Semper Professor
training continuous program aimed at full professors and full professors, with extensive experience professor and research, from all Schools and centers of the University of Navarra.
Why take this Program?

It reinforces in the teachers some essential topics to carry out the mission statement of the University.

It addresses issues such as institutional culture, the intellectual and human training , the training professor and research, and the emotional well-being of the university professor.

It prepares mentors for new generations of university professors.

Prioritize colloquium among teachers.
Methodology
The sessions will be held in small groups, with a participatory methodology in which the speakers will be the moderators of the conversation, one Tuesday a month from 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm. In addition, they will be complemented with recommended readings. The program has a duration of two years.

"The university, because of its research vocation and professor, should be a space for academic dialogue, for exchange between the sciences, for critical thinking, for the search for the deepest truths that lie at the root of the factual."
María Iraburu
president

Modules
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Sense of one's own dedication to the University. Being a professor: rediscovering the academic vocation.
Human relations in the University and the training of future generations of professors.
The Christian inspiration of the University. Implications and horizon.
TRAINING INTELLECTUAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Attitudes for continuous growth: Openness and flexibility, continuous improvement.
Science and current ethical challenges.
Science and current anthropological issues.
Challenges of today's culture. Social commitment of the University.
Sustainability with background.
TRAINING PROFESSOR
How is the student of today: keys to empathize and understand the student of our classrooms. Communication with student.
The integral training of student: theoretical and practical knowledge, intellectual and ethical habits (knowing, knowing how to do, being).
Experiences of good teaching practices.
TRAINING RESEARCHER
The University in the media. Communicating the research.
management of projects. Experience with interdisciplinary research projects.
The research and its challenges. How to disseminate research and project it socially.
Leadership in the training of equipment from research.
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Motivation staff, successes and failures.
work teamwork. Conflict resolution, assertiveness.
Schedule of Sessions for the Second Edition of the SEMPER PROFESSOR Program
1st Session 13 OCTOBER: The Meaning of One’s Own Commitment to the University. Being a professor: a profession and an intellectual and educational endeavor. Rediscovering the academic vocation. Viewing “ teaching ” as a service and a contribution to the student’s development staff .
Session 2, NOVEMBER 10:Science, Reason, and Faith in Contemporary discussion .
Session 3, JANUARY 12: Challenges of Today's Culture. Weak thought, individualism, pragmatism, emotivism, self-referential narcissism.
Session 4, February 16: The University in the Media. Communicating the research.
Session 5, March 16: What Today's Students Are Like: Keys to Empathizing With and Understanding the Students in Our Classrooms. Communicating With Students.
Session 6, APRIL 6: The University in the Media. Communicating the research.
7th Session, May 18: The Emotional Development of College Students.
8th Session, October 5:The “ research ” and Its Challenges in the “ knowledge ” Society.
9th Session, NOVEMBER 9: Human Relations at the University and the training s of Future Generations of Professors.
10th Session, January 18: Growing at College: Cultivating Intellectual and Ethical Habits.
11th Session, February 8: Thinking About the Next Generation: How to Support a Young PhD student or professor in their academic training and degree program .
12th Session, MARCH 14: The Christian Inspiration of the University. Implications and Prospects.
13th Session, April 25: The Government at the University.
14th Session, MAY 9: Sustainability with depth: wonder, contemplation of nature, the perception of beauty, responsibility toward the natural and social environment, etc.




