Introducing faculty to an institution is often treated as a single event with a single audience. In reality, faculty arrive through many pathways and experience institutions differently. Adjuncts, visitors, pre-tenure faculty, clinical instructors, online teachers, and lateral hires all face distinct challenges and expectations. Faculty come with differing identities, abilities, familiarity with academia, and networks. Relying on uniform models of orientation and support can lead to confusion, isolation, and uneven success. This discussion session invites all attendees to rethink faculty acculturation as an ongoing, differentiated process rather than a one size fits all experience. This session explores how institutions can create support structures with intentional inclusion for role-specific and diverse realities while still fostering shared culture and connection. _x000D_
