No classes

Nov. 23-25

Thanksgiving Recess

No classes. See the Academic Calendar 2023-2024.

Dates, times,

and rooms

have been

scheduled.

Final Exam Schedule Available

Information can be viewed in Section Tally or Self Service. The exam is the last meeting entry, with a date that falls during finals week, December 14-20. Enrolled students and assigned faculty have received email notification.

Grading… and Ungrading Series

Nov. 21-

Dec. 13

Hybrid

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New Series! Enhancing and Supporting Teaching

Workshops provide weekly teaching support and community for faculty during the academic year. Participate in all four in a series (or complete the alternative assignment) to earn the professional development certificate from the Faculty Center.

Choose one and Register

Nov. 21

9:30-10:30 am

Nov. 22

2:30-1:30 pm

Hybrid

New! What Are 9 Practical Steps to Implement Mastery Learning?

Part of the Grading… and Ungrading series of the Enhancing and Supporting Teaching program. How mastery learning improves student success, how instructors can apply it without dramatically increasing their workload, and how technology can be a time saver.

Choose one and Register

Nov. 28

9:30-10:30 am

Nov. 29

12:30-1:30 pm

Hybrid

New! How Can Rubrics Make Grading Easier and Faster?

Part of the Grading… and Ungrading series of the Enhancing and Supporting Teaching program. Rubrics help you develop a better grading system with fair results, help students learn, and make effective use of your time. Basic formats and recommendations to help you transform.

Complete this Nomination Form by December 11.

Call for Nominations: Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award

The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award honors one permanent faculty member with an outstanding record of teaching and a sustained commitment to student learning. The award is funded through a gift from the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation. All nominees will be notified and will receive details about the materials required to complete a Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award application.

November 28

4:00 pm

on Zoom

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Social Annotation for STEM Subjects

The Hypothesis team will discuss how collaborative annotation with Hypothesis can be used to make student reading visible, active, and social in STEM courses.

Help! I’m a Professor, Not a Psychologist!

On October 3 Lindsay Johnson, Assistant Director, Well-being, presented Help! I’m a Professor, Not a Psychologist! The number of college students presenting with issues related to mental health continues to rise and, as a result, faculty are encountering more students with mental health concerns. Faculty Guide for Supporting Student Well-being. We recognize that faculty might struggle to know if, when, and how to intervene. Signs that a student may be struggling, along with concrete ways for faculty to address those concerns, are discussed in the presentation video (log in with your Rowan Net ID, password: 8W3%$9NY).

Reframing Our Beliefs as Profs: Students, Technology, and Me

On October 27 the Rowan Teaching Connection held their fall mini-conference, Reframing Our Beliefs as Profs: Students, Technology, and Me, a series of collaborative workshops including Healing Forward: Supporting the Next Generation, Using Generative AI to Support Teaching and Learning, Using Hypothesis for Student Engagement, Reflecting on How We Engage with Students, and Games, Play, and Movement to Support Student Learning and Engagement (log in with your Rowan credentials to access). Mentioned at the workshop were brain breaks and focused attention practices, as well as the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Certificate Level Two: Inclusive Pedagogy and Practices Certificate, a professional development opportunity for teaching professionals and professional staff interested in learning more about developing an inclusive educational environment.

Deadline for Cross-Listing

LATE START Courses:

November 17

For LATE START Courses: Deadline for Cross-Listing

Frequently Asked Questions about IDEA SRIs. Cross-listing is used for sections with very small enrollments that would benefit from combining those sections into one course evaluation. More about Cross-Listings. To be cross-listed, courses must be taught by the same instructor and must be in the same part of term.

LATE START

Surveys Open

November 20

For LATE START Courses: Surveys Open

IDEA student evaluations begin. Look for emails from the system. Frequently Asked Questions about Administering the Survey to Students. About the IDEA Link in your Canvas Course. Please read this script to students to reduce bias. The script is also available in this slide deck. Monitor response rates in your Anthology Faculty Dashboard.

Deadline for Cross-Listing

SECOND SESSION Courses:

November 20

For SECOND SESSION Courses: Deadline for Cross-Listing

Frequently Asked Questions about IDEA SRIs. Cross-listing is used for sections with very small enrollments that would benefit from combining those sections into one course evaluation. More about Cross-Listings. To be cross-listed, courses must be taught by the same instructor and must be in the same part of term.

SECOND SESSION

Surveys Open

November 22

For SECOND SESSION Courses: Surveys Open

IDEA student evaluations begin. Look for emails from the system. Frequently Asked Questions about Administering the Survey to Students. About the IDEA Link in your Canvas Course. Please read this script to students to reduce bias. The script is also available in this slide deck. Monitor response rates in your Anthology Faculty Dashboard.

November 16

9-10 am Wellness Center Training Room 

Register

Green Dot Bystander Intervention

How can you intervene in a safe way to prevent power-based personal violence? Find out how to help keep our campus & community safer. Green Dot is a comprehensive approach to violence prevention that capitalizes on the power of bystander awareness and intervention.

November 30

1-2:30 pm Wellness Center Training Room 

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QPR Suicide Prevention Training

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is an evidence-informed program that works to help us recognize when someone is having a suicidal crisis, and gives us tools to help them get the resources they may need. This training is open to students, staff, and faculty.

December 13

8:30 am -

4:30 pm

Winans 111

Mental Health First Aid Training

This in-person training teaches participants how to assess a situation, listen, and refer to services or self-support options. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use disorders, and mental health. There will be required pre-training course work. To cover the cost of materials, departments sending staff or faculty will be asked to do a DCA for $43.

Nov. 16 10-3,

Nov. 27-29

10-7,

Nov. 30 10-3

Student Center

room 129

Free Professional Headshots for Faculty and Staff

Obtain professional photos, no appointment needed, no charge. Copies of all photos are given to the Office of Media and Public Relations for use in promotion of faculty and staff activities and accomplishments.