<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/announcements/2026/september/ncfdd-faculty-success-program.html" dsn="news"><title>Investing in Faculty Success: SLU's NCFDD Sponsorship Continues</title><description>Each year, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost sponsors five, mid-career full-time SLU faculty members to participate in the NCFDD Faculty Success Program, a 12-week intensive mentoring experience designed to help faculty build sustainable habits around scholarly productivity, time management, and work-life balance. Faculty who complete the program work with an experienced coach and a small peer group to set and pursue concrete goals, while also building accountability structures that often outlast the program itself. </description><image>/-img/-newsfeeds/newsfeed-slu.svg</image><date>09/11/2026</date><tags><tag>Provost</tag></tags></item>