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Fresh Starts...and Anniversaries
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We hope your semester is off to a great start. At the beginning of this academic year, we here at the Faculty Hub have three things to celebrate: the fifth anniversary of the Faculty Hub, the third anniversary of the grand opening of the Faculty Hub space, and the first week for our new colleagues, Technology Consultant Ryan Cales, and Post-Baccalaureate Fellow for Inclusive Pedagogy and the Humanities Gabriel Matthews. Learn more about them and some of our upcoming fall offerings below.
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Welcome, Ryan and Gabriel!
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Ryan Cales is a new Technology Consultant in the Faculty Hub. He supports faculty in utilizing new technologies and integrating digital tools and platforms into their teaching practices. His specialties include digital pedagogy, equitable and accessible teaching practices—particularly in online spaces—course design, and peer mentorship. Ryan’s research interests include rhetorical theory and criticism, community literacy, and composition. He holds an MA in English (Writing and Rhetoric) and a BA in Philosophy from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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A 2024 graduate of the University of Richmond with an Interdisciplinary Studies degree in Critical Theory, Gabriel Matthews is the inaugural Post-Baccalaureate Fellow for Inclusive Pedagogy and the Humanities. Along with Kylie Korsnack, Gabriel co-directs the Faculty Hub’s Inclusive Pedagogy Partnership Program (IP3), where they coordinate support for pedagogical partnerships between faculty members and student consultants. Gabriel plans to pursue graduate study in the humanities.
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Join the Digital Pedagogy Cohort
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The Digital Pedagogy Cohort aims to empower faculty and instructional staff to integrate meaningful digital activities into their courses. This academic year, we will focus on the role of generative AI in education, exploring its potential and limitations. All cohort members will receive free copies of “Co-Intelligence” and “Teaching with AI.” Learn more and sign up here.
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Fall Writing Retreats and Other Writing Support Opportunities
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We invite you to come write in community with colleagues at a Faculty Hub day-long 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, Thursday, October 31, Thursday, November 7, Friday, December 6, Thursday, December 12. Click on a date or date that works for you to register.
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Learn From Your Colleagues
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Join a Teaching Square! Are you curious to learn more about what your colleagues on campus are doing in the classroom? Teaching Squares allow groups of faculty (usually 3-4) to participate in mutual, non-evaluative peer observation. Faculty participants examine their own teaching in the context of new approaches observed and reflect on how the teaching positively affects student engagement. Sign up here by September 13.
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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 this fall for a group slow read of this new book . Beginning on Thursday, Sept 12, we will meet weekly, discussing one chapter a week, and culminating with a virtual Q&A with the author on Thursday, Nov. 14. This reading group will be co-facilitated by Kylie Korsnack (Faculty Hub) and Mary Finley Brook (Associate Professor of Geography & the Environment). It will take place each Thursday (beginning 9/12) from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Faculty Hub. All participants will receive a free copy of the book. Learn more and register here: Faculty Hub Slow Read
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The Faculty Hub’s signature event—Morning Blend—is back for Fall 2024! This semester, Morning Blend will take place every Thursday from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Participants may choose to join in person at the Faculty Hub or remotely via Zoom. See the Morning Blend page on our website for a list of upcoming topics and to access the archive of past recordings and tip sheets. We hope you will grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for a future session of Morning Blend!
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Meditation and Mindfulness Events With Hartanto Gunawan
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Thursday, September 12, from 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Faculty Meditation and Mindfulness Hour With Hartanto Gunawan
Hartanto Gunawan is the director and founder of the Hartanto Gunawan Foundation of Human Development in Bangkok’s historic Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun). The foundation provides room, board, education, and job opportunities for at-risk youth and victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse/violence. The center liaises with the Thai Ministry of Education, Siam University, and local hospitals to train students to become qualified nurses and nursing assistants. Formerly a CEO who became a Buddhist monk, Hartanto leverages mindfulness and contemplative training to develop resilient students who go on to lead successful careers and support their communities. Please sign up here.
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Friday, September 13, from 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Lunchtime Panel on Mindfulness for Faculty Members (In the Classroom and Beyond) – with Hartanto Gunawan, Monti Datta, and Roger Mancastroppa. Please register here.
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PEIC Instructional Support Group
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Dra. Aurora Chang will lead this year-long cohort-based instructional support group for those teaching courses around the Integrated Focus Area of PEIC. The group will meet roughly every two weeks to provide a confidential, strengths-based space to engage with each other, problem-solve, and share best practices relative to students’ engagement with PEIC content. This group will meet virtually from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on the following Tuesdays during Fall 2024: Sept. 10, Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3. Please sign up here.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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