Faculty and Staff Book Club – The Happiness Advantage
By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.
Writing Retreat
A Writing Retreat provides a focused block of time and supportive environment for you to commit to and have some level of accountability for accomplishing a research goal. There will be no planned programming, instead it will be a time for you to focus on your research/writing goals and hopefully be very productive! See below […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Faculty Forum
Join colleagues from across the state to discuss AI as it pertains to teaching.
Midwest SoTL Conference
Attend the Midwest SoTL Conference focused on the theme of "Teaching Everyone Everywhere."
Adjunct Faculty Scholars Conference
Join part-time faculty colleagues from around the state and beyond for a day of professional development and networking.
Faculty and Staff Book Club – Ask Powerful Questions
If you want to become a better educator and facilitate an ice breaker conversation with colleagues...this book is for you. Ask Powerful Questions invites the reader on a journey that explores: the clarity of intent, connecting through rapport, creating openness, reflective listening, and empathy. How can we explore the space between ourselves and others, and exchange meaningful perspectives? Just ask—powerfully.
Faculty and Staff Book Club – Relationship Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College
What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it’s pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience.
Communities of Care: Virtual Symposium on Trauma- and Resilience-Informed Teaching
This symposium empowers educators to better recognize students in crisis and serve their needs via classroom practices, curriculum development, and community building.
Fear and Loathing in the Age of AI
Join colleagues from across the state to discuss the current conversation around the use of tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, as well as how educators should respond in this ever-evolving climate.
Work Sprint
Do you need to set aside time to work on your research? Or do you have other work you need to complete? Perhaps completing a task for a research project, grading, recording/creating course content, reading? Would having some focused time to work on it help?