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Sunday Newsletter


February 12, 2023

Upcoming Events

Monday, February 13, 4pm PTI Mentoring Group: Balancing Student Centeredness and Faculty Workload in BEH 240 and on Zoom


Wednesday, February 15, 10am and Thursday, February 16, 1pm Technology Tools & Resources: Promoting Team/Group Based Work with WebCampus Groups with Online Ed


Wednesday, February 15, 11am-12pm Getting Started With ORCID with UNLV Libraries


Thursday, February 16, 10-11am Strategies for Research in Special Collections and Archives with UNLV Libraries


Thursday, February 16, 11:30am-12:30pm Introduction to Open Access Part 1: How to make your work open with UNLV Libraries

See our Events page for more Faculty Center happenings!

Online Education Spring 2023 Catalog of professional development opportunities

Other Upcoming Events and Opportunities from our Partners

Academic Impressions

NCFDD Events Calendar

Are you interested in a community of practice regarding GIS (geographic information systems)? Join us Friday, February 17th from 2:30-3:30 in BEH 126 or online (code to join GeoSysInfo23!).

Message from the Director

Best Teaching Practices Expo: ICYMI


Want to learn about a "less sad and intimidating" way to test student knowledge? ChatGPT? Automated grading? All these topics and more were discussed at the Best Teaching Practices Expo on Thursday.


Even if you missed the Expo in-person, you can still check out posters from UNLV instructors on DigitalScholarship@UNLV.


Take care,

Melissa Bowles-Terry

Faculty Center Director


P.S. Want to engage in more research-informed discussions about teaching? The Teaching For Learning Conference is at Nevada State College this year, March 2-3. Registration available online.

The Office of Faculty Affairs and the Faculty Center are pleased to accept nominations for two awards:

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: This annual award program was established to recognize individuals who have achieved excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning as demonstrated through research that focuses on evidence-based teaching practices that promote UNLV students’ learning.
  • Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award: This award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.


The 2023 call for nominations is open from January 22 - February 24. Self-nominations are welcome.


Award information and application guidelines are available online. Award or application questions, please contact us at facultycenter@unlv.edu.

UNLV Equity Institute: Join the May 2023 session


Join us for the next cohort of the UNLV Equity Institute online course. The course will take 4 weeks to complete, from May 15 to June 12, 2023 and participants can expect to spend 3-5 hours per week working asynchronously on the course.


The program will run as a cohort-based model with a course facilitator, Melissa Bowles-Terry (Faculty Center Director). There will be four course modules delivered through Canvas (WebCampus). Instructors, graduate students, advisors, librarians, and any other members of the UNLV teaching and student support community are welcome. 


If you are interested in participating in this online course, please complete this form with your name, department, and college. Please respond by Monday, May 1st and we will enroll you in the course starting on Monday, May 15th. Questions? Please email Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director of the Faculty Center, melissa.bowles-terry@unlv.edu.

News You Can Use

Military & Veteran Service Center - SERV Training


The UNLV Military & Veteran Services Center (MVSC) is excited to announce the continuation of Serving Every Returning Veteran (SERV) Training for UNLV Faculty and Staff. Designed to help the UNLV faculty and community learn more about student veterans and military families, this one-hour training will provide an overview of student veteran needs and challenges, as well as information about the resources available on campus. 


Those who complete the training can visit the MVSC office to receive a SERV sticker and a SERV lapel pin to wear or display proudly in the workplace, signifying to all veterans that the faculty or staff member is part of the effort to make UNLV more veteran-friendly. 


SERV Training: 

Date: Feb 21st, Mar 21st, and Apr 18th

Time: 1pm - 2pm

Location: BEH Rm 240

No need to RSVP! 

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity: 14-Day Writing Challenge


What is it? Every weekday for two weeks, participants will be able to log into our group accountability and productivity-tracking software, WriteNow, and track their writing and engage with the 14-Day Writing Challenge community. Writing refers to any scholarly activity ranging from the spark of a new idea to a completed project (article, grant proposal, exhibit, book chapter, etc.)!


The outcome? Explosive writing productivity and a daily writing habit to help you crush your writing goals!


The 14-Day Writing Challenge is free to everyone. Registration ends February 15 and the program runs from February 20 - March 15, 2023. Register today!


Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director, melissa.bowles-terry@unlv.edu

Doris Blackwell, Program Officer, doris.blackwell@unlv.edu

Olivia Shepard, Administrative Assistant, olivia.shepard@unlv.edu

For more information, please contact 702-895-5318,

or email us at facultycenter@unlv.edu

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