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It's hard to believe that it is almost October. Now is a great time to start thinking about getting midterm feedback from your students. Here are some tips on Gathering Student Feedback, so you can make any changes needed to enhance student learning for the second half of the semester. You may also want to consider a Facilitated Course Assessment provided by the Faculty Hub as an alternative to a self-administered anonymous feedback form. Learn more about Facilitated Course Assessments here. Keep reading to learn about more opportunities this fall.
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Join the Faculty Hub for our upcoming Morning Blend sessions, where we’ll explore timely topics over coffee or tea. On Thursday, September 19 (9:30-10 a.m.), Deans Joe Boehman and Mia Reinoso Genoni will discuss Generative AI and the Honor Code, addressing academic integrity concerns. The following week, on Thursday, September 26 (9:30-10 a.m.), Andrew Bell will introduce SpiderAI, a new tool for enhancing teaching and learning. Both sessions will include a brief presentation, takeaway tips, and an open discussion. Attend in person or via Zoom.
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Web of Inquiry Faculty Development Series
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The Faculty Hub is hosting two series designed for those developing or revising a course to carry the Written Communication or Power, Equity, Identity, and Culture attributes in the Web of Inquiry curriculum. Four 75-minute sessions have been designed around the learning objectives of these courses.
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Our campus partner, the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion, has announced its call for proposals for the Equity Summit 2025, which will take place on February 14, 2025. They encourage proposals from faculty, staff, and students who may not pursue DEI work in their daily lives but are still deeply committed to it and have varying levels of foundational knowledge.
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Fall Writing Opportunities Abound!
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October is for Writers! The UR Faculty October Writing Challenge offers support and accountability to help you achieve your writing goals. During the challenge, you'll join colleagues across campus to observe a regular writing practice, record and share your progress, and cheer on other writers. Learn more and sign up here: October Writing Challenge
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We invite you to come write in community with colleagues at a Faculty Hub Writing Retreat at any point this fall. Our loosely structured events create a supportive writing environment where you can make progress on your writing goals. Lunch and snacks are available to our writers.
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This fall, we’ll have retreats on the following dates: Thursday, September 19, Friday, October 18, Monday, October 21, Thursday, October 31, Thursday, November 7, Monday, December 2, and Thursday, December 12. Click on a date (or dates) that work for you to register.
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Slow Read:
Teaching Climate Change
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In Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice (2023), climate educator, physicist, and speculative fiction writer, Vandana Singh, offers a framework for effective climate change pedagogy. Join the Faculty Hub for a group slow read. Beginning on Thursday, September 19, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., we will meet to discuss one chapter a week and conclude with a virtual Q&A with the author on Thursday, November 14. Kylie Korsnack (Faculty Hub) and Mary Finley Brook (Associate Professor of Geography & the Environment) will co-facilitate this reading group. All participants will receive a free copy of the book.
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Humanities Faculty Workshop
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Please join our campus partner, the Humanities Center, for “The Affective Academic: Reflecting on Embodied Research and Emotional Pedagogy” with Donovan Schaefer on Friday, November 1, from 12-2 p.m., in the Faculty Hub. In this workshop, participants can explore the emotional dimensions of research and teaching. How does affect/emotion affect the process of research discovery and publication and shape faculty pedagogy? How can paying attention to the affective dimensions of scholarly life create a better academic environment for both faculty and students?
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Donovan Schaefer is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent book, Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin, explores the intersections between affect theory, science, and critical approaches to the secular.
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Sign up for the workshop here! In preparation, please read the introduction to Wild Experiment, which will provide valuable context to the discussion. Copies are available for free after sign-up at Faculty Hub 310.
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NCFDD Workshop for Chairs
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Are you a department chair or preparing to become one? The NCFDD is offering a free virtual course, “From the Chair’s Perspective.” (Recordings are available if you miss a session.) You must log in to view.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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