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Fall Semester 2019                                  Spring Semester 2020

Date
 Event Title, Time and Location
 Presenter(s)
8/15/19

New Faculty Orientation (NFO)
8:30 am - 1:30 pm
Learn more about NFO

Host: David Singel, Senior Vice Provost
8/22/19

Active Learning Basics: Rethink Your Teaching to Promote Deeper Learning

 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
9/5/19

Researcher Visibility

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Facilitated by Doralyn Rossmann, Head of Digital Library Initiatives and Leila Sterman, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Library
9/11/19 Title IX/Mandatory Reporter Training Presented by Emily Stark,  Director/Title IX Coordinator, Office of Institutional Equity
 9/13/19 Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Arts & Humanities Dr. Jenny Olin Shanahan, Vice Provost for High Impact Practices at Bridgewater State University(Boston) will present a workshop on undergraduate research mentoring in the Arts & Humanities.
9/16/19 Intro to Grants and Finding Funding Facilitated by Nika Stoop, Research Resources Coordinator, CFE
9/17/19 Recognizing/Referring Students with Mental Health Needs Hosted by Brian Kassar, Counseling and Psychological Services
9/20/19

Collaborative and Actionable Research for Student Success

Presented by Rebecca A. London, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology at The  University of California – Santa Cruz
 9/20/19

Lost in Translation: From Engineering Norms to Identities

 Presenter: Dr. Idalis Villanueva has a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder
 9/24/19 Academic Advising Presenter: Diane Donnelly, M.Ed., Director of Advising Commons
 9/27/19 Writing Group Information Session Presenter: Nika Stoop, Center for Faculty Excellence 
 10/02/19

NIH Loan Repayment Program Information Session

 

 Presented by: Cara Palmer, Assistant Professor, Psychology
 10/04/19 Introduction to the Indigenous Mentoring Program Presented by: Sweeney Windchief – Assistant Professor, Higher Education and Barbara Komlos –  PNW-COSMOS Program Administrator
 10/17/19 Writing Center Info Session: Support for Graduate Students

 

Presenter: Erin Strickland, Graduate Program Coordinator & Multilingual Writer Specialist, Writing Center
10/21/19

Tips for Writing Research Proposals to the NIH – Health Equity Webinar

Presented by Alexandra Adams, Suzanne Held, Elizabeth Rink
 10/24/19 Indian Education for All Professional Development Workshop

 

 Facilitated by Dr. Florence McGeschick Garcia(Assiniboine-Sioux), Associate Dean, City College of MSU Billings.
 10/31/19 Faculty Engagement with the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)

 

Facilitators:

Brittany Fasy, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Math;

Marvin Lansverk, Professor, English;

Abbie Richards, Associate Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering;

Colin Shaw, Assistant Research Professor, Earth Sciences and Undergraduate Scholars Program Director;

Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer; and

Greg Young, Professor, Music and CFE NCUR Faculty Fellow.

 11/07/19

Academic Misconduct & Classroom Management

 

 

Presenters: 

Erin Macdonald Peck, Assistant Dean of Students 

Matt Caires, Dean of Students

Alli Gidley, Safety and Welfare Manager

 11/12/19

Journalists and academics: working together to reach the public 

Host: Shannon D. Willoughby, Physics

Presenter: Todd Miller, Investigative Journalist

 11/12/19

Indigenize Your Syllabus

 

Facilitators:

Dr. Matt Herman, Associate Professor, Native American Studies

Danielle Morrison, Office of Public Instruction, State of Montana

Dr. Sara Rushing, Associate Professor, Political Science

Dr. Christine Stanton-Rogers, Associate Professor, Education

James Thull, Associate Professor, Library

 11/14/19

Community-Engaged Scholarship Forum

 

Guest speakers: Jane Rogan, Director of Indiana University's ‘Sustaining Hoosier Communities’ (SCP) program and Branden Born co-directs the University of Washington’s Livable City Year (LCY) Program.
 11/21/19

CampusLabs Course Evaluation Info Session

Facilitator: Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
12/04/19

Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators

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Facilitator: Jennifer Brown, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Lead of the CFE Research Capacity Team
 12/11/19  Financial Management for NIH-Funded Researchers  Facilitators:  Maya Bronston, Grants Management Specialist, CAIRHE,  Jennifer Hodges, Fiscal Manager, AI/AN CTRP,  Cori Huttinga, Fiscal Manager/Program Specialist, Montana INBRE

Summer Semester 2020

Date
 Event Title, Time and Location
 Presenter(s)
7/16/20

3 Day Immersion Trainings - July

Tuesday, July 14 to Thursday, July 16, 2020  

Day Three- Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings

Recorded on July 16, 2020

Recording Lectures with TechSmith

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Microsoft Teams

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Synchronous Class Sessions with WebEx

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Alternative Assessments for Deeper Online Learning

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Alternative Assessments for Deeper Online Learning  - Example for Math

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Day Two - Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings

Recorded on July 15, 2020

Accessibility

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Establishing and Maintaining Instructor Presence

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Additional Brightspace Tools for Online and Blended Teaching and Learning

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Maximizing Online Discussions

Watch the video now video (~1 hr 43 mins)

Day One - Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings

Recorded on July 14, 2020

Introduction and Brightspace/D2L Basics

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Online Course Orientation

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Online Course Organization

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Blended Course Organization

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Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
 6/18/20

3 Day Immersion Trainings - June

Tuesday, June16 to Thursday, June 18, 2020  

Day Three - Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings

Recorded on June 18, 2020

Recording Lectures with TechSmith

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Microsoft Teams

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(Note that part of the beginning of the recording was cut off)

Utilizing WebEx to Engage Online: Live Synchronous Class Meetings

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Alternative Assessments for Deeper Online Learning

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Day Two - Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings 

Recorded on June17, 2020

Accessibility and Universal Design

Watch the video now video (~1 hr 25 mins)

Additional Brightspace Tools for Online and Blended Teaching and Learning

Watch the video now video (~1 hr 45 mins)

Maximizing Online Discussions for Asynchronous Online Learning

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Day One - Online and Blended Teaching Immersion Trainings

Recorded on June16, 2020

Introduction to Training and Day 1

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Brightspace/D2L Basics

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Orientating Students to Online Courses

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Organizing Courses for Online Learning

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Blended Course Organization

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(Note: the start of the recording is cut off)

 

Spring Semester 2020

Date
 Event Title, Time and Location
 Presenter(s)
5/19/20

Maximizing Online Discussions

Tuesday, May 19, 2020  

Play recording video  Duration: 1 hr 33 min

Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
5/6/20

Alternative Assessments

Wednesday, May 6, 2020  

Play recording video  Duration: 2 hr 06 min

 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer, Alan Yost, MSU Writing Center
5/5/20

Accessibility and Universal Design

Tuesday, May 5, 2020  |  12:00 pm 

Play recording video  Duration: 1 hr 26 min

 Facilitator: Jacqueline Frank, Instruction & Accessibility Librarian and 
Dean Adams, Director CFE
4/20/20

Best Practices in Assembling a RT&P Dossier

Monday, April 20, 2020  |  12:02 pm 

Play recording video  Duration: 1 hr 30 min

 

Presented by David Singel, Senior Vice Provost

3/20/20

Utilizing WebEx to Engage Online

Session 2 - Watch the video now (~1 hr 30 min)  video

Presented by Tess Meacham, ATO

Contact Paul Lindsay or UIT with questions (helpdesk@montana.edu).

 3/19/20

Three Pillars of Remote Distance Teaching and Learning

Note: These sessions have the same content presented but may vary in the  Q & As at the end of the session. 

Session 1 - Watch the video now (~2 hours)   video

Session 2 - Watch the video now (~2 hours)   video

 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, Instructional Designer, CFE

Contact Ken Silvestri (kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu), John Usher (jusher@montana.edu) or Julie Tatarka (pester@montana.edu) with questions.

 3/18/20

Embedding Library Resources in Brightspace/D2L

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Facilitated by Meghan Salsbury, Instructional Technology Librarian, MSU Library

Contact Meghan Salsbury for questions at meghan.salsbury@montana.edu or 406-994-4989 

 3/17/2020

Recording Lectures using TechSmith Relay to Help Make the Transition Online

Session 1 - Watch the Recording (1 hour)  video

Session 2 - Watch the Recording (1 hour) video

 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, Instructional Designer, CFE
 3/12/20

Teacher, Know Thyself Workshop Series with Jerome Feldman - Sess 2

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Watch the videos from this 3 session series

Facilitated by Jerome Feldman

Session 2:  Where Shall the Twain Meet? – Examining How Well Your Personal Teaching Approach Aligns with Your Students’ Approaches to Learning. 

 3/11/20

Teaching Accelerated Summer Courses Panel Discussion

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Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, Instructional Designer, CFE
Panel:
 Candance Goodman, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Sean Harris, College of Business; Anders Larsson, Civil Engineering; Megan Wickstrom, Mathematical Sciences
 3/4/20

Teacher, Know Thyself Workshop Series with Jerome Feldman - Sess 1 

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Jerome Feldman M.A. has been over 30 years of experience as a classroom educator, professional developer and author in the field of post-secondary education. He is currently a member of the MSU community as a writing instructor.
 2/26/20  SERVICE-LEARNING: Engineering in Your Community Facilitator: Dr. Marybeth Lima has a Ph.D. in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering from The Ohio State University. She is currently the Cliff & Nancy Spanier Alumni Professor in the Department Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at Louisiana State University. 
 2/25/20  What Your Students Want You to Know…about Identities

Facilitated by Dean Adams, Center for Faculty Excellence

Panelists: Betsy Asserson, Maria Velazquez, Julian Collins, Micah McFeely, Joey Morrison, Dani Morrison, Ariel Donohue

2/19/20

NSF CAREER Grant Panel

 

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Facilitated by Nika Stoop, Research Resources Coordinator, CFE
Panel: Michelle Flenniken, Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology; Anje Kunze, Computer and Electrical Engineering; Stephanie McCalla, Chemical & Biological Engineering; and Sharon Neufeldt, Chemistry & Biochemistry.
 2/18/20

Social Media Visibility and Research Practice

 

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 Facilitated by Doralyn Rossmann, Head of Digital Library Initiatives, Library
 2/18/20

February Common Threads seminar featuring Dionne Zoanni

 
2/12/20

Teaching Large, High-Enrollment Classes Panel Discussion

 

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 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer

Panel Participants:  Dr. Tony Hartshorn, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Mitch Vaterlaus, Family and Consumer Sciences, EHHD, Dr. Katey Plymesser, Civil Engineering, Katy Brandis, J.D., College of Business

02/11/20

Inclusive Teaching, Mentoring and Research:

Workshop 1: Foundations for Practice: Applying Indigenous essential understandings

Workshop 2: Effective Mentoring for Indigenous Student Wellbeing

MSU’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion, in conjunction with the Department of Native American Studies and other key partners, invites all faculty, staff, and students to a series of sessions focused on embedding inclusive practices, Indigenous knowledge, cultural understandings into their work with students to foster inclusive learning environments.
02/07/20

Faculty Excellence Grants – Information Session

Facilitated by Dean Adams and Nika Stoop, CFE
02/06/20

Creating a Family Friendly Campus

Facilitated by Sara Rushing (University Family Advocate, Political Science), Andres Thorsen (JJCBE) and Myleen Leary (JJCBE)
02/04/20

Reflections and Other Approaches in Service Learning

Facilitated by Rebekah Van Wieren, Chair, Service Learning Committee, Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
Panel: Marvin Lansverk (2019-2020 MUS Teaching Scholar, English), Ada Giusti (Modern Languages & Literatures), Wendy Morrison (Health & Human Development)
01/31/20

Instructional Innovation Grants – Information Session

Facilitated by Dean Adams and Ken Silverstri, CFE
01/30/20

Intro to Grants and Finding Funding

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Facilitated by Nika Stoop, Research Resources Coordinator, CFE
01/28/20

Active Learning Basics: Rethinking Your Teaching to Promote Deeper Learning

Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
01/22/20

What Your Students Want You to Know…About Disabilities and Accessibility

Facilitated by Mike McNeil, Director of Disability Services and Dean Adams
01/13/20

Common Threads Seminar #1: "Piikani (Blackfeet) Pathways to Data, Research & Food Sovereignty"

Presenters: Kristen Ruppel, Loren BirdRattler
01/10/20

Activity Insight and Your Annual Review - General Session

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Presenters: Dean Adams (Center for Faculty Excellence), Patrick Hatfield (Animal & Range Sciences), Diane Debinski (Ecology), John Paxton (Computer Science), Doralyn Rossmann (Library)  and Ian Godwin (Office of Planning & Analysis)
 01/10/20

Activity Insight and Your Annual Review - Arts & Architecture

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Presenters: Dean Adams (Center for Faculty Excellence), Keith Kothman (Music), Ralph Johnson (Architecture), and Ian Godwin (Office of Planning & Analysis) 
 01/16/20  Capture Your Teaching: Session 1 and Session 2 Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, Center for Faculty Excellence