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Happy Halloween From the Hub!
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As the semester picks up steam, we know how full your schedules are with classes, grading, and research. Our Halloween newsletter highlights a variety of upcoming events and resources designed to support you during this busy time. We hope you find something of interest – perhaps a "treat" amidst the autumn whirlwind!
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The 2024 U.S. presidential elections are around the corner, and you may be thinking about your role as a professor and how best to support students. The Faculty Hub has put together some resources for faculty to use during this time.
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Let's Talk About Student Reading
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Join FYS Director Libby Gruner, Ryan Cales and Gabriel Matthews from the Faculty Hub, and your colleagues for a conversation about reading. Complaints that students aren’t doing the reading have been around forever, but most of us think we’re seeing something new now. In this conversation, we’ll share what we’ve been seeing, but—most importantly—we’ll also share strategies. Please join us on Thursday, November 7, from 4 to 5 p.m., with both your concerns and your suggestions! Sign up here.
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Last Writing Retreats of the Year!
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Inclusive Pedagogy Partnership Program: Call for Applications for Spring 2025
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The Faculty Hub invites applications for the spring cohort of participants in the Inclusive Pedagogy Partnership Program (IP3). The IP3 program pairs students and faculty (or instructional staff) together for a semester-long partnership experience focused on the implementation of principles of inclusive pedagogy. Students regularly observe, provide feedback, and serve as a thinking partner for faculty, helping them to reflect on, refine, and enhance their inclusive teaching practices.
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If you have questions about the application process or about the work of either program, please contact Kylie Korsnack in the Faculty Hub.
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Specifications Grading Post
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Check out this post on specifications grading by Priscilla Erickson, Assistant Professor of Biology, on the blog, Grading for Growth. In her post, she discusses how she has implemented and revised specifications grading during the three times she has taught Genetics of Biodiversity, a primary literature-focused seminar.
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Workday for Faculty Members
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By now, you've likely heard a lot of buzz about the upcoming transition to Workday, but what will this transition really mean to faculty members? Join Julie Farmer, Workday Program Lead and Director of Change Management, and Dustin Engels, Director of UR Better, for a short overview and Q&A session to discuss the Workday features most relevant to you. Register here for the session on Friday, Nov. 22, from 9:00-9:30 a.m. or Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 10:00-10:30 a.m. The content of both sessions will be the same, and both will be on Zoom.
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Help for the Helpers:
Processing the Cost of Caring
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This session on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. is an opportunity to hold space for faculty and instructional staff who would like to share and process how they are managing their own self-care while supporting their students. Kris Day, Director of CAPS, will facilitate.
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Adjunct Conversation Series
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In this month’s conversation series for adjunct professors, we’ll open up space for participants to bring questions relevant to this time of the semester and to follow up on last month’s introduction to SpiderAI. Join us for an opportunity to share teaching practices, get feedback from colleagues, and discover new teaching approaches for your current and future courses.
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From Kristjen Lundberg’s Lab:
Faculty Participants Needed
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Student researcher Marissa Burton is seeking participants for an online research study examining University of Richmond faculty members' beliefs about "belonging." We are interested in representing a diverse range of faculty perspectives on both personal experiences of belonging (or not) and beliefs about belonging as an institutional priority, so all are welcome and encouraged to participate. Your responses will be kept confidential. Participants must be full-time UR faculty members who teach traditional undergraduate courses. Following survey completion, participants may enter a drawing to win one of ten $50 Amazon gift codes. Learn more by accessing the survey at the following link. The approximately 20-25 minute survey may only be completed once. This study is being completed by Marissa Burton, an honors student in Psychology, under the mentorship of Dr. Kristjen Lundberg. Please direct questions or concerns to marissa.burton@richmond.edu.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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