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Full-time Faculty Newsletter | March 2025

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        A focused newsletter for UNO 

New full-time faculty

This Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) newsletter includes:

  • Upcoming Opportunities – a curated list of professional development 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
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Dr. Connie Schaffer

Director, UNO Center for Faculty Excellence
Professor, Teacher Education Department
Upcoming opportunities

AI Summit

March 12, CEC 201/205/209

9:00-10:00: Introduction and community partner panel

10:00-12:00: Rotating breakout sessions and demonstrating practical adoption of strategies utilizing GenAI

12:00-1:30: Hackathon (hands-on session led by OpenAI to explore creative applications of ChatGPT)

 

Spring Writing Sprint (NEW this year)

March 18-20, 9:00-3:00

A three-day writing retreat over spring break with breakfast and lunch provided on the 18th and 20th; beverages provided on the 19th. Register here.

 

Qualitative Data Dive

March 25, 9:00-2:00 – Criss Library 320 and Zoom option available

Faculty and graduate students, bring your qualitative data, proposals, manuscripts, or other work in progress and join a group of like-minded researchers for dedicated analysis and writing time. Register here.

 

Student Success through Student Support – Strategies for Academic Success

March 28, 9:00-10:30 – CEC 201/205. Includes breakfast!

Discuss case scenarios involving student and faculty interactions and connect with staff from campus support units such as CAPS, ASC, DASH, and others. Register here.
Student Services Spotlight
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A comprehensive list of student services as well as teaching policies are just a click away in Canvas. Point out the links to Well Being and Teaching Policies options to students. These appear in the left margins of their Canvas screen.

 

These links help ensure that you and your students can easily access the most current information.
UNO- Did You Know

Congratulations to UNO’s men’s basketball for winning the Summit League's regular season championship title and league tournament. The Mavericks competed against an impressive list of Summit League teams from the following schools:

  • University of Denver Pioneers
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City Roos
  • North Dakota State Bisons
  • University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks
  • Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles
  • University of South Dakota Coyotes
  • South Dakota State University Jackrabbits
  • University of St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Center for Faculty Excellence, 6401 University Dr, Criss Library 320, Omaha, NE 68132, unocfe@unomaha.edu

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