We hope you enjoyed a relaxing spring break! The FCTL is excited to share that we are hosting Dr. Anna L. Bostwick Flaming, the director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa to give a virtual workshop on Backward Course Design: Building a Framework for Learning.  Here is the workshop description:

The same material will be offered on two different days to best accommodate campus teaching schedules on WebEx on April 5 from 3:30-5:00 and April 8 from 1-2:30.

 

To save your spot, register here: https://www.moreheadstate.edu/Academic-Affairs/Undergraduate-Education-and-Student-Success/Faculty-Center-for-Teaching-and-Learning/Gather-and-share

 

We would also like to remind you that the FCTL can assist if you would like to attend the NKU Inclusive Teaching Academy occurring on April 7-8. This is a two-day, in person immersion into the foundational knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for educators who wish to lead and instruct through a lens of racial equity and inclusivity while creating a learning environment that fosters a sense of belonging for every student. 

 

Thanks for all you do! FCTL

 

The 2022 Inclusive Teaching Academy will be a two-day immersion into the foundational knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for educators who wish to lead and instruct through a lens of racial equity and inclusivity while creating a learning environment that fosters a sense of belonging for every student. In this two-day workshop, the goal is to provide participants an opportunity to increase their own awareness about concepts related to cultural and learning diversity through discussion and interaction, as well as to identify the conditions and strategies necessary to create relevant and engaging lessons that enable diverse students to matriculate and graduate.

That conversation took place in 2016. Rates of mental health problems had already been on the rise. From 2012 to 2018, for example, the number of self-reported suicide attempts more than doubled among college undergraduates. Since then – in large part because of the pandemic – college leaders have expressed increased concern for the mental health of students. In September 2020, 61% of college presidents at four-year public institutions identified the mental health of students as a top concern. A year later, that figure jumped to 71%.

As a doctoral candidate studying the sociology of mental health, I have long been worried about the high rates of mental illness and general distress among college students. Based on my review of recent scholarship on these issues – along with guidance from mental health practitioners who work in a college setting – I developed a set of best practices for instructors and others who wish to see college students flourish.

To read the full piece by Max Coleman, please click on the link here.

You can register for this event by clicking the link here.