This Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) newsletter includes:
Upcoming Opportunities – a curated list for new faculty
Student Services Spotlight – to help you support your students
UNO: Did You Know – an interesting tidbit to help you learn more about UNO
Dr. Connie Schaffer
Director, UNO Center for Faculty Excellence Professor, Teacher Education Department
The Silent Book Club of Omaha - April 13, 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Come to Criss Library and read with book lovers from across Omaha. There are no assigned readings – just read what you bring!
Participate in commencement and celebrate our students on May 17. It means a great deal to graduates and their guests to see faculty members at commencement. RSVP to attend commencement by May 1.
Faculty coaching continues in the summer. In-person and online options are available. Coaching is a future-focused support service that is based on your individual needs. Register for your five free and confidential sessions.
Over the summer, a coach can help you:
Reflect on teaching evaluations
Set writing/research goals
Plan for an upcoming RPT milestone
Make connections to help you further acclimate to UNO and/or Omaha
You may also be interested in the following summer offerings that can advance your teaching, and you will earn professional development (PD) funds.
Continuing the Momentum to the End, May 20-June 30 (earn $300 in PD funds). This is part of the Humanizing Online Series offered by Digital Learning.
Service Learning Seminar, July 15-19 (earn $400 in PD funds). Join UNO colleagues, P-12 educators, and community partners to learn about this high-impact pedagogy.
Summer AI Courses (earn $150 in PD funds/course). Two, three-week courses offering something for beginners and more advanced AI users.
DASH– otherwise known as Durango’s Advancement and Support Hub. Help spread the word about DASH by referring students to this newly created hub which brings the following student support services under one umbrella.
UNO Libraries are a great partner in helping students with research and helping faculty members disseminate their research. Here are just a few library resources for you and your students:
Instruction: Schedule a librarian to provide hands-on, active learning sessions for your students.
Subject Specialists: Librarians with in-depth knowledge of specific disciplines and who give guidance for specific areas of study.
Suggest We Buy: Request the library purchase books to support faculty research and curriculum needs.
Open Educational Resources:Assistance curating freely and legally available materials for faculty members to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute.
Open Access Publishing: Information on how UNO scholars can receive funding to support open access publications.
Faculty Study: A faculty-only space located on the third floor of Criss Library. To access the study, register your MavCard at the main service desk.
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Center for Faculty Excellence, 6401 University Dr, Criss Library 320, Omaha, NE 68132, unofacdev@unomaha.edu
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