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Making the Case: Faculty Self-reflection, Portfolios, and Statements for Teaching Evaluation

Sie Complex, Maglione Room, 5025

By: Leslie Cramblet Alvarez, Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning   In this interactive workshop, we welcome back Dr. Noah Finkelstein and panel guests from around the country to explore the role of self-reflection and composing teaching statements for evaluation. We present the opportunities (and limitations) of different mechanisms for including and interpreting […]

Evaluating Diversity in the Accreditation Process: Part 1 – The Upfront Design

Zoom

Both university and program-level accrediting organizations are increasingly placing focus on diversity in their requirements, but that criteria can feel ambiguous, and many today are uncertain of how to ensure that their programs comply. This challenge is twofold: first, you must understand the requirements, and second, you must have knowledge of various ways to embed […]

Dean’s Council BIPOC Retention Zoom Training | March 16th from 10:00 – 11:30 am

Zoom

Over the past decade, academic affairs leaders have focused on hiring more BIPOC faculty to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body. But even the best hiring plans fail without a plan for retention and engagement. Unfortunately, BIPOC faculty are more likely than white peers to be disengaged in their roles. Indeed, seventy […]

You Aren’t Alone: Burnout Resilience in Challenging Times Part 1

Responding to Faculty Burnout: Purpose and Compassion Zoom link: The last three years have been challenging, to say the very least, and the ongoing trauma of the pandemic and shake-ups on our campuses have impacted both faculty and students. Many faculty were on the edge of burnout before 2020, and the swings between in-person to […]

Defining the Impact of the Metaverse in Higher Education

Zoom

Are you curious about the potential of virtual reality and how it may shape the future of education and work? Join us for a free webinar discussion to learn about the metaverse and its potential to revolutionize higher education. You’ll gain insights from experts in the field who are navigating the metaverse firsthand and also […]

Evaluating Diversity in the Accreditation Process: Part II – Your Approach in the Classroom

Zoom

Accreditation can be viewed as the responsibility of Institutional Research when, in fact, their input should take place in the later stages of design. On the front end, faculty have an opportunity to drive and positively impact the process of designing programs for accreditation. By doing so, faculty help to ensure that students are prepared […]

Actualize Your Purpose: A Workshop on Improving Your Well-Being

Zoom

The pandemic has fundamentally altered the way we work: remote and hybrid environments, students and colleagues in greater need of support, and demands for greater work-life balance. This is the perfect time to take stock, check in with yourself and your goals, and start creating work habits that work for you. Join us online for […]

Infusing Domestic and Global Perspectives into Your DEI Initiatives

Creating and maintaining an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone on a campus is necessary to recruit and retain diverse faculty, students, and staff, as well as to create an environment that promotes Global Citizenship to reflect an increasingly global society. Yet at most institutions, DEI initiatives only focus on domestic diversity and lack a global perspective. […]

R1 Our Way: Celebrating Workload Equity and the First Cohort of DEAP Teams on April 13th

Community Commons 2600

Join Provost Clark on April 13th in celebrating the accomplishments of the first cohort of Department Equity Action Planning (DEAP) teams, who have been working hard on workload equity in their departments. This is a great opportunity to reflect on concrete strategies to improve equity for faculty and learn about the work of the Higher […]

Resilient Leadership for Chairs and Directors

Zoom

Virtual Workshop: Chairs and Directors are aware that leading in times of crisis is challenging. It can be difficult to combat the time that is consumed by day-to-day operational tasks and leaders may struggle to find time and energy to dedicate toward strategic thinking. On April 24 from 9:00 – 11:00 am, this workshop will […]

Ideas to Impact Spring ‘23 Faculty Workshop

AAC 290

In Fall ‘22, Provost Clark held the first Ideas to Impact Faculty Workshop. The purpose of that workshop was to engage DU faculty in sparking the next generation of interdisciplinary, big ideas, creating attractive opportunities for investment, and engaging the DU community in the development of eight white papers. Building on the momentum of the […]

Heart of Higher Education Conversations

Hyflex

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The […]