We here at the Faculty Hub are grateful to be working with so many engaged and committed faculty, staff, and administration members here at UR. We’re sending you best wishes as we head into the last part of the semester and the end of the calendar year.
Greetings, everyone! We hope you had a restful Fall Break. We’re excited to co-host a campus visit (October 25-27) by Michael Reder, Director of the Joy Shechtman Mankoff Center for Teaching & Learning at Connecticut College, an expert in using writing and active teaching to support student learning. Michael’s visit will allow faculty and instructional staff to reflect on the upcoming launch of the new General Education curriculum in Fall 2024. If you’ve been part of the FYS program for the past few years, you likely already know Michael as a longstanding collaborator and partner with the University of Richmond. If you haven’t yet met Michael, we hope you will make the most of his time on campus by attending an event or scheduling a one-on-one consultation with him. We’d especially like to call your attention to Michael’s keynote on October 26 from 3 to 4:30 p.m., entitled Reinventing Your Courses — and Reanimating Your Teaching — in Richmond’s New GE Program, a talk intended to bring us all together to consider the importance of this moment. Many of the events surrounding Michael’s visit will count for the required professional development under the new General Education curriculum. Read on to learn more!
We hope everyone is back into the swing of things and enjoying the last days of warmer weather. Keep reading for some new AI resources and information about some exciting talks, including one with Matthew R. Kay, the author of Not Light, but Fire: How To Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom.
| We hope that you’re having a good summer. Here at the Faculty Hub, we’ve been getting ready for the fall, and we’ve put together some events to help you ease into the new semester. In addition to the events below, if it would help to talk through any teaching and scholarship challenges with us directly, we invite you to schedule a one-on-one consultation anytime. You can find additional events on our Events Page.
We’re looking forward to seeing you this fall! |
Faculty Hub May Days…Wrapping Up and Moving Forward.
All of us here at the Faculty Hub are sending you our best wishes for this busy time of year. Please know that we’re here for one-on-one consultations if you’re looking for support with assessments, the last days of class, summer planning, and more. We’re also offering a series of events in early May–our Faculty Hub May Days–as a chance to reflect and take stock of the academic year and to think about what’s next.
Please note that the Faculty Hub staff will not be available the afternoon of May 2 so that we can attend Speaking Up in the Academic Workplace–details on the event below.
TOMORROW – A Celebration of Teaching
Our annual Celebration of Teaching is coming up this week on Tuesday, April 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Please feel free to stop by for any amount of time to share ideas and gain inspiration from your colleagues. The event will take place in the Faculty Hub (3rd Floor of Boatwright Library) and is open to faculty and instructional staff. At 3:45 p.m., President Hallock and Provost Legro will provide brief welcoming remarks. Please RSVP to let us know that you’re planning to join us!
Register for the Celebration of Teaching.
Find Your Funding with Pivot!
Tuesday, April 4, 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. (on Zoom)
In this thirty-minute session, Jeanine Larson from the FCGR will offer an introduction to the UR’s newly acquired Pivot Database, a great tool to help you find your next grant or fellowship. You’ll learn how to search for funding opportunities, save individual opportunities, share listings with colleagues and potential researchers, access curated lists for your specific research area, receive email updates and notifications about opportunities based on your saved searches, and more! You can connect to the session using the Morning Blend Zoom link. No registration required.
Faculty Hub Conversation: Last Days of Class
Wednesday, April 12, 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. (in the Faculty Hub or Zoom)
How do you approach the last few days of class? Join the Faculty Hub for a conversation about strategies and activities for wrapping up the semester. We’ll think together about how to structure the last few days of class so that we can capitalize on reflection, make student learning visible, and in doing so, teach our students how to provide useful feedback to us on our teaching. Join us for this opportunity to share ideas, ask questions, and gather feedback from colleagues. This conversation is open to faculty and instructional staff from any disciplinary background.
One of our favorite events of the year is coming up in early April—our annual Celebration of Teaching. We hope that you’ll join us to share your teaching successes from the academic year and to get inspiration and insights from your colleagues. The event will take place in the Faculty Hub (3rd Floor of Boatwright Library) on Tuesday, April 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and is open to faculty and instructional staff. At 3:45 p.m., President Hallock and Provost Legro will provide welcoming remarks, and opportunities to visit and celebrate with colleagues will follow. Please RSVP to let us know that you’re planning to join us, and please indicate if you have teaching materials/outcomes you wish to share at the event.
TODAY – Faculty Accomplishments Reception
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
The Research and Collaborative Study Area on the First Floor in Boatwright Library
Please join us TODAY for the Faculty Accomplishments Reception hosted by the Office of the Provost in conjunction with Boatwright Memorial Library and the Faculty Hub. This is an opportunity to honor Richmond faculty members who have achieved successes in the form of research and scholarly publications, as well as creative achievements in the visual and performing arts between January 2022 and December 2022. Executive Vice President and Provost, Dr. Jeffrey W. Legro, will make remarks followed by a toast and reception. Learn more here. We hope you will join us!
Here at the Faculty Hub, we have several upcoming events to support you as teacher-scholars. We hope you can join us! If you have any additional suggestions for how we can support you, please send us your thoughts at facultyhub@richmond.edu.
