Health Promotion Symposium

The Illinois Mexican and Mexican-American student (I-MMÁS) initiative invites you to the Health Promotion Symposium online symposium from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 29.

Join us online for a multidisciplinary discussion aimed at promoting strategic collaborations among scientists from the Faculty of Higher Studies Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico, and the University of Illinois System in health promotion.

ACUE Insights: Developing Equitable Grading Processes

ACUE Insights: Developing Equitable Grading Processes

This workshop, led by Kyle Blount, Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology, will highlight common pitfalls in grading processes and introduce equitable grading principles and practices (i.e., what are they and why you should use them). Participants will choose a grading practice, brainstorm how to effectively implement it in a course, and provide feedback within small groups.

Overview of the ECCE Program

Overview of the ECCE Program

Alan Freedman, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Chair of the University Requirements Committee (URC) will discuss the ECCE program and the ECCE Speakers’ Series.  The role the University Requirements Committee (URC) in the evaluation and approval process of ECCE-designated courses will also be reviewed.

Location: BRK 416 or via Zoom. Coffee and Cookies will be provided

Cate Denial on “A Pedagogy of Kindness"

Cate Denial on “A Pedagogy of Kindness"

Join CSIL for a discussion with Cate Denial (Knox College) on her new book, A Pedagogy of Kindness. “Part manifesto, part teaching memoir, part how-to guide, A Pedagogy of Kindness urges higher education to get aggressive about instituting kindness, which Denial distinguishes from niceness. Having suffered beneath the weight of just “getting along,” instructors need to shift every part of what they do to prioritize care and compassion for students as well as for themselves.”