Events

Events

Events for Faculty

On-going ~ March ~ April ~ May

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

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!

 

  

Mondays

1/27 – 5/5

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

1/29 - 5/7

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

January 27-May 5

Every Monday from 11:00-12:00

James 3092
(the Faculty Center)

Drop-in Research Consultations  

Ash Lierman, Education Librarian, will provide research support for all faculty and graduate students. Please feel free to drop in for a research consultation with Ash.

 

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.

  

March   

Tuesday, March 4

4:30-5:30 pm 

Zoom

Register

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

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

In this interactive Zoom hour workshop, discover ways you can use Canvas in your face-to-face classes for “group-worthy” activities and the best practices involved.

 

Facilitator:
Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Register by March 7th

Every other Wednesday, starting March 12th (3/12, 3/26, 4/9, 4/23, and 5/7)  

Zoom

Workshop Series: Practical LaTeX for Academic Writing & Teaching

A virtual, hands-on workshop series to help faculty, librarians, and graduate students learn how to use LaTeX to create documents that look as professional as they read. LaTeX provides the tools to format everything from complex equations to well-organized text – whether math-heavy manuscripts, technical reports, structured essays, syllabi, or assignments.

Topics:

Week 1 – Getting Started with LaTeX
Week 2 – Basic Formatting & Customization
Week 3 – (Slightly) More Advanced Formatting & Customization
Week 4 – STEM-ish stuff
Week 5 – Beamer (cooler PowerPoint)

This virtual workshop series is open to everyone—no prior experience needed!
 

Facilitator:
Dr. Ben Nassau

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Monday, March 17th - Friday, March 21st 

James Hall

 

 2025 Spring Break Writing Retreat

The purpose of this retreat is to provide faculty and librarians with expectations for producing scholarly and creative activity with space, time, and sustenance as they work on a scholarly or creative project. 

The retreat will be held during spring break in 3 different timeframes (2 days, 3 days, and 5 days). 

Space is limited and priority will be given to tenure-track (untenured) faculty and librarians, but all full-time faculty are welcome and encouraged to apply.

  • Applications are being accepted now via go.rowan.edu/SBWR2025. 
  • Applications will close on Monday, February 10th at 11:59 PM. 

Decisions will be made and notifications sent out on or before February 20th. 

 Sponsor:
Provost's Office & Faculty Center 

Tuesday, March 25

4:30-5:30 pm 

Zoom

Registration

 

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

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

Friday, March 28

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Business Hall room 104

Please register by Friday, March 21st, 2025.

 

RTC Mini-Conference Spring 2025

Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS) Mini-Conference 

The conference will provide faculty and graduate students with opportunities to engage in in-house professional development and conversations around high-impact teaching strategies. In addition to providing faculty and graduate students with opportunities to learn from the successes of their colleagues, it provides opportunities for faculty and graduate students to present professionally.  

Light breakfast refreshments will be provided from 8:45-9:00.

Facilitated by the Rowan Teaching Connection (RTC)

Sponsored by the Faculty Center

April

Tuesday, April 1

9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, April 2

12:30-1:30 pm      

Choose a date and register by March 31 to receive the workshop materials. 

Growth Mindset for Students Series:

Session 1: How Can I Reach and Teach Struggling Students?

For teachers whose students are struggling to keep up with course content, pace, and assignments. Effective strategies for engaging students, assessing progress and comprehension, and promoting a growth mindset.

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

Tuesday, April 1

4:30-5:30 pm 

Zoom

Registration

 

 

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

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

The seventh session will cover why faculty should use Canvas Gradebook and New Analytics with their face-to-face classes and the best practices involved.

Facilitator:
Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Thursday, April 3

2:30pm ET

Zoom

Register

Activating Annotation in Your LMS

How instructors are using collaborative annotation to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and critical thinking. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for social annotation, we will demonstrate how Hypothesis is used with course readings in your learning management system (LMS). Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to start incorporating social annotation into their courses to improve student outcomes. (Free for Rowan)

Sponsors: Hypothesis 
 

Tuesday, April 8

9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, April 9

12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and register by April 7 to receive the workshop materials.

Growth Mindset for Students Series:

Session 2: How Can I Encourage the Growth Mindset with Three Simple Tips?

Discover how to build a foundation for your students, helping them understand that there is such a thing as a growth mindset, and demonstrating for them what it is and how it works.

 

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

April 9-10

12:00-3:00 pm

Zoom

Register (free)

AnnotatED 2025 Virtual Conference: Empowering Learning through Social Annotation

For educators, administrators, & innovators passionate about enhancing learning through social annotation. List of sessions.

Sponsors: Hypothesis

Thursday, April 10

2:30pm ET

Zoom

Register

Annotate Your Syllabus

Asking your class to annotate the syllabus allows you to introduce students to social annotation in a low-stakes way. Even better, you’re providing students with an opportunity to engage with the syllabus, to share ideas and to ask questions about the course in a way that sets the tone for engagement throughout the term. In this workshop, the Hypothesis team will review ideas and guidance for the collaborative syllabus annotation assignment. 

Participants can expect to come away from this session with a clear idea about how they can start incorporating collaborative annotation into their courses to improve student success.

(Free for Rowan)

Sponsors: Hypothesis 
 

Tuesday, April 15

9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, April 16

12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and register by April 14 to receive the workshop materials.

 

Growth Mindset for Students Series:

Session 3: How Can I Help Students See that Sweat (Working Hard and Smart) is Key to Their Success?    

Discover techniques for getting students to work smarter, not just harder. This program covers questions of metacognition, the value of low-stakes feedback, and innovative ways that tests and quizzes can drive students to make more neural connections and increase long-term retention.

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

 

Tuesday, April 22

9:30-10:30 am          

or          

Wednesday, April 23

12:30-1:30 pm

Choose a date and register by April 21 to receive the workshop materials.

 

Growth Mindset for Students Series:

Session 4: What is Gamification and How Can it Promote a Growth Mindset?

Gamification uses gaming elements and mechanics in a nongame context—and it’s really simple to implement if you know where to start.

 

 

Facilitator:
Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Sponsors:
Faculty Center

Updated 3/21/25