General Faculty Meeting Program – Fall 2017

2017 Fall General Faculty Meeting

Roundtable 29. UWC & Successful Student Writing!

Coliseum Floor

Duane Theobald, Facilitator

The University Writing Center is a writing tutorial resource for all undergraduate and graduate students at UWG, regardless of class or major. Duane Theobald, UWC Coordinator, will discuss strategies and suggestions for faculty to help encourage students to utilize the UWC to develop their writing skills.

Roundtable 30.

Coliseum Floor

Options for Supporting Students Lisa Adams & Christie Williams, Facilitators

Beyond what we do in our courses, we can help our students persist. Learn more about the many resources available through the Counseling Center and Accessibility Services for helping our students during their time at UWG.

Congratulations, Cynthia Brown!

2017 Best of the West Faculty Member of the Year

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Coliseum

AGENDA 9:00 a.m.

9:20 a.m.

Welcome from the President Dr. Kyle Marrero Go West for A Day Armani Hansell, Annual Giving

9:25 a.m.

EAB Guide Dr. Scot Lingrell

9:35 a.m.

Welcome & Updates from the Provost Dr. Micheal Crafton

10:10 a.m. Provost’s Engage West! Survey Discussion 10:40 a.m. Break 10:50 a.m. Provost’s Review of Last Year’s EW! Topics 11:00 a.m. Roundtable Session 1 11:30 a.m. Roundtable Session 2 12:00 p.m. Lunch

Roundtable 23.

Coliseum Floor

Interdisciplinary Studies Andy Walter, Facilitator

Join Dr. Andy Walter, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, for a discussion about new initiatives associated with Interdisciplinary Studies at UWG, including an emerging proposal for a new Interdisciplinary Studies major. Share your ideas and learn more about how you and your department can participate in IDS!

Roundtable 24.

Coliseum Floor

Supplemental Instruction Carrie Carmack & Carrie Ziglar, Facilitators

Supplemental instruction (SI) is a voluntary academic assistance program that uses peer-assisted study sessions facilitated by SI leaders to help students succeed in traditionally difficult courses. Join this conversation to learn how you can use SI with your course to help students reach higher levels of success.

Roundtable 25.

Campus Carry (HB 280) Legislation

Coliseum Floor

Ned Watson, Facilitator

Georgia House Bill 280—commonly known as "campus carry"—took effect on July 1, 2017. Join Ned Watson, Interim Chief of Police at UWG, to discuss how HB 280 is being implemented on campus. Learn about how the new law might affect your work as a faculty member.

Roundtable 26.

School of the Arts

Coliseum Floor

Chad Davidson, Facilitator

UWG’s School of the Arts (SOTA) sponsors events on and off campus and facilitates a number of arts-based initiatives in the Carrollton and Newnan communities. Join us to learn more about SOTA and how you can take part!

Roundtable 27.

Coliseum Floor

Faculty with Children Lara Willox & Melanie Hildebrandt, Facilitators

Join us for an interactive discussion including shared practices on work-life balance and local advice regarding community opportunities to help your family enjoy being Wolves!

Roundtable 28.

Coliseum Floor

Working with Student Athletes David Haase & Kim Holder, Facilitators

Join this discussion to learn about UWG's student athletes and how to help build student success one player at a time. This session will focus on strategies for working with student athletes, identifying key issues and accessing on-campus resources.

Roundtable 17.

Coliseum Floor

Service Learning Amber Smallwood, Facilitator

The Service Learning Team—a collaborative effort between LEAP’s Experiential Learning Committee and the Community Engagement Taskforce—is moving toward identifying service learning classes based on our recently adopted definition. Join us to talk about establishing standard components, identifying possible courses, and developing a faculty toolkit with critical information for teaching an S.L. course.

Roundtable 18.

Coliseum Floor

Center for Teaching & Learning Rod McRae, Facilitator

Join this session to learn about upcoming programs and opportunities through the Center for Teaching & Learning, including workshops, consultations, and our annual Innovations in Pedagogy conference—not to mention travel funds for presenting at the USG Teaching & Learning Conference!

Roundtable 19.

Coliseum Floor

Governor’s Teaching Fellows Brad Yates, Facilitator

Roundtables Roundtable 1.

Coliseum Floor

First-Year Seminars Ryan Bronkema, Facilitator

This fall semester, UWG is piloting academic, topic-based first-year seminar (FYS) courses to help promote high levels of student engagement in the classroom starting in their first semester. Come learn about the foci of the course and the topics being taught this fall, along with how you might get involved to teach future sections of the FYS course.

Roundtable 2.

Coliseum Floor

High Impact Practices Markesha Henderson, Facilitator

Roundtable 20. Burning Daylight: CourseDen’s New Look

High Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) are advanced teaching and learning practices that help students become more active and engaged learners. HIPs include study abroad, service learning, internships, and undergraduate research, among others. Join this table to discuss how the emerging LEAP initiatives on campus might allow UWG to integrate more HIPs into courses and programs.

Coliseum Floor

Roundtable 3.

Created by Zell Miller, Georgia Governor from 1991-1999, the GTF program provides Georgia’s university faculty an opportunity to participate in an academicyear residency or intensive summer symposium focused on teaching and pedagogy.

Learn more about this prestigious program from a UWG GTF Fellow.

Meg Tucker & David Lloyd, Facilitators

Experience the new look of CourseDen! UWG|Online will discuss and answer any questions regarding the newly integrated features that make this upgrade an attractive and efficient way to engage your students. We will also highlight changes to integrated software that will help you leverage technology to achieve your teaching goals.

Roundtable 21.

Coliseum Floor

Increasing Online Engagement Beth René Roepnack, Facilitator

Explore how you can translate your face-to-face classes into an online course. We will look at how we can establish a sense of presence and immediacy as well as how to adjust assignments and projects to the online environment. Come and hear how online classes can deliver the excitement of learning.

Roundtable 22.

Coliseum Floor

New Faculty Support Tami Ogletree, Facilitator

Are you in your first three years at UWG? We want to hear from you! Join our discussion, and let us know how we can help you be successful those crucial three years. You’ll also learn about professional development opportunities from the Center for Teaching & Learning that can support your teaching as well as research related to your teaching.

Coliseum Floor

Mid-Career Faculty Support Muriel Cormican, Facilitator

Many of us feel disillusioned at mid-career. We’ve worked hard for years to reach a goal (tenure/promotion) but find that the satisfaction we thought we’d feel just isn’t there. Sometimes, we feel like we have hit a stretching plateau or we start reflecting on and reassessing priorities. Join this table to talk about revitalizing opportunities for mid-career faculty.

Roundtable 4.

Coliseum Floor

Diversity & Inclusion in Teaching Yves-Rose Porcena, Facilitator

You recognize that learning—as a cognitive, emotional, and social process—also takes place outside of the classroom, but you already have multiple demands on you. Please join us to discuss how many of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion's strategies can be aligned to classroom learning to make the UWG experience an interwoven and intersectional fabric that supports all students. We invite you to come and share your ideas and potential research collaborations.

The Center for Teaching & Learning is here to help your instruction!

Roundtable 5.

Coliseum Floor

Sustainability Hannes Gerhardt, Facilitator

Learn about the campus sustainability initiative as well as ongoing efforts to benchmark and improve the environmental and social sustainability of the university. This discussion will also explore opportunities for faculty to learn how to integrate sustainability into their courses as well as the new sustainability module for UWG 1101.

Roundtable 6.

Coliseum Floor

Faculty Writing Groups Katy Green & Stacy Britton, Facilitators

Do you struggle with finding time to engage in scholarly writing? Feel you need to jumpstart your academic writing process? Join this discussion about how faculty writing groups can give you the needed space and support to keep you on track.

Roundtable 7.

Coliseum Floor

Safe Zone Training Beth Thompson, Facilitator

The Safe Zone program is an effort at UWG to increase awareness and acceptance of the diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Its purpose is to create a network of allies for LGBTQ students, thus making the university community a safer and more supportive place.

Join this discussion to learn more about Safe Zone and its benefits.

Roundtable 8.

Coliseum Floor

Nat’l Fellowships & Honors College Kate Theobald, Facilitator

During the 2017-18 year, the Honors College and UWG are beginning a long-term focus on national scholarship and fellowship awards for UWG students. We plan to support students in application for national fellowships including helping them identify fellowships, write application essays, and obtain appropriate letters of recommendation. We are creating a culture of achievement and national awards at UWG.

Roundtable 9.

Coliseum Floor

Grant Funding Opportunities Julie Hawk & Ashley Miller, Facilitators

Visit us to learn about different grant funding opportunities and how the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) can help you each step of the way.

Roundtable 10.

Coliseum Floor

ONE UWG Micheal Crafton, Facilitator

The ONE UWG project—inspired by U2’s ONE movement that beyond religion, color, place of origin, level of wealth, level of education, beyond all that we are one—seeks to bridge the institutional divide between faculty culture and staff culture that too often exists at UWG. Join Dr. Crafton to discuss ideas for projects that will help bridge the cultural divide and “carry each other.”

Roundtable 11.

Coliseum Floor

The QEP: Change Is in the Air! Nadya Williams, Facilitator

Our institutional QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan), aiming to improve undergraduate writing in the core curriculum, is entering its third year. We have been authorized to make some substantive changes to our implementation of the plan, and would love your input in this process. Come and learn about the QEP if you are new—or bring your suggestions to the table if you are a veteran.

Roundtable 12. Contemplative Practices: Classroom Coliseum Floor

Dawn Neely, Facilitator

Engaging in contemplative practices can help individuals develop greater communication and empathy, improve focus and attention, and reduce stress. In the classroom, these practices can help students cultivate a critical, first-person focus and help them concentrate on complex ideas and situations. Join this discussion to learn about ways contemplative practices can help you and your students develop mindfulness.

Roundtable 13. Contemplative Practices: Work/Life Coliseum Floor

Alison Umminger, Facilitator

This roundtable will be about finding the time to be mindful, the space to be mindful, and the support to be mindful. Contemplative practice seems so “hard” at first, so there will be some ideas of how to start a practice and get over the initial distractions, as well as the long term cognitive and emotional benefits.

Roundtable 14. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Coliseum Floor

Julia Whisenhunt, Facilitator

Are you interested in learning how engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) can connect to both your research and teaching? Would you like to know how to become involved in the USG Board of Regents SoTL Fellows Program? Join this discussion to learn more about SoTL, including ways you can find support for your SoTL efforts.

Roundtable 15.

Coliseum Floor

Study Abroad Opportunities Maria Doyle, Facilitator

Interested in developing a study abroad program or connecting with research partners overseas? Want to learn more about how to work with international students? Confused about what kind of programs are available for students who want to study in another country? Join this table discussion to learn more and to share your ideas about how to internationalize UWG.

Roundtable 16.

Coliseum Floor

Community Engagement Melanie McClellan, Facilitator

Learn more about UWG's Community Engagement Office, the concept of community engagement, how to get involved in the local community on a personal or professional basis, and how to connect with other faculty who share your interest in specific community issues and topics.

Roundtable 5.

Coliseum Floor

Sustainability Hannes Gerhardt, Facilitator

Learn about the campus sustainability initiative as well as ongoing efforts to benchmark and improve the environmental and social sustainability of the university. This discussion will also explore opportunities for faculty to learn how to integrate sustainability into their courses as well as the new sustainability module for UWG 1101.

Roundtable 6.

Coliseum Floor

Faculty Writing Groups Katy Green & Stacy Britton, Facilitators

Do you struggle with finding time to engage in scholarly writing? Feel you need to jumpstart your academic writing process? Join this discussion about how faculty writing groups can give you the needed space and support to keep you on track.

Roundtable 7.

Coliseum Floor

Safe Zone Training Beth Thompson, Facilitator

The Safe Zone program is an effort at UWG to increase awareness and acceptance of the diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Its purpose is to create a network of allies for LGBTQ students, thus making the university community a safer and more supportive place.

Join this discussion to learn more about Safe Zone and its benefits.

Roundtable 8.

Coliseum Floor

Nat’l Fellowships & Honors College Kate Theobald, Facilitator

During the 2017-18 year, the Honors College and UWG are beginning a long-term focus on national scholarship and fellowship awards for UWG students. We plan to support students in application for national fellowships including helping them identify fellowships, write application essays, and obtain appropriate letters of recommendation. We are creating a culture of achievement and national awards at UWG.

Roundtable 9.

Coliseum Floor

Grant Funding Opportunities Julie Hawk & Ashley Miller, Facilitators

Visit us to learn about different grant funding opportunities and how the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) can help you each step of the way.

Roundtable 10.

Coliseum Floor

ONE UWG Micheal Crafton, Facilitator

The ONE UWG project—inspired by U2’s ONE movement that beyond religion, color, place of origin, level of wealth, level of education, beyond all that we are one—seeks to bridge the institutional divide between faculty culture and staff culture that too often exists at UWG. Join Dr. Crafton to discuss ideas for projects that will help bridge the cultural divide and “carry each other.”

Roundtable 11.

Coliseum Floor

The QEP: Change Is in the Air! Nadya Williams, Facilitator

Our institutional QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan), aiming to improve undergraduate writing in the core curriculum, is entering its third year. We have been authorized to make some substantive changes to our implementation of the plan, and would love your input in this process. Come and learn about the QEP if you are new—or bring your suggestions to the table if you are a veteran.

Roundtable 12. Contemplative Practices: Classroom Coliseum Floor

Dawn Neely, Facilitator

Engaging in contemplative practices can help individuals develop greater communication and empathy, improve focus and attention, and reduce stress. In the classroom, these practices can help students cultivate a critical, first-person focus and help them concentrate on complex ideas and situations. Join this discussion to learn about ways contemplative practices can help you and your students develop mindfulness.

Roundtable 13. Contemplative Practices: Work/Life Coliseum Floor

Alison Umminger, Facilitator

This roundtable will be about finding the time to be mindful, the space to be mindful, and the support to be mindful. Contemplative practice seems so “hard” at first, so there will be some ideas of how to start a practice and get over the initial distractions, as well as the long term cognitive and emotional benefits.

Roundtable 14. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Coliseum Floor

Julia Whisenhunt, Facilitator

Are you interested in learning how engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) can connect to both your research and teaching? Would you like to know how to become involved in the USG Board of Regents SoTL Fellows Program? Join this discussion to learn more about SoTL, including ways you can find support for your SoTL efforts.

Roundtable 15.

Coliseum Floor

Study Abroad Opportunities Maria Doyle, Facilitator

Interested in developing a study abroad program or connecting with research partners overseas? Want to learn more about how to work with international students? Confused about what kind of programs are available for students who want to study in another country? Join this table discussion to learn more and to share your ideas about how to internationalize UWG.

Roundtable 16.

Coliseum Floor

Community Engagement Melanie McClellan, Facilitator

Learn more about UWG's Community Engagement Office, the concept of community engagement, how to get involved in the local community on a personal or professional basis, and how to connect with other faculty who share your interest in specific community issues and topics.

Roundtable 17.

Coliseum Floor

Service Learning Amber Smallwood, Facilitator

The Service Learning Team—a collaborative effort between LEAP’s Experiential Learning Committee and the Community Engagement Taskforce—is moving toward identifying service learning classes based on our recently adopted definition. Join us to talk about establishing standard components, identifying possible courses, and developing a faculty toolkit with critical information for teaching an S.L. course.

Roundtable 18.

Coliseum Floor

Center for Teaching & Learning Rod McRae, Facilitator

Join this session to learn about upcoming programs and opportunities through the Center for Teaching & Learning, including workshops, consultations, and our annual Innovations in Pedagogy conference—not to mention travel funds for presenting at the USG Teaching & Learning Conference!

Roundtable 19.

Coliseum Floor

Governor’s Teaching Fellows Brad Yates, Facilitator

Roundtables Roundtable 1.

Coliseum Floor

First-Year Seminars Ryan Bronkema, Facilitator

This fall semester, UWG is piloting academic, topic-based first-year seminar (FYS) courses to help promote high levels of student engagement in the classroom starting in their first semester. Come learn about the foci of the course and the topics being taught this fall, along with how you might get involved to teach future sections of the FYS course.

Roundtable 2.

Coliseum Floor

High Impact Practices Markesha Henderson, Facilitator

Roundtable 20. Burning Daylight: CourseDen’s New Look

High Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) are advanced teaching and learning practices that help students become more active and engaged learners. HIPs include study abroad, service learning, internships, and undergraduate research, among others. Join this table to discuss how the emerging LEAP initiatives on campus might allow UWG to integrate more HIPs into courses and programs.

Coliseum Floor

Roundtable 3.

Created by Zell Miller, Georgia Governor from 1991-1999, the GTF program provides Georgia’s university faculty an opportunity to participate in an academicyear residency or intensive summer symposium focused on teaching and pedagogy.

Learn more about this prestigious program from a UWG GTF Fellow.

Meg Tucker & David Lloyd, Facilitators

Experience the new look of CourseDen! UWG|Online will discuss and answer any questions regarding the newly integrated features that make this upgrade an attractive and efficient way to engage your students. We will also highlight changes to integrated software that will help you leverage technology to achieve your teaching goals.

Roundtable 21.

Coliseum Floor

Increasing Online Engagement Beth René Roepnack, Facilitator

Explore how you can translate your face-to-face classes into an online course. We will look at how we can establish a sense of presence and immediacy as well as how to adjust assignments and projects to the online environment. Come and hear how online classes can deliver the excitement of learning.

Roundtable 22.

Coliseum Floor

New Faculty Support Tami Ogletree, Facilitator

Are you in your first three years at UWG? We want to hear from you! Join our discussion, and let us know how we can help you be successful those crucial three years. You’ll also learn about professional development opportunities from the Center for Teaching & Learning that can support your teaching as well as research related to your teaching.

Coliseum Floor

Mid-Career Faculty Support Muriel Cormican, Facilitator

Many of us feel disillusioned at mid-career. We’ve worked hard for years to reach a goal (tenure/promotion) but find that the satisfaction we thought we’d feel just isn’t there. Sometimes, we feel like we have hit a stretching plateau or we start reflecting on and reassessing priorities. Join this table to talk about revitalizing opportunities for mid-career faculty.

Roundtable 4.

Coliseum Floor

Diversity & Inclusion in Teaching Yves-Rose Porcena, Facilitator

You recognize that learning—as a cognitive, emotional, and social process—also takes place outside of the classroom, but you already have multiple demands on you. Please join us to discuss how many of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion's strategies can be aligned to classroom learning to make the UWG experience an interwoven and intersectional fabric that supports all students. We invite you to come and share your ideas and potential research collaborations.

The Center for Teaching & Learning is here to help your instruction!

AGENDA 9:00 a.m.

Roundtable 23.

Coliseum Floor

Interdisciplinary Studies Andy Walter, Facilitator

Join Dr. Andy Walter, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, for a discussion about new initiatives associated with Interdisciplinary Studies at UWG, including an emerging proposal for a new Interdisciplinary Studies major. Share your ideas and learn more about how you and your department can participate in IDS!

Welcome from the President Dr. Kyle Marrero

Roundtable 24.

9:10 a.m.

Go West for A Day Armani Hansell, Coordinator of Annual Giving

Supplemental instruction (SI) is a voluntary academic assistance program that uses peer-assisted study sessions facilitated by SI leaders to help students succeed in traditionally difficult courses. Join this conversation to learn how you can use SI with your course to help students reach higher levels of success.

9:15 a.m.

EAB Guide Dr. Scot Lingrel

Coliseum Floor

Supplemental Instruction Carrie Carmack & Carrie Ziglar, Facilitators

Roundtable 25.

Campus Carry (HB 280) Legislation

Coliseum Floor

Ned Watson, Facilitator

9:25 a.m.

Welcome & Updates from the Provost Dr. Micheal Crafton

Georgia House Bill 280—commonly known as "campus carry"—took effect on July 1, 2017. Join Ned Watson, Interim Chief of Police at UWG, to discuss how HB 280 is being implemented on campus. Learn about how the new law might affect your work as a faculty member.

10:00 a.m.

Engage West! Survey Discussion Dr. Micheal Crafton

Roundtable 26.

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Roundtable Session 1

11:15 a.m.

Roundtable Session 2

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

School of the Arts

Coliseum Floor

Chad Davidson, Facilitator

UWG’s School of the Arts (SOTA) sponsors events on and off campus and facilitates a number of arts-based initiatives in the Carrollton and Newnan communities. Join us to learn more about SOTA and how you can take part!

Roundtable 27.

Coliseum Floor

Faculty with Children Lara Willox & Melanie Hildebrandt, Facilitators

Join us for an interactive discussion including shared practices on work-life balance and local advice regarding community opportunities to help your family enjoy being Wolves!

Roundtable 28.

Coliseum Floor

Working with Student Athletes David Haase & Kim Holder, Facilitators

Join this discussion to learn about UWG's student athletes and how to help build student success one player at a time. This session will focus on strategies for working with student athletes, identifying key issues and accessing on-campus resources.

2017 Fall General Faculty Meeting

Roundtable 29. UWC & Successful Student Writing!

Coliseum Floor

Duane Theobald, Facilitator

The University Writing Center is a writing tutorial resource for all undergraduate and graduate students at UWG, regardless of class or major. Duane Theobald, UWC Coordinator, will discuss strategies and suggestions for faculty to help encourage students to utilize the UWC to develop their writing skills.

Roundtable 30.

Coliseum Floor

Options for Supporting Students Lisa Adams & Christie Williams, Facilitators

Beyond what we do in our courses, we can help our students persist. Learn more about the many resources available through the Counseling Center and Accessibility Services for helping our students during their time at UWG.

Congratulations, Cynthia Brown!

2017 Best of the West Faculty Member of the Year

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Coliseum