Fall 2009 Faculty Colloquia and Programs
CTL programs are interactive, collegial, and designed to support professional success. They are open to faculty, staff, and teaching assistants.
Winning Internal Research AwardsFriday, August 28
10:00 – 11:30 AM program; 11:45 AM lunch for new faculty
126 JCP Conference Center
Recent award recipients and faculty who have served on the UM Research Board (proposals are due October 5) and the UMSL Senate Research Panels answer questions and offer insights into these application processes. Co-sponsor: Office of Research Administration.
How can University Advancement help new faculty? Vice Chancellor Martin Leifeld hosts lunch today to inform new faculty about the Division’s supports. Please register separately for lunch.
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Research Compliance: IRB and IACUC Essentials
Friday, September 11
9:30 am – 11:30 AM
222 JCP Conference Center
Exempt or expedited? Research or class assignment? Observing children, students, volunteers, animals? This interactive session offers updates on UMSL’s review procedures, including which projects require approvals and Q & A with members of the IRB and IACUC. Faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome. Co-sponsor: Office of Research Administration.
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Volunteer Resource Fair
Tuesday, September 15
12 noon – 2:00 PM
MSC 3rd Floor Rotunda
Meet representatives from 40+ local nonprofit agencies who are interested in partnering with UMSL faculty, staff, and students. Stop by the Service-Learning Table to explore creating an applied learning experience for your students.
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Conceal & Carry on Campus: Balancing 2nd Amendment Rights with Campus Safety
Thursday, September 17
12:30 - 2:00 pm
MSC Century Rooms
UMSL’s Constitution Day observance includes disciplinary perspectives from Curators’ Professors Dave Robertson (political science) and Rick Rosenfeld (criminology and criminal justice), a point-counterpoint debate between Missouri legislators Jim Lembke and Jamilah Nasheed, and a presentation by UMSL’s InterAct Theatre Troupe. Register in advance when your plans include attending with your classes. Watch for the 2009 Constitution Day flyer.
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Deterring and Detecting Plagiarism
Friday, October 9
10:00 – 11:30 AM
65 University Center
Promoting academic honesty entails learning to prevent and detect plagiarism. Safe Assign is a new tool in MyGateway that students are using to self-check their work before submitting it and faculty are using to check on originality. This seminar will offer strategies for preventing academic dishonesty and demonstrate how to use Safe Assign.
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Thursday and Friday, October 15-16
J. C. Penney Conference Center
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Lunch and Learns about Academic Service-LearningFriday, October 23 and Friday, November 13
12:30- 2:00 PM
MSC- Century AAttend one or both programs to learn the nuts and bolts of integrating service-learning into a course. October 23: Faculty presenters describe how they partner with a community non-profit to meet an organizational need while creating an applied learning experience for their students.
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November 13: Return to begin drafting a service-learning component for a future course.
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Tuesday, December 15
126 JCP Conference Center
Choose the AM or PM session that is most appropriate for your position
10:00 – 11:30 am Preparing for Promotion and Tenure Review for Tenure Track Faculty
Colleagues serving on tenure and promotion committees and those recently reviewed offer advice about documenting one’s accomplishments and preparing for review. Co-sponsor: Senate Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure.
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2:00 – 3:30 pm Preparing for Promotion for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Members
Colleagues share strategies for documenting effective teaching. Learn what constitutes evidence and how to collect and present it in a Teaching Portfolio.
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