment account.

 

Transportation to Site

Flights are covered by Institute and booked by the faculty member using the Institute partner travel agency, Ovation. If a faculty member drives to site, they will be reimbursed for mileage, which is calculated using the federal government reimbursement rate. Please book travel as soon as possible and before the below deadlines:

Failure to book by the deadline may result in responsibility for partial flight cost. Itinerary changes may result in responsibility for partial flight cost.

  • Midwest: Friday, April 18
  • *Southeast: Friday, May 9
  • Northeast: Friday, June 13

*Please note, for Southeast Institute, the ATL airport is approximately 1.5 hours from Athens. We recommend using Groome Transportation, which provides shuttle service from the airport to the UGA Hotel. Please visit their website or call 706-612-1155 to make a reservation. The cost should be covered by your travel expense

  1. If you plan on driving to the site (instead of flying), please let Cici know.
  2. Please book your flights by contacting Ovation by informing them you are with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Midwest/Southeast/Northeast) Institute for Organization Management. They can be reached by:

You will need to provide:

  • First Name:
  • Middle Name or Initial:
  • Last Name:
  • Date of Birth:
  • Gender:  
  • Cell Phone Number:
  • TSA/Known Traveler Number:
  • Frequent flyer number:
  • Seat Preference:   

Please note, names on ticket must match government issued ID presented at the airport.  

 

Virtual Faculty Trainings 

Faculty Training sessions (#1 & #2 below) are required for new faculty members and optional for returning faculty. Because the sessions will cover different content, new faculty are required to attend both.

 Faculty Training #1: Orientation and Initial Preparation: (DATE TBD)

In this session we’ll review site-specific information and faculty expectations. Experienced faculty members will cover the nuances of teaching at Institute and discuss how to prepare effective presentation materials. We’ll discuss the attendee profile, hear from new faculty who share their perspective, and discuss other high-level initial preparation topics.

 Faculty Training #2: The Classroom Experience: (DATE TBD)

In this session experienced faculty members will deep-dive classroom management techniques and share best practices as you focus on the classroom experience aspect for attendees. This training will provide a more hands-on approach to preparation

Upload Presentation Materials (Deadlines Below)

 All presentations and handouts will be available to attendees, as many download and/or print them prior to arriving on-site. Please upload presentation materials and any handouts by the below deadlines:

  • Midwest: Friday, May 16th
  • Southeast: Friday, June 6th
  • Northeast: Friday, July 11th

Please upload presentation materials saved as: LastName. FirstName. ClassNumber. Class Name. (ie: Francisco.Cici.C150 Communicating With Confidence)

To maintain uniformity of presentations on-site it was previously requested that a full Institute-branded template be used for the entirety of the presentation. However, we now only require that the title slide of your presentation be an Institute-branded templates. Please find three PowerPoint template options to choose from below:

Blue - Red

Blue - Dark Blue

Dark Blue - Blue

Upload Presentation Materials Here 

Course Evaluation QR Code

To ensure the quality of the program, every attendee is asked to provide feedback on the course curriculum.  These evaluations are conducted electronically and once feedback is processed, individual comments are sent to faculty.

We ask that you allocate 5 minutes at the end of class for attendees to complete this. Please choose the preferred template color palette of your choosing and incorporate the respective slide as the final slide of your submitted presentation materials. (Please note, the QR code will be updated for each site, so may not currently reflect the site page for the site you’re teaching at, but it will by the time attendees access it).

 

Faculty Orientation Packet

(To be provided)

Find pertinent site-specific information to assist in your preparation.

 

Faculty Grids

The 2025 Site Grids will be available shortly to reference which other faculty will be in attendance. Those in yellow will be new faculty – please give them a warm welcome!

2025 Curriculum Syllabus

Please find the 2025 Curriculum Syllabus for reference.

 

Faculty Press Release & Social Posts

If you'd like to let your network know about your upcoming participation at Winter Institute, we invite you to share a press release orsocial postand tag Institute on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram. Graphics and suggested verbiage can be found here.

 

Course Rosters

Direct links to your course rosters will be available shortly below. These will be updated in real-time, so as more attendees register, the rosters will automatically reflect these changes. We recommend you looking at the specific rosters as you prepare, as they will provide insight into the demographic composition of your classes.

  • Midwest 
  • Southeast 
  • Northeast

 

Onsite Activities to Note

Silent Auction

There will be a silent auction throughout the week to raise money for Institute scholarships. All money raised goes to the Regent Scholarship Program, specific to each Institute site. You are invited to participate by either donating or bidding on items, although you are in no way obligated to do so. In the past, some faculty members have appreciated the opportunity to donate their services or a book they've written.

If you're interested in donating to the silent auction, please fill out the form below for your respective site. Please include your name and organization in the description of the item donated.

 

Industry Consultations

The Institute Industry Consultation Program provides the opportunity for attendees to talk on-on-one with a subject matter expert in a confidential setting, discuss issues raised in class in greater depth, or address a professional challenge. Participating in the on-site industry consultations as a facilitator is completely optional for faculty members. If you are interested in participating as a facilitator, please complete this Facilitator Sign-Up. (This form is universal for all sites).

 

Faculty Dinner

For those on-site the Tuesday of your site, the Board of Regents plans a dinner for faculty, volunteers, and staff, and you will receive more information on this prior to Institute. Please remember the $75 per diem can cover your meal expenses.