Critical Friends Peer Mentoring Session

This opportunity is open to all department chairs, school directors, associate deans in non-departmentally organized colleges and directors of academic programs similar to departments/schools.

This program will focus on developing a community of peers, by providing a venue to give and receive effective feedback and promote group problem solving. Used at the Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer (DEO) Training, the Critical Friends* model will be used to facilitate these structured problem solving conversations around particular topics or issues participants want to discuss.

2025-26 Critical Friends Peer Mentoring Schedule

November 6, 2025, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
December 4, 2025, from 9:00 – 10:00 AM EST
January 15, 2026, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
February 12, 2026, from 9:00 – 10:00 AM EST
March 12, 2026, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
April 9, 2026, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST