Welcome back!

We hope your break was reenergizing, and we are excited to offer you new professional development and faculty support opportunities for the Spring 2023 Semester.

Inspired Teaching: Teaching with Passion and Skill

January 6, 2023

8:00am-1:30pm

Nesmith-Lane Ball Room, Statesboro

If you haven't already, you still have time to register for this professional development event with special focus on Effective Teaching Practices and Inclusive Teaching. Participants will have the opportunity to complete three action plans on the Evidence Based Teaching (EBT) badge track.

Join over 170 fellow faculty members already registered, and benefit from an informational and interactive professional development day with guest speaker and complimentary lunch. Come be inspired!

Featuring Dr. Peter Felten, author of Relationship-Rich Education - How Human Connections Drive Success in College, a Johns Hopkins University Press publication.

AWED Theater - On the Line:

An Interactive Workshop on Inclusive Practices in Promotion & Tenure Evaluations

January 6, 2023

3-5pm

Nesmith-Lane Ball Room, Statesboro

For Senior and Principal Lecturers and Associate and Full Professors only.

Brought to you by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Inclusive Excellence in partnership with the Faculty Center, “On the Line” is a performance workshop on the topic of mitigating bias and promoting equity in tenure and promotion practices. It is facilitated by the Advance Women, Equity, and Diversity (AWED) Theater based out of Florida International University’s NSF-funded ADVANCE program.

Affordable Materials Grants: Round 23.

Deadline is January 30,2023.

Join the transformation and apply for an Affordable Materials Grant with Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG). Help students save money on textbook costs and increase access to educational materials through adoption and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER).

For more information please contact:

Debbie Walker - dwalker@georgiasouthern.edu

or

Nikki Cannon-Rech - dcannonrech@georgiasouthern.edu

Register for SoTL Commons 2023!

February 15-17, 2023

Savannah-GA

Don't forget that registration for the 2023 international conference on SoTL - SoTL Commons - is now open. GS faculty may register at a reduced rate of $225.

Join presenters and participants from around the world and learn more about improving your teaching while also engaging in teaching and learning scholarship.

Consider submitting a Faculty Senate Faculty Development Proposal for assistance with conference expenses. Full conference details can be found on the SoTL Commons Conference webpage.

Did you know that you can change the default view of Folio discussion forums? 

If you do not like the default view of Folio's discussion forums/topic you can do the following:

1. Click on your image or avatar in the upper right of your Folio course. 
2. Select Account Settings
3. Click on the Discussions Tab. 

Here you can change the default view from grid to reading view. Play around with it and see which options you like best.

The Faculty Center's Spring 2023 calendar has exciting new training opportunities. Don't forget to keep up with our page and events.