Previous Faculty Luncheons
Monday, September 26, 2022
Recognizing and Adapting to Pandemic-Related Changes in Teaching and Learning
Drs. Jill Nelson (Professor in the School of Education, Doctoral Program Coordinator, and Associate Dean of the College of Human Development and Education) and Carrie Anne Platt (Professor in Communication and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)
Drs. Nelson and Platt reflected on lessons learned from teaching and working with students over the past two and a half years. The first goal of the session was to recognize how the pandemic – and changes made in response to it – impact our work today. The second goal was to share strategies for addressing diminished student engagement, social-emotional learning loss, and instructor burnout. [Due to a technology error, there is no audio with the video.]
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Supporting Students with Autism
Dr. Jane Thierfeld Brown, Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Child Study, Yale Medical School, Director of College Autism Spectrum
Dr. Brown discusses the experiences of students with autism and strategies for supporting through awareness and accommodations.
Monday, April 25, 2022
Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU): Supporting Students
Cynthia Lindquist, President, Candeska Cikana Community College
Dr. Lindquist shares with us the importance of Tribal colleges, collaboration, and ideas for supporting for Tribal students.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Creative Pedagogy: Incorporating Zest in the Classroom
Jessica Danielson, NDSU Assistant Professor and Clinic Director, School of Education
Dr. Danielson shares the benefits of creative pedagogy, reviews ways to implement creativity into courses, and explores how faculty across campus are using creativity in their courses.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
A Native Perspective of Higher Education
Leander R. McDonald, President, United Tribes Technical College
Dr. McDonald shares with us his insights on how to support our Tribal students in and out of the classroom.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Making our Campus Welcoming and Accessible to Faculty with Disabilities
Sheryl Burgstahler and Brianna Blaser, University of Washington, Seattle
In this presentation Drs. Burgstahler and Blaser explore access issues reported by faculty members with disabilities nationwide, as well as how to affect change on institutional culture and policy. Presenters will also share online resources and information on how to engage in the AccessINCLUDES project co-led by the University of Washington and NDSU.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Holistic Teaching Evaluation. Stacy Duffield (Office of Teaching and Learning), Carrie Anne Platt (Communication), Chris Ray (School of Education), Melissa Vosen Callens (Communication).
With recent modifications to NDSU policies 332 and 352, a more holistic and inclusive approach to demonstrating and evaluating teaching effectiveness is necessary. Presenters will provide suggestions and resources to support holistic teaching evaluation that includes input from students, peers, and the instructor themselves.
Zoom Recording
PowerPoint Slides
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Supporting Faculty During COVID-19. Stephenson Beck (Communication), Alan Denton (Physics), Erin Gillam (Biological Sciences), and Chris Ray(School of Education).
Have you and your colleagues discussed the Provost-supported COVID-19 Faculty Support Ad-hoc Committee recommendations? Committee members will review the recommendations, provide suggestions for implementation (from both a candidate and reviewer perspective), and offer advice for navigating difficult conversations around the impacts of COVID-19 on faculty work. COVID-19 Recommendations can be viewed here:
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/provost/Forms/PTE/SupportingNDSUFacultyCOVID-19_202021.pdf Zoom Recording
Monday, November 23, 2020
Supporting Students with Disabilities. Mark Coppin (Disability Services), Erika Berg (Animal Sciences).
Nationally, approximately 19-20% of undergraduate students report having a disability. At NDSU, we only have around 4% of our students registered with Disability Services. We will discuss the reasons why we provide accommodations and efforts we are taking at NDSU to better serve our students with disabilities.
Zoom recording:
https://ndsu.zoom.us/rec/share/oaQj01PRts4HdWVzUQBwjby8OdxFrTwQ7Fo0DgVkDnc-GNWgkojeDNb3IRictdDt.gdTIouHRJTJAJz1B Passcode: a0z6Is6=
October 30, 2020
Faculty Mental Health during the Pandemic. Kathryn Gordon, Sanford Health.
The pandemic has led to increased stress in the lives of many faculty, who are managing upheaval in their personal lives while adapting to changes in their jobs. This presentation will describe strategies for cultivating self-compassion, tending to mental health needs, and coping with uncertainty and hardship.
Spring 2021 or Fall 2021
Building Intentional Communities of Practice with a Focus on Supporting Graduate Students. Erika Marín-Spiotta, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Prairie Rose Room
“Toward a Better Model of Teaching Evaluation at NDSU” with Carrie Anne Platt and Chris Ray.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 11:00am-1:30pm, MU Prairie Rose Room
Industry-University Partnerships (iUPs) with Jane Schuh and David Grewell
Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Prairie Rose Room
"Articulating Your Mentoring Research Philosophy" with Abby Gold and Brandy Randall
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
Coaching as an Advising Strategy: Increasing Motivation, Responsibility and Trust" with Michael Heim, Washington State University and Preferred Coaching
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Arikara Room
"Open Educational Resources" with Tanya Spilovoy, WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies
Friday, November 16, 2018, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
Curricular Design
Monday, September 24, 2018, 11:00am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
"The Past, Present, and Especially the Future of the American Research University" with Leonard Cassuto (Fordham University)
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
"Why Can't Johnny and Jenny Write?": What NDSU's Departments are Doing to Address the Challenge
Monday, April 3, 2017, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
Living with Mental Illness at NDSU: A Photovoice Study
Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Room
How SCC Made My Job Easier
Thursday, April 21, 2016, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Badlands Room
"Promoting a Culture of Support For Promotion to Professor"
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"The Value of Interdisciplinary Programs: Engaging in Collaborative Work in the Academy" with speaker Christina Weber (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences)
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"National Alliance for Broader Impacts" with speaker Amy Pratt, Office of STEM Education Partnerships (Northwestern University and National Alliance for Broader Impacts)
Handout
Monday, February 22, 2016, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Scholarship of Teaching" with Erika Offerdahl, (Biological Sciences)
Thursday, February 11, 2016, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Diversity: Facilitating Difficult Dialogues in the Classrooms" with Kara Gravley-Stack (Student Affairs), Bruce Maylath (English), Amy Phillips (Social Work/Minot State University), Michael Yellowbird (Sociology/Indigenous Tribal Studies)
Handout
Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 11:30-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Mentoring Graduate Students", TheaterDelta, Brandy Randall (Graduate School)
Monday, December 7, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Great Ballroom
"Establishing a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program" with speakers Paul Gleye, Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Tanya Kramer, Study Abroad
Monday, October 12, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Open Textbooks: Improving Access, Affordability, and Academic Success" with speaker David Ernst, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. David Ernst is graduate faculty and the Chief Information Officer in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. David Ernst is also the Director of the Center for Open Education and Executive Director of the Open Textbook Network (OTN). The OTN is an alliance of higher education institutions committed to improving access, affordability, and academic success through the use of open textbooks. David created and manages the Open Textbook Library - a single source for faculty to find quality openly licensed textbooks.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Taking a Scientific Approach to Science and Math Education" with speakers Carl Wieman, Physics and Graduate School of Education, Stanford University; and Warren Christensen and Mila Kryjevskaia, NDSU Department of Physics
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Friday, September 4, 2015, 11:30am-1:30pm, MU Plains Ballroom
"Recruitment and Retention for a Diverse and Dynamic Institution" with speaker Christine A. Stanley, Texas A & M University, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity, and Professor of Higher Education
Handouts