All members of the NDSU community are invited to attend two lectures on faculty advancement. Members of FORWARD’s external advisory board will deliver each lecture.

Christine Hult, associate dean in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Utah State University, will present “Low Cost High Impact: Suggestions for Warming the Campus Climate for Women,” on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 12:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Plains room.

Susan Carlson, associate provost for faculty advancement and diversity at Iowa State University, will present “An Architecture for Institutional Transformation at ISU: People and Policy, Data and Dissemination,” on Friday, Aug. 28, at noon in the Memorial Union Plains room.

Carlson and Hult have worked with the National Science Foundation Advance funding at their own institutions. Their presentations will draw on that experience.

A free lunch will be served. To make a reservation, go to www.ndsu.edu/forward, click on the registration link and complete the registration form. Registration is required.