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Sunday Newsletter


October 23, 2022

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 24, 4pm

PTI Mentoring Group: Career Development and Transferable Skills in BEH 240 and Online


Tuesday, October 25, 1pm and Wednesday, October 26, 10am

Content & Materials: Promoting Student Progress and Success in an Online Course with Online Ed


Friday, October 28 Nevada Day, campus is closed

See our Events page for more Faculty Center happenings!

Online Education Fall 2022 Catalog of professional development opportunities

Other Upcoming Events and Opportunities from our Partners

Academic Impressions

NCFDD Events Calendar

Message from the Director

Making Your Syllabus More Inclusive


Join us for a workshop to discover ways to make your syllabus (and thus your course) more intentionally inclusive for all students.


Friday, November 4, 12-1:30pm BEH-240 and Online


In this hands-on workshop, Dr. Alison Sloat will share a template for a more inclusive syllabus, and you will have the opportunity to revise your Spring 2023 syllabus for greater inclusivity. Make your syllabus more equitable in three steps:

  1. Add a welcome statement to set the tone of your class. Is your syllabus welcoming, or does it read like a punishing legal contract? Small changes can set the tone from the very beginning of class. 
  2. Explain jargon. Do you explain terms such as Office Hours, Cumulative Exam, MWF, Credits? 
  3. Normalize struggle. Demystifying success makes your course more equitable and inclusive. Consider adding a “How to Succeed in This Class” section. 

Lunch will be provided, and you will leave with a syllabus that is more equitable and transparent. 


Register on this online form

Enjoy Nevada Day on Friday, October 28, and I'll see you soon!


Melissa Bowles-Terry

Faculty Center Director

News You Can Use

Should you allow cellphones in class? The latest issue of the Teaching newsletter from the Chronicle of Higher Education addresses a thorny issue.

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

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

For more information, please contact 702-895-5167,

or email us at facultycenter@unlv.edu

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