Tips to engage and support students this fall.
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MAVS Newsletter | September 2024

CFE -- Students in Pep Bowl

This message includes the following:

  • Monthly reminders – timely information to share with students
  • Active student engagement resources – ideas to enhance student engagement
  • Vital Support – highlighted student support services
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Monthly Reminders

Ready, Set, Enroll!

 

Remind students to act now and take these steps to secure their spring courses.

  1. Prepare to enroll – check course schedule, confirm enrollment dates, and review DegreeWorks
  2. Schedule a meeting with an advisor via MavCONNECT – get guidance, confirm degree path, and identify any holds
  3. Clear registration holds – view accounts in MavLINK
  4. Enroll – sign up via MavLINK as soon as enrollment opens, find courses, add them to the cart, and checkout
cfe -- Enrollment days

Active engagement tips

Struggling to keep students’ attention? Want to make your in-person or online lectures more engaging? Check out these insights and suggestions from faculty colleagues.

  • Loving Your Lecture – by Ashley Harlow, Management
  • Bringing Passion to Your Teaching – by Mahima Saxena, Psychology

More ideas to energize your teaching.

Get collegial feedback on your teaching by participating in TABS – rolling deadlines through October 9. TABS is open to full- and part-time faculty. Register for TABS here.

 

Full-time faculty can also participate in an incentivized teaching observation with options for in-person and online courses. More information about faculty observation of teaching is available on the CFE website.

 

Register for the Paul Hanstedt lecture – Creating Wicked Students, November 15, 10:00 – 11:30.

Vital Support

The Maverick community is comprised of many caring people and resources dedicated to supporting and developing the emotional wellness of our students. If you know students who might be interested or could benefit from participating in a support group (see below), direct them to the On-campus Support Groups webpage where they can find information about meeting times and locations.

  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Body Positivity Group
  • Coffee Talks for Military Connected Students
  • Disability Support Group
  • Grief Support Group 
  • Lez Bi Real Queer 
  • Melanated Queerations 
  • Survivors of Sexual Assault
  • Tea w/ Jaisy for International Students 
  • TRANScend 

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