Faculty

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

Join colleagues across central Illinois along with presenters Justin and Heather from ICC as they explore the intersection of culturally responsive teaching and trauma-informed pedagogy. We will discuss how to teach from an awareness of relational dynamics that motivates all students' learning. Our work focuses on applying this understanding to students with experiences of marginalization.

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Save the Date - April 9, 2024 - Assurance of Student Learning Day

Presented by the Committee for the Assurance of Student Learning (CASL)

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Center for Faculty Excellence

Hear about 2023 Program Assessment grant projects from your colleagues.

Program Agenda

1:30pm: Opening Remarks (from CASL Chair Junfeng Wang)

1:35pm: UIS Degree Program Review and Assessment Grant Project Reports

This presentation will briefly introduce participants to generative artificial intelligence. After that, we will explore several generative AI tools for research and teaching. We will discuss ways to effectively engage with these tools and how we might use them in the classroom and other professional activities.

Work with faculty and staff to create an assignment that engages your students with Generative AI

Generative AI can enhance student learning by stimulating creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. In this hands-on workshop, you will work with faculty, CFE and COLRS staff to design or revise an assignment for your course that incorporates generative AI tools and techniques.

This could include ways your students could use Generative AI tools such as: ChatGPT, DALL-E, Gemini (Google) or Copilot (Microsoft).

UIS Campus Senate will meet on Friday, February 23, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in PAC 160, Community Room (formerly known as C/D).

The agenda can be found here: https://uofi.box.com/s/jhfwakkoi8adjq2cxp79s0zhwoeknimu. If an expected document is missing from the links provided, please notify CampusSenate@uis.edu as soon as possible.

Save the date for our annual Employee Appreciation CARE and CAPE Awards Ceremony on March 21, 2024. This year, deserving employees will be recognized for the following Chancellor's Awards.

The C2C Exchange is an opportunity for faculty and staff members to engage with visiting employers while enjoying some light refreshments.

The Career Development Center invites you to join us for a community networking event, scheduled for Thursday, March 21st, from 10:00 to 10:45 am at The Recreation & Athletic Center (TRAC).

Mark your calendar for Thursday, February 29! We'll be celebrating this year's Faculty & Staff Campaign kick off celebration on Leap Day. Faculty and staff can enjoy a whirlwind of goodies, a mouthwatering free lunch and the chance to learn about different areas on campus they can support. It's all happening in the Student Union ballroom from noon to 1:15 p.m. You don't want to miss it!

UIS Campus Senate will meet on Friday, February 9, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in PAC 160, Community Room (formerly known as C/D).

The agenda can be found here: https://uofi.box.com/s/jhfwakkoi8adjq2cxp79s0zhwoeknimu. If an expected document is missing from the links provided, please notify CampusSenate@uis.edu as soon as possible.

Join Emily Boles and Pattie Piotrowski, Dean of the Library, to learn about Open Educational Resource grant opportunity through the Illinois State Library and brainstorm proposal ideas.

OER are teaching, learning, and research materials intentionally created and licensed to be free for the end user to own, share, and in most cases, modify. They enable faculty to customize course materials and reduce student costs.

Learn more about the State Library OER grant.