The Diversity Reading Group discussion of Unbound by Tarana Burke is being moved to Tuesday, Nov. 29, 4:30 – 5:30. Here is the updated Teams link: Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the…
Category: Forthcoming Events
The Teaching Conversations Series: Course Evaluations
Dec. 2, 9:30am – 10:30am Each semester faculty administer course evaluations, but their value has long been a matter of debate. In this teaching conversation we’ll ask participants to share the ways they use student course evaluations to improve their…
Diversity Reading Group: Unbound – Tarana Burke
Nov. 22, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Join us for a discussion of Tarana Burke’s “Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement.” This memoir recounts Burke’s struggles and ultimate self-empowerment, as well as the movement she…
Diversity Film Series: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Nov 18, 2-4:30 JH 111 and Teams This offering in the Diversity Film Series will be a showing of the acclaimed film, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” about the life and work of the civil rights activist and Georgia representative. The…
Faculty Retirement Group Event: “Cubism and the Trompe L’Oeil Tradition”
Friday November 18: 10:00 a.m. In the Learning Studio (Walsh Library, Lower Level) and in Zoom Speaker: Petra Chu, Professor Emeritus of Art History On October 20, a new exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Cubism and the…
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Sustaining Engagement in the Classroom
Nov. 15, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Priti Shah, Associate Director of Counseling and Psychological Services This presentation is meant to provide a general understanding of student and faculty burnout and compassion fatigue and how this might influence the classroom environment and…
R and RStudio Workshop
Nov. 11, 10:00 – 11:30am Join University Libraries for a refresher course on R and RStudio. A refresher course on R and RStudio, a versatile open-source programming language and statistics software for computation and graphics. Topics covered will include data…
“The Legacy of Richard J. Hughes, (First Catholic Governor of New Jersey): Building Bridges Between the Classroom and the Community”
Nov. 10, 1:00 – 1:45 Presenter: Alan Delozier, Humanities Librarian This presentation will provide an introduction to the life and far reaching influence of Richard J. Hughes, first Irish Catholic Governor of New Jersey. Hughes’ efforts to form a more…
Diversity Reading Group: How the Word is Passed
Diversity Reading Group: How the Word is Passed – Clint Smith Oct. 25, 4:30-5:30 Open to faculty and staff Join this event via Teams.
Faculty Values and Higher Ed Controversies
Oct. 21, 10:00am- 11:30am Jubilee Hall, Room 132 Higher education has seen better days. As student debt approaches two trillion dollars, universities in the United States face greater scrutiny than ever before. Coupled with an ever-uncertain economic landscape, the national…