This Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) newsletter includes:

• Upcoming Opportunities – a curated list of professional development for part-time faculty
• Teaching Tips – resources to help you in the classroom
• Student Services Spotlight – information to help you support students
• UNO: Did You Know – an interesting tidbit about UNO

TABS – Rolling deadlines, Get more details and register here.

AI-Powered Teaching: Student Writing in the World of AI – September 10, 12:00 - 1:00, Register here

Faculty Welcome Back to the Library – September 11, 2:30 - 4:30; Criss Library. Meet your subject librarian and colleagues from CFE and Digital Learning, tour the new CPL space, view the Osborne Gallery exhibit, and perhaps – win a door prize. Drop-in event - no registration required.

Incorporating Regular and Substantive Interaction: Strategies for Effective Student Feedback – September 23, 11:00 - 12:00, Register here

Identifying Workforce Skills: A Foundation for Competence-Based Learning – September 19, 1:00 - 2:00, Register here

Crafting Authentic Assessment: Connecting Classroom Competencies to Workforce Skills – October 2, 1:00 - 2:00, Register here

PLAN AHEAD:

Wicked Students – November 15, 10:00 - 11:30; Limited seating, Register here

Paul Hanstedt, author of Creating Wicked Students: Course Design for a Complex World, will give an engaging lecture followed by a panel discussion led by UNO faculty.

UNO has created a Value Book for part-time faculty. It is full of resources to support your teaching and answer questions you might have. You can access the Value Book here, on the website for the Center for Faculty Excellence.

UNO has two resources that provide students access to professional clothing that they might wear to an interview or career fair. As faculty members, you can help by making students aware of the resources and if you are interested, you can donate gently used business clothing.

UNO Alumni Association Career Closet

• Students can get the schedule for the next pop-up shopping event by contacting Nathan Hankenson.
• Faculty and staff donations are accepted on the last Wednesday of the month at the Thompson Alumni Center from 2:00 - 4:00 (Next date – September 25^th).

CBA Career Outfitters in Mammel Hall

• Students can schedule appointments at unocbacareeroutfitters@unomaha.edu or contact Molly Belieu.
• Faculty and staff donations are accepted in the CBA Student Success Suite (Mammel Hall 134) or in the drop-off cart inside the northwest building doors of Mammel Hall.

UNO’s has four pillars which guide the campus in achieving its mission and vision? They are

1. Educating All Learners
2. Research and Discovery
3. Community Engagement, Development, and Partnerships
4. Workforce and Economic Development

Learn more about UNO’s Metropolitan Mission here on the UNO Strategic Planning webpage.