Remembering Craig Stettner
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The Academy would like to acknowledge the loss of our kind and caring colleague,
Craig Stettner. As we begin the semester without Craig, we will all miss his smile and gentle personality.
Grief counselors will be on campus 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Thursday, January 10 and Friday, January 11, in Building L, Room L201, for any employee who would like to drop by to speak with someone.
Similar sessions are being scheduled for students and support is available for them through the counselors.
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Services will be held Saturday, January 19. Visitation from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Memorial Service from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., Willow Creek North Shore, Glenview.
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Spring 2019 Faculty/Staff Orientation Week
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We look forward to seeing you during Faculty/Staff Orientation Week. Browse the full
schedule and make sure to check out these sessions facilitated by your colleagues in Communities of Practice:
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- From Boundaries to Self-Care (Relating to Students: Making Connections CoP)
- Change the Environment, Not the Student (Universal Design for Learning CoP)
- Adversity, Trauma & Academic Resilience: What Is the Impact on Harper Students, Staff and Faculty? (ACEs in Higher Education CoP)
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Workshops being offer this semester include: Introduction to POGIL, OSCQR Mini-Me Workshops, Sustaining the Professional Self for Deep Work, Uploading a Video to YouTube and Posting to Blackboard, Canva: A Graphic Design Tool for the Rest of Us, Spark Creativity into Your Assessments, Improving the Organization of Your Online Course, and more!
GECs for this semester include: Teaching Online Successfully, Engaging Students in Diverse Perspectives, and Collaborative Action Research for Innovation.
The Harper College Syllabus webpage has a template that was designed to meet accessibility guidelines, example syllabi, and helpful grab-and-go syllabus verbiage. The resources are all up-to-date!
The next application cycle for the Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program begins soon! The Intent to Apply form will be available on the Level II webpage on Wednesday, January 23.
Want to develop or pilot a program, but lack the funding to support it? RFE grants are an excellent way to develop, implement, and evaluate creative and innovative ideas. Two upcoming workshops are being offered to help applicants with completing the grant application.
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Student Learning Showcase
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Student Learning in the CNA Lab
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Submitted by Debra Bachmeier, Health Careers and Mary Horstman, Health Careers
Student learning was on display recently in the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program, when the new Lab Simulation project launched. For the first time, the CNA students are using simulation as part of their classroom learning activities.
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Congratulations to the 2018 Glenn A. Reich Memorial Faculty Award Winner!
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Congratulations to Brett Fulkerson-Smith, Ph.D., winner of the 2018 Glenn A. Reich Memorial Faculty Award for Instructional Technology! Brett, an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department, regularly teaches critical thinking. A key feature of his course is argument mapping, a way to visually represent the structure of arguments.
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Upcoming Programs & Workshops
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January 11, 8:30 a.m. (CEUs: 0.3)
January 25, 1 p.m. (CEUs: 0.3)
January 28 - February 10 (GECs: 1)
January 30 - April 14 (GECs: 3)
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Save the Date! Faculty Retreat: March 15 - 16
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What's Happening @ Harper?
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Academy for Teaching Excellence
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Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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The mission of the Academy for Teaching Excellence is to create a vibrant teaching and learning culture for full-time and adjunct faculty that cultivates professional development in support of student success.
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Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation or who have questions about physical access may contact the event host or Access and Disability Services at
ads@harpercollege.edu, 847.925.6266, at least two weeks in advance of the event date.
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Harper College enriches its diverse communities by providing quality, affordable, and accessible education. Harper College, in collaboration with its partners, inspires the transformation of individual lives, the workforce, and society.
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