Events

Events

Events for Faculty

On-going ~ November ~ December

Date, time, location, and link

Title and Description

Facilitators and Sponsors

On-going
 

The Faculty Center Presents:
Magna OnDemand 

This is a program where you can watch videos on your own time and earn a professional development certificate from the Faculty Center.

The Faculty Center will offer two Professional Development Certificate programs each academic year. The Fall program runs from July 1 to December 31, and certificates will be issued in January. The Spring program runs from January 1 to June 30, and certificates will be issued in July. If you’d rather attend live workshops and discussions based on Magna seminars, try the Faculty Center’s Enhancing and Supporting Teaching Professional Development Certificate program with nearly 500 educational development programs.

View any webinar at any time and earn the Professional Development Certificate

If appropriate, the certificate may be shared with your supervisor, or included in a Tenure, Recontracting, or Promotion Packet. 

  
 

Rowan University Libraries workshops

Cover various topics related to inquiry, learning, research, and creativity. All workshops are free and open to students, staff, and faculty, and most are open to the public. Use the Workshop Calendar's search filters to view workshops by category or audience. For more information on library workshops visit our Workshops LibGuide.

  

Every Friday

from Sept. 13 to Dec. 7

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Zoom. 

Lunch & Learn: Exploring Neurodiversity & Accessibility

A welcoming space for all faculty and staff to attend, ask questions and get more information on Neurodiversity and Accessibility at Rowan!

September 27th: Designing Accessible PwrPts

October 4th: How to use the Testing Center

October 11: Understanding ADHD

October 18th: Who are Rowan's Twice Exceptional Students (2e)?

October 25th: Military Accommodations

  

Mondays

9:00-11:00

James Hall 3012 (Conference Room)  

Zoom 

 

RU Writing

All Rowan faculty & librarians are invited to join these 2-hour, hybrid sessions devoted to protected writing time. 

We encourage you to register via this brief Google form to establish a schedule to support your writing (but even if you don’t you can still drop in and write during any of these sessions). 

Perk: If you register, we will send calendar invitations to you! 

Facilitators: 
Monica Kerrigan, ELAR
Jill Perry, Faculty Center 

Sponsor:
Faculty Center & Campbell Library

 

Wednesdays

9:00-11:00

James Hall 3012 (Conference Room)  

Zoom 

RU Writing

All Rowan faculty & librarians are invited to join these 2-hour, hybrid sessions devoted to protected writing time. 

We encourage you to register via this brief Google form to establish a schedule to support your writing (but even if you don’t you can still drop in and write during any of these sessions). 

Perk: If you register, we will send calendar invitations to you! 

 

Facilitator: 
Monica Kerrigan, ELAR 

Sponsor:
Faculty Center & Campbell Library

Every Friday 12:00-2:00 

James 2097

Drop-in Research & Writing Space

Faculty and graduate students are invited to drop in to James 2097 for research and writing time every Friday from 12:00-2:00.  Ash Lierman, Education Librarian, will be in James Hall 2097 to offer research support, company, accountability, and cheerleading.

We also have reserved James 2099 as a quiet writing space.  

We encourage you to register via this brief Google form to establish a schedule to support your writing (but even if you don’t you can still drop in and write during any of these sessions). 

Perk: If you register, we will send calendar invitations to you! 

Facilitator: 
Ash Lierman, Education Librarian

Sponsor:
Faculty Center & Campbell Library

 

 

PD Opportunities from Montclair State University

The Office for Faculty Excellence at Montclair State University offers multiple workshops that are free and open to the public. Most are online.

  

November

(Repeat from 10/29)

Friday, 11/1

12:30pm-1:30pm

Online via Webex

Please register to receive Webex information

 

Learn How to Use Slido Polling in
PowerPoint and Google Slides

Slido is an audience engagement tool available to all Rowan Faculty, Staff, and Students. It can be utilized with presentation software such as PowerPoint or Google Slides or can be used directly in Webex or Zoom. In this session we'll focus on getting started with Slido's polling features and integrating them with PowerPoint and Google Slides.
For more information on Slido, please see IRT's "Welcome to Slido" Knowledgebase Article

Learning Objectives:Upon completions of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Log-in to Slido via Slido.com, PowerPoint, and Google Slides
  • Create a Slido event with multiple types of polls (e.g., Multiple Choice, Word Cloud, Rating)
  • Integrate a Slido event into PowerPoint or Google Slides for use in an onsite or online class session

Facilitator:
Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Sponsors:
Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM and Faculty Center, Rowan - Glassboro

 

Friday, Nov. 1

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

WebEx only.  

Register

 Writing Winning Grant Proposals 

This engaging and interactive workshop will highlight strategies to use when crafting and writing an effective proposal in accordance with funders’ requirements, guidelines, and areas of interest. The presenters will provide valuable tools and information about structuring and presenting your projects in a compelling way that tailors to the guidelines provided by a potential funding source. We will review and critique a sample Letter of Inquiry and a sample Proposal.

 

Sponsors:
The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations in the Division of University Advancement and the Office of Research Development in the Division of University Research 

Tuesday, November 5, 9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, November 6, 12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and Register until November 3 to receive the workshop materials. 

Grading Policies Series (October 29 - November 20, 2024)

Session #2 How Can Grading Policy Options Influence Student Learning?

Learn the positive results—empowering students, motivating them, increasing their engagement, achieving better learning outcomes—that can be realized through strategic decisions you make about your grading policies.

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsor:
Faculty Center

 

 

November 8

3:30-4:30 

online

Registration TBA

Tenure & Recontracting Packet Preparation

Crafting the promotion file for Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty or Librarians for Instructors, Assistant and Associate Professors, Librarians

Sponsors:
University TR&P Committee 

 

Mon., Nov. 11
 
12:30-1:30 pm 
 
Zoom
 
Register
 

The Faculty Center workshop series: Using Canvas to Support Face-to-Face Instruction

 
Session 5: "Managing Group Projects & Activities in Canvas"

The fifth session will cover the ways faculty can use Canvas in their face-to-face classes for managing group projects & activities in Canvas and the best practices involved.

Facilitator:
Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Tuesday, November 12,

9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, November 13, 12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and Register until November 10 to receive the workshop materials. 

Grading Policies Series (October 29 - November 20, 2024)

Session #3 How Can I Make my Exams More about Learning, Less about Grades?

Learn how you can transform exams into enhanced opportunities for student learning with practical solutions to the three core problems with exams today. Making exams better suit your learning goals requires student participation at every step of the process. Real-world, tested guidelines for integrating student input. 

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsor:
Faculty Center

 

Friday, Nov. 15

2:00-3:00 pm

Webex

Register 

Corporate Partnerships and Intellectual Property

This workshop introduces attendees to the engagement activities for University corporate partners. The cultivation of corporate partnerships (including leveraging alumni relationships), and efforts to attract key corporate partners to facilities on campus, will be discussed. In addition, various examples of corporate partnering arrangements will be reviewed, including corporate gifts, Sponsored Research Agreements, and Licenses/Intellectual Property. Specific issues in corporate partnering will be addressed, including publication, intellectual property ownership, conflict of interest and consulting.

Facilitators:
Office of Sponsored Programs and Corporate and Foundation Relations 

Monday, November 18 12:30-1:30 pm 

Zoom

Register

The Faculty Center workshop series: Using Canvas to Support Face-to-Face Instruction

Session 6: "Using Canvas Speedgrader and Feedback with Face-to-Face Classes"

The sixth session will cover why faculty should use Canvas Speedgrader and feedback in their face-to-face classes and the best practices involved.

 

Facilitator:
Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

 

Tuesday, November 19, 9:30-10:30 am           or           Wednesday, November 20, 12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and Register until November 17 to receive the workshop materials. 

Grading Policies Series (October 29 - November 20, 2024)

Session #4 What Ethical Issues Lurk in My Grading Policy?

Assess your current grading practices to ensure they are grounded in fairness and objectivity. Learn about the checks and balances you can apply to your grading policies to ensure they conform to your ethical standards.

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsor:
Faculty Center

November 22

3:30-4:30 

online

Registration TBA

 

Tenure & Recontracting Packet Preparation 

The first TT comprehensive application: 3rd and 4th year recontracting for TT Faculty and TT Librarians in their 2nd year of service

Sponsors:
University TR&P Committee 

 

December

 

Monday, December 2

12:30-1:30 pm 

Zoom

Register

 

Using Canvas to Support Face-to-Face Instruction Workshop Series 

Session 7: “Using the Canvas Gradebook & Analytics with Face-to-Face Classes”

The seventh session will cover the ways faculty can use Canvas gradebook and analytics with their face-to-face classes and the best practices involved. A professional development certificate will be earned.

 

Facilitator:
Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Friday, December 6th

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

(come and go as you can)

James Hall room 3102 on the Glassboro campus.

Register by December 4th

 

International Faculty Fall 2024 Gathering

The Faculty Center would like to invite all who identify as international faculty and visiting foreign scholars to an informal gathering with Dr. Mariano Savelski, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. 

In addition to having open conversations, discussing issues, and raising questions, part of the agenda will be devoted to determining possible working groups around supports, activities, and initiatives at Rowan relevant to international faculty.

If you identify as international faculty and are interested in joining us, please complete this brief form by December 4th to let us know you will attend. If you cannot attend, you can also use this form to pose questions that can be asked on your behalf.

Facilitator:
Dr. Mariano Savelski, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Sponsor:
Faculty Center

 

Friday, Dec. 6

10:15 - 12:15 

Zoom

Register

EAB webinar exclusively for Rowan faculty & staff: 

Meeting the Student Readiness Challenge: Presentation, Discussion, and Next Steps. 

We define readiness as each student having the knowledge, skills, and support needed to access and succeed in college, career, and life. Helping today’s students achieve this “readiness” will require working together across sectors to overcome academic, socioemotional, financial, and career preparedness gaps exacerbated by the disruptions of the pandemic.

Academic and socioemotional readiness are two of the most significant predictors of whether students will attend college, complete their degree, and thrive in the workforce. But students across all grade levels find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle, where academic and mental health struggles compound one another. Students are struggling to grasp new concepts, cope with stressors, and build the confidence needed to shape their collegiate and career paths.

Unfortunately, the most significant impacts of the pandemic are still ahead of us. Students who were in elementary school when the pandemic began are not likely to fully recover academically by the time they reach college in the next three to five years—meaning student readiness trends are expected to get worse before they get better.

Although these gaps are significant, we also see continued promise and current success in students across the board from colleges and universities with intentional programming, services and faculty training to respond to student needs.

Together, during this session we will recognize those current successes, but also discuss how we can best approach our diverse student population and readiness needs for our current and future students. Join us for this interactive session with EAB, your partner in student success and best practice sharing.

 

 

 

 

December 6

2:00-3:00 pm

Webex

Register 

Presenting your Project to Individual Donors

The benefits and challenges of working with individual donors will be discussed, along with tips for “translating” your proposal from a document you would submit to a government agency (expecting it to be review by a panel of experts from your field) to a document or conversation that will be of interest to individual donors. Also discussed will be various ways that individuals can support research, outreach projects, and other scholarly and creative activities – with funding that is short and/or long term. 

Facilitator:
Rob Lightfoot, Associate Director of Development & Manager, Planned Giving

Sponsor:
Office of Sponsored Programs and Corporate and Foundation Relations 

 

 

December 13

3:30-4:30 

online

Registration TBA

 

Tenure & Recontracting Packet Preparation 

How to prepare your first year of service (formative) recontracting file for First year of service faculty and librarians (TT and Non-TT) 

Sponsors:
University TR&P Committee  

Updated 11/20/24