CFE Newsletter
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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Sections:
Inclusive Course Design: Implementing Universal Design for Learning PrinciplesWednesday, February 9 || 1:00 pm – 2:30pm || WebEx REGISTER HERE We will send you the WebEx link after you register. Facilitated by Dr. Shihua Brazill, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence Description: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework to create course instruction, materials, and content that engages students and removes barriers to learning. In this workshop, you will practice how to apply UDL principles when designing inclusive learning experiences. Learn more about this inclusive course design session Faculty Excellence Grants – Information SessionWednesday, February 16 || 1:00 – 2:00 pm || Via Webex REGISTER HERE You will be sent the link prior to the event. Members of the Faculty Excellence Grant Committee will hold an informal session to talk about the Faculty Excellence Grants that are due March 11, 2022 from the Deans. Please contact your department head to find out your deadline for submitting to them. Learn more about the Faculty Excellence Grants session Wednesday, February 23rd|| 12pm to 1:30pm|| SUB 235 and via WebEx REGISTER HERE and add a note if you would like to attend via WebEx so that we can send you the link Lunch will be provided. Using alternative assessment assignments in your teaching can provide students with multiple ways to learn, move students to deeper learning with open-ended tasks, stimulate creativity, and enhance engagement by adding an element of realism to the assignment. Learn more about this assessment workshop NSF CAREER Grant Panel SessionThursday, February 24 || 10:00 – 11:30 am || SUB 233 or Webex REGISTER HERE Add a note in the comments if you would like to join via Webex and we will send a link. Facilitated by Nika Stoop, Program Lead – Scholarship & Research CFE Co-sponsored by the Office of Research Development The NSF CAREER Award is a prestigious grant that integrates education and research. Find out the key elements of the current solicitation and what should be included in these proposals from past reviewers and awardees at MSU. Learn more about the NSF Career session here
Visit the CFE website for the most up-to-date listing and links for registration. For a full archive of past workshops, visit the Recorded Workshop library
Call for Student Award Nominations for the President's Award for Gender Equity
Nominations (including self-nominations) can be made by submitting the student’s name, contact information, and a short (maximum of five sentences) reason for nomination to the Recognitions Chair, Betsy Danforth at danforth@montana.edu. Deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. Friday, February 11th. Individuals nominated will be asked to provide a one-page narrative describing their work in this area and a current resume/vitae. The award recipient(s) will be recognized at MSU’s Day of Student Recognition in April. Film Screening: Black Art in the Absence of LightThursday, February 24 || 6 - 8:30p.m || Hagar Auditorium Black History Month in partnership with MSU Black Student Union Inspired by the late David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” the documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light offers an illuminating introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today. After the film screening, join in a panel discussion to continue this important and timely conversation of Black equity in the arts. Implementing Inclusive Practices in the Classroom, Research, and Outreach
The series will take place Monday – Friday, February 28 – March 4th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm via Webex. Learn more about the series here Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Education (CBME) Announces the Spring 2022 webinar series Collaborations in Indian CountryMondays from 2:00 – 3:00 pm in the CBME conference room in Reid Hall #418or join us virtually here
In this section, we are posting some short articles with practical teaching tips:
If you have a teaching tip related to teaching in a blended or online format to share in this section, please send a description and any related resources or examples to cfe@montana.edu
Find graduate student resources here that you can share with your students. Visit The Graduate School resources for faculty and staff website. MSU Writing Center Graduate Student Workshop: Science WritingTuesday, March 8, 2022 || 11:00am - 12:00pm ||Writing Center,Wilson Hall
Series 1: Monday January 31 from 1-2 pm and Monday February 7 from 1-2 pm. (Please plan to attend both dates.) Series 2: Tuesday March 1 from 11 am-12 pm and Tuesday March 8 from 11 am -12 pm. (Please plan to attend both dates.) Learn more about the writing workshop
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity members receive a weekly motivational email (the Monday Motivator) and access to the full NCFDD Core Curriculum, guest expert webinars, intensive multi-week courses facilitated by national experts, a private discussion forum, monthly writing challenges, and the opportunity to connect with a writing accountability partner. Learn more about how to register. |
Montana State University is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the President’s Award for Gender Equity. These (2) awards are designed to honor graduate and undergraduate students who
have worked to improve issues related to gender, equity, diversity and inclusion. 
The Center for Faculty Excellence, Colleges of Education, Health and Human Development
and Letters & Science, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion are sponsoring a
week-long series highlighting how faculty and staff at MSU are changing the culture
through their inclusive practices in advising, teaching, mentoring, podcasting, writing
workshops and more…
Let’s talk science writing! Join us for a two-part workshop discussing Joshua Schimel’s
book Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded. We
will focus on the sections of Schimel’s book about story structure and sentence-level
choices and look for ways in which writers in the sciences can activate writing and
engage readers. Writers are encouraged to take their work to the Writing Center’s
graduate tutors to apply Schimel’s concepts to their own writing.
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