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As we near the midpoint of the semester, we hope all is going well. Midterm can be a good time to gather feedback from your students about their experiences in your courses so far. See our tipsheet on “Gathering Feedback from Students” for ideas, formats, and resources for doing so! You can also reach out to the Faculty Hub to schedule a one-on-one consultation about designing a feedback survey for your particular goals and teaching context. |
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Are you an adjunct professor in A&S, RSB, Jepson, Law, or SPCS? Would you like an opportunity to ask questions, build community, and connect with faculty in similar instructional roles across campus? Join us for our next conversation on Tuesday, March 26, at noon on Zoom to share teaching practices, get feedback from colleagues, and discover new teaching approaches for your current and future courses.
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Hub Talks are designed to promote intellectual exchange and collaboration across disciplines and schools. Samantha Seeley, Associate Professor of History, will discuss “Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain: Migration and the Making of the United States” at noon on Monday, March 25. Lunch will be provided. Please register here.
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Who had the right to live within the new United States? In the country’s founding decades, federal and state leaders, reformers, and writers debated who should have the power to remain and who would be subject to removal. Because removal proposals were so common, many Indigenous people and free African Americans spent the earliest decades of nationhood organizing to protect their power to remain in their homes and homelands.
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Do you have a specific question about AI? Luckily, we have 11 experts on AI in various areas and disciplines right on campus, including our own Andrew Bell, who is an expert in AI and Higher Education.
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Please join the Faculty Hub for this year’s Celebration of Teaching on Friday, April 12, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. At 3:45 p.m. we will provide welcoming remarks; then there will be time to meet, connect with, and celebrate teaching successes with colleagues from across campus. RSVP here to let us know that you’re planning to join us
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For this year’s celebration, we hope to highlight the innovative work of UR teaching faculty by collecting and sharing a crowdsourced archive of sample assignments. Please consider sharing one of your go-to assignments with us so that we can include your work in our community archive. Share your assignment here!
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Supporting Faculty Well-Being
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Faculty members’ mental health and well-being are critical components of a thriving academic community. In this interactive panel presentation, hosted by the NCFDD on Thursday, March 14, from 1 to 2 p.m., Rebecca Ropers (Senior Advisor for Academic Leadership Development and Conflict Resolution at the University of Minnesota), Regina McCoy (Associate Vice Provost for Retention and Student Success at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), and Lisa Hanasono (The NCFDD’s Director of Training and Content) will share transformative, accessible, and impactful approaches and resources that support faculty members’ health and well-being.
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Join us for a writing retreat in the Faculty Hub on Thursday, March 28, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This writing retreat will allow participants to share their writing goals and take advantage of quiet work time. We'll provide all participants with lunch and have coffee, tea, and snacks available all day. Feel free to join for any amount of time that works with your schedule. Sign up here to let us know you will be joining us. If you can't join us this month, please register for upcoming retreats here. |
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10 Things Worth Sharing This Month From Andrew Bell
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Baked into the inherent functionality of generative AI tools is the ability to create endless amounts of content, easily manipulate images, and vastly transform your digital footprint. As a technologist who spends a lot of time and energy researching the implications of these tools for teaching and scholarship, I’m both excited and unsettled by this reality. This month, I reflect on the optimal balance between digital and physical tool usage.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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