Innovations in
Teaching, Learning & Leading
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Happy Thanksgiving
from all of us in
The Center for Professional Development
Wishing you a Thanksgiving overflowing with peace, love and laughter.
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Professional Development Events
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Lessons I Learned From My Sabbatical
with Deirdre Budzyna
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12:30-1:30pm
Haverhill Campus, Spurk C-204
Setting out to write a book, Deirdre learned some unexpected lessons along the way about health and wellness, connectivity and everything she was doing wrong in her online course! Join her for an open discussion of the benefits of taking a sabbatical for personal and professional growth.
Hot Topics in Higher Education: Are America’s College Campuses Too Liberal?
with President Lane Glenn
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
12:30-1:30pm
Lawrence Campus, Dimitry L-144
For decades, some conservatives have expressed concern that most college professors are liberal, and that their political views are often inappropriately expressed in the classroom. In recent years, those concerns have found broader interest, leading to surveys suggesting that two-thirds of Republicans have a negative view of higher education, and nearly 80% cite liberal ideological professors as one of the biggest problems. Those same surveys find confidence in higher education among Democrats, while still strong, beginning to fade as well. Articles will be forwarded following registration.
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Tech Talk is an exploration of current and emerging tech trends in a low-stress, positive environment - a “sandbox” approach to learning about new technologies.
Virtual Workshop: How to Use Owl and Zoom
November 20, 2019
12:30-1:30 PM
Meet online and in C-208
Join us for a virtual workshop on how to use Owl and Zoom. Owl is a portable, all-in-one 360-degree video and audio device that creates a better meeting experience for people joining virtually through any web-conferencing software. We will use Zoom to connect and illustrate how easily it allows individuals to "meet" online in real-time. We encourage you to access this video conference virtually from any location that has internet and a mobile device. Zoom meeting link will be provided after registration.
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End-of-the-Semester Gatherings
Join us!
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Join us to unwind and gather with your colleagues
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
12-2pm
Lawrence Campus, Dimitry, L-131
Center for Professional Development
Friday, December 6, 2019
10am-12pm
Haverhill Campus, Spurk, C-204
Center for Professional Development
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Advising Tech Workshop Series
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Banner Course Registration Training
with Stephanie Wares and Michelle Sunday
Ongoing per request
How to Make an Appointment in Navigate
with Audrey Ellis and Stephanie Wares
Friday Nov 22nd 10-11am in B 107
Academic Plans in Navigate
with Audrey Ellis and Stephanie Wares
Friday Dec 6th 10-11am in B 107
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Call for nominations for the
2nd annual Social Justice Award
will be available soon!
Do you know a colleague or a group of colleagues who promote equity, diversity, social justice and/or the advancement of human rights in their work at the college? Nominations for the Social Justice Award will begin to be accepted in early 2020. The award is given out at Commencement by President Lane Glenn. Start thinking of who you can nominate and look for more info in the next couple of months.
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Conferences & Webinars
Webinar: Creating diverse and inclusive textbooks
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12-1pm
Sponsored by OpenStax
On campuses everywhere conversations and courses of action around diversity, equity, and inclusion are improving education. But why should textbooks and other course materials be diverse and inclusive? And how do we ensure that they are? OpenStax Editorial Director, Anthony Palmiotto, and Communications Specialist, Symphonie Swift, will speak with Sabia Prescott, Senior Program Associate with the Education Policy program at New America; Jason Lambert, professor of business at Texas Woman's University; and Kharl Reynado, recent University of Connecticut graduate and former student blogger for OpenStax.
Webinar
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Five Breakout Moves to Build a Community of Powerful Learners
Thursday, November 21, 2019
2-3pm
Sponsored by NISOD: National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
This free webinar includes research-based strategies for developing a community of powerful learners in an active-learning classroom. Topics include co-developing norms around group learning, fostering a positive academic classroom mindset, deciding if a task is “group-worthy," and learning students’ names.
This webinar is based on a book by the same name. The book is available for borrowing in the Center for Professional Development.
UNH Annual Conference for Managers, Supervisors, Project and Team Leaders
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019
9am-4pm
Wentworth-by-the-Sea, Portsmouth, NH
39th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience
February 21-24, 2020
Washington DC
31st Annual Teaching Academic Survival and Success (TASS) Conference
March 29-April 1, 2020
Fort Lauderdale FL
This is a conference for the serious practitioner who is passionate about helping all students, especially those who are underprepared or underrepresented, to survive and thrive in college and beyond.
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Professional Development Funds
Are you interested in attending a conference in your discipline? Is there a workshop on student success strategies you want to attend?
Funds are available to assist faculty and staff with the cost of attending conferences to engage in scholarly exchange. The next deadline to apply is 1/27/20. Complete the
application.
Are you taking a credit course to earn a degree?
Apply for reimbursement for up to $100 for books.
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The Center for Professional Development welcomes requests for sign language interpreting and other access requests (i.e. Computer Aided Real Time (CART), food allergies, etc.), including attending events remotely via video conference.
Please contact the event organizer for requests, questions and information.
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