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August can sometimes seem like the world’s longest Sunday—still summer, but with the school year hovering just around the corner. As much as I savor the relative calm of those last days of summer, the first day of classes always feels to me a bit like the first day of Spring: full of energy, new beginnings, and just a bit of trepidation. No matter how many years I’ve been teaching, I still get (at least a few) butterflies on that first walk into the classroom.
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I used to wonder how it was possible for me to still be nervous about the first day of class after all this time. Now I’ve come to see that those butterflies aren’t necessarily a bad thing—and that, based on many conversations, I’m not alone in having them! Those nerves mean that we care and that we know that what we do matters. They stem from our understanding that teaching is full of both possibility and unpredictability. And that is the integral beauty of it.
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As you walk into your new classes this week, I’m sending best wishes to you and your students for good energy and just the right amount of butterflies. And because the start of a new semester is always better in good company, I hope you’ll join us for our Welcome Back Breakfast this Thursday, August 28, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. here in the Faculty Hub. The new academic year brings so much activity to the Faculty Hub! Read on to find out more about this semester, including our upcoming cohorts.
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This Week in the Faculty Hub
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Cohorts: True to our name as a "Hub," we hope to be a place where you can connect with colleagues, and as such, we offer semester- and year-long experiences to share, learn, and meet others across the university. Check them out on our events page. You'll note we have three offerings for the Web of Inquiry Course Design Institutes (for Power, Equity Identity, and Culture, Quantitative Data Literacy, and Written Communication and FYS), a cohort for new faculty called Teaching@UR, and an FLC on Building AI Literacy led by our digital pedagogy team and Saif Mehkari, Professor of Economics.
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The National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community of faculty, postdocs, & graduate students from over 450 colleges and universities. NCFDD partners with colleges and universities to provide programs and services designed to help scholars increase their research productivity and work-life balance. This is a reminder that the UR has an institutional membership, and you can join for free using your UR credentials and take advantage of their offerings, if you have not already.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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