Monday, May 24, 2021
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- Free Sustainability Webinar Tonight!
- Drugs Not Bugs: New Methods to Inhibit Deadly Bacterial Infections
- Register for the Midwest Campus Compact Conference Watch Party!
- Know a student in crisis? Here's how to help!
Faculty/Staff
Campus Update Archive1. Free Sustainability Webinar Tonight!
Join BGSU Dining Sustainability Student Intern, Evan Levis, on May 24 at 6 p.m. for a webinar discussing water conservation! Zoom links will be emailed the morning of the event. Sign up now.
2. Drugs Not Bugs: New Methods to Inhibit Deadly Bacterial Infections
Dr. Hans Wildschutte is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at BGSU. He will discuss his research, which focuses on the identification of compounds and bacteriophage that kill deadly bacterial pathogens. If you are interested in attending this informative discussion, followed by an interactive Q&A panel, please register here.
3. Register for the Midwest Campus Compact Conference Watch Party!
Compact21 is the Western and Midwestern Campus Compact’s 2021 conference series. This series will focus on Resilience and Responsibility for Racial and Environmental Justice, two components of the systemic injustice that result in the unkept promise of full and equitable participation in education, employment, health care and environmental quality.
Conference participants, students, community partners, national service members, veterans, faculty, staff, and administrators will explore how to partner in renewing the promise of full participation in higher education, a flourishing democracy, and productive, meaningful and gainful careers.
This will feature speakers Ken Reardon and Antoinette Carroll.
BGSU CPI will be hosting a viewing party for registrants with a Collaboratory demonstration before the conference starts. The event will be held on May 25 at 2 p.m. in University Hall 310 in order to provide ample room for social distancing. Refreshments provided!
Register for this event here or visit our BGSU Center for Public Impact website.
4. Know a student in crisis? Here's how to help!
Help create a Community of Care at BGSU and make sure no Falcon struggles unnoticed and alone! Start the Conversation is a collaborative training offered by the Counseling Center and the Humanities Troupe from the Department of Theatre and Film. In the training, you will learn how to contribute to a community of care, how to identify the warning signs of people who may be struggling, and how to help (including suicide prevention strategies). Simple expressions of care are powerful, and you can make a difference in someone's life!
The next training is Wednesday, May 26, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., Zoom. Register here, and learn more about how you can help create a community of care at BGSU!
1. Canvas "New Quizzes" coming soon!
“New Quizzes” is coming in July 2021. Instructors will have the option to continue to use the current assessment feature “Classic Quizzes” through December 2022 when the vendor will discontinue its use.
“New Quizzes” is an updated assessment engine that integrates with Canvas and replaces the current quizzes functionality (Classic Quizzes) in Canvas. “New Quizzes” will be enabled for instructors to begin to familiarize themselves with the tool. There are new question types such as Categorization, Ordering, and Hot Spots. Some other improvements you may notice include a more streamlined way to manage item banks and the ability to copy quizzes.
"Classic Quizzes" will be discontinued by the vendor in December 2022 at which time all assessment will need to be in "New Quizzes". We recommend that any new course assessments use "New Quizzes" beginning in July 2021.
More information is located with this link.
The Center for Faculty Excellence is offering workshops in July. Register here.
2. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Academy Conference
BGSU is hosting the 11th Annual SoTL Academy Conference, online, on July 26-27, 2021. This two-day conference will promote dialogue on teaching and learning under pandemic conditions and going forward.
We welcome proposals by Friday, June 4, along one or more of five thematic tracks:
- Teaching Practice
- Student Learning
- Culturally Relevant / Inclusive Pedagogy
- Teaching with Technology
- Faculty Development
We especially welcome proposals that reflect on the experience of teaching and learning under COVID conditions in 2020-21, or discuss the pandemic’s legacy for college preparation and higher education in the near future. Proposals may include live panel and workshop presentations, and digital poster sessions hosted on ScholarWorks.
Registration for the conference is also now open here. For more details, please visit the conference website.