This calendar will be updated with further details throughout the semester. Dates, times and locations are subject to change. 

August   

22 New Faculty Orientation, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, School of Business, Room 102 

September  

12 – Generative AI for Creative Activity and the Classroom, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, DA 009 (FDG funded—S. Soroya and J. Gregory)

17- Elevating Student Wellbeing Conference, 1:00 to 5:30 PM, ASC Ballroom  

19 – Generative AI for Creative Activity and the Classroom, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, DA 009 (FDG funded—S. Soroya and J. Gregory)

19 - EdD in Nursing Education Dissertation Chairs and Committee Training and Education Seminar, 3:00 to 5:00 PM, virtual (FDG funded-- F. Penny and K. Prendergast)

25 - Faculty Mentoring Circle: Serving Students' Needs, facilitated by Ted Donahue of CASAS, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, BU 219 (Faculty Development Conference Room)

26 – Generative AI for Creative Activity and the Classroom, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, DA 009 (FDG funded—S. Soroya and J. Gregory)

26 -  EdD in Nursing Education Dissertation Chairs and Committee Training and Education Seminar, 3:00 to 5:00 PM, virtual (FDG funded-- F. Penny and K. Prendergast)

26-27- Professional Grant Writing Workshop for Faculty Enhancement (FDG funded—R. Engel) 

27- Racism Untaught Workshop, 9 AM to 2:30 PM, ASC Ballroom (FDG funded—M. Uribe)  Register here: https://form.jotform.com/241975991113059

30 - Using the Degree Evaluation, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising. Contact Polly Beals, bealsp1@southernct.edu for more information.)

October  

2- Using Navigate Tools, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams  (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising. Contact Kelly Bordner, bordnerk2@southernct.edu for more information.) 

3 – Generative AI for Creative Activity and the Classroom, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, DA 009 (FDG funded—S. Soroya and J. Gregory)

4 - Structuring the Advising Meeting, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising. Contact Tarah Loy-Ashe, loyashet1@southernct.edu for more information.)

7 - Using Navigate Tools, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams. Same content as session on the 2nd. (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising. Contact Kelly Bordner, bordnerk2@southernct.edu for more information.) 

9 - Structuring the Advising Meeting, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams. Same content as the session on the 4th.  (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising.) Contact Tarah Loy-Ashe, loyashet1@southernct.edu for more information.)

10 - Faculty Development Grant Workshop, 10 to 11 AM, BU 219

10 – Generative AI for Creative Activity and the Classroom, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, DA 009 (FDG funded—S. Soroya and J. Gregory)

11 - Using the Degree Evaluation, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Teams. Same content as session the Sept. 30th. (Collaboration between OFD & Academic Advising. Contact Polly Beals, bealsp1@southernct.edu for more information.)

11 - Faculty Development Grant Workshop (virtual), 3:00 to 4:00 PM, Teams. Same content as session on October 10th. Contact Jennifer Hudson, hudsonj1@southernct.edu for the link. 

11 - 2024 Fall Forum on Hidden Voices in the Histories of Philosophy, Science, and Literature, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, ASC 301.  (FDG funded- C. Harry)

21 - Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Workshop, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, BU 449

24 - COIL Workshop (virtual), 3:00 to 4:00 PM, Teams. 

24 - EdD in Nursing Education Dissertation Chairs and Committee Training and Education Seminar, 3:00 to 5:00 PM, virtual (FDG funded-- F. Penny and K. Prendergast)

November  

14 – Conceptual Framework for Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, BU 219. Facilitated by Tess Marchant-Shapiro, Director of Writing

December 

3 - Faculty Mentoring Circle: Teaching with AI with Jess Gregory, 10:00 to 11:30 AM, BU 219.

9 -11 - Microsoft AI Bootcamp, DA 102. (Collaboration between OFD and IT.) Contact Trever Brolliar at brolliarc1@southernct.edu for more information.

16 - Faculty Grading Luncheon, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, BU 219. Join Tess Marchant-Shapiro, Director of Writing, and Zara DeLuca of Communication Disorders for lunch and a chance for faculty to get together, grade papers, and share moral support and reality checks with each other. Contact Tess Marchant-Shapiro at marchantsht1@southernct.edu for more information. 

January 2025

21 - University Forum: The Power of Playful Pedagogy, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, ASC Ballroom. Lunch provided. Participants in this half-day workshop will take a hands-on approach to experiencing the value of play in teaching. The workshop will give participants actionable ideas, basic tools and structures, techniques, designs, approaches, and constructs for implementing play in their classrooms. Hosted by Dr. David Thomas, Executive Director of Online Programs at the University of Denver and Assistant Professor Attendant in the Department of Architecture, and Dr. Lisa Forbes, Assistant clinical Professor in the Counseling Program at the University of Colorado Denver. Contact Shuei Kozu at kozus1@southernct.edu for more information. 

February

6-7, IEEE Women in Bioinformatics Workshop. A two-day interdisciplinary workshop that brings together researchers from fields such as computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, biology, genomics, biotechnology, and chemistry to showcase their work in bioinformatics. This event is women-organized, and all speakers are women to promote the work of female researchers in this field - however attendance to all sessions is open to researchers from all genders. To register for this event and to submit an abstract or paper for consideration, click here. (FDG funded--S. Al Seesi, W. Yu and A. Abd El-Raouf)

10 - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read,12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Teams. Contact Nicholas Pinkerton of Counseling Services at pinkertonn1@southernct.edu for more information.  

24 - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Teams  

24 - Faculty Mentoring Circle, Focus on Part-Time Faculty, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., BU 219, facilitated by Federico Fiondella, Part-Time Faculty in History

March

5 - Faculty Mentoring Circle, Teaching Asynchronous Courses, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., BU 219, facilitated by Swapna Gantasala, School of Business and Student Success Coach

10 - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Teams 

24th - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read, 12:00 to -1:00 p.m. via Teams 

April

9 - Neuroinclusive Classroom Workshop, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., Virtual. Facilitated by Rachel Fury, English, and Barbara Cook, Communication Disorders. Contact Jennifer Hudson at hudsonj1@southernct.edu for link. 

14 - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Teams 

16 - Faculty Mentoring Circle, Navigating Southern, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., BU 219, facilitated by Jennifer Hudson, Faculty Development Associate. We'll try to answer questions you may still have about who to go to for what, how to network with other faculty, and more.

28th - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy. SCSU Book Read, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Teams 

May

19 - Third-Annual FOCUS on the FIRST-YEAR: A Regional Conference on the First-Year College Experience, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Engleman Hall. (Collaboration between OFD & FYE).