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Spring ConvocationJanuary 7-10, 2020
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
(320)308-5282 | Miller Center 310 Suite
https://www.stcloudstate.edu/teaching/
C O N T E N T S
Schedule
Session Descriptions
Thank you
Table of Contents
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Coffee: Atwood, Cascade
Core Skills for Success in Life and Work: Cascade
Workshop: How Can I Intergrate Core Skills Into My Classroom Cascade
T-shaped Professional: Transitioning from College to Career: Cascade
Social Gathering: Beaver Island Brewing
Tues Jan 7
8:30 - 9:009:00 - 10:15
10:30 - 11:4512:10 - 1:30
4:00 - 6:00
Schedule Overview
Coffee: Atwood, Ballroom
President Wacker’s Address: “It’s Time”: Ballroom
Engaged Conversation with the Provost “It’s Time”: Ballroom
Huskies Go to War; SCSU During WWII: Alumni Room
College/School MeetingsDepartment Meetings
Wed Jan 8
8:30 - 9:009:00 - 10:15
10:30 - 12:0012:10 - 12:45
1:00 - 2:302:30 - 4:00
Coffee: Atwood, Cascade
Student Mental Health 1: Cascade
Student Mental Health 2: Cascade
Peer Wellness Coaching: Cascade
Lunch BreakCensus 2020 - Essential Information for Faculty and Staff: Gallery
Digital Badging and Microcredentialing: Gallery
Thur Jan 9
Coffee: Miller Center, Room B31
Sessions with SCSU Online and Academic Technologies Team: B31
Adobe Creative Cloud: B31
Fri Jan 10
8:30 - 9:009:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
8:30 - 9:009:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:5011:00 - 11:5012:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 1:502:00 - 2:50
Tuesday, January 7thOHC Spring Workshop Opening Keynote: Core Skills for Success in Life and Work
Dr. Phil Gardner, Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michi-gan State University
Dr. Phil Gardner recently retired as head of Michigan State’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. His major areas of research include the transition from college to work, early socialization and career progres-sion in the workplace, and workforce readiness. His research focuses on the T-shaped professionals — individuals with both deep disciplinary knowledge and skills and the dispositions to communicate and work with those in other disciplines. For more information on T-shaped pro-fessional, visit http://tsummit.org/t
Workshop: How Can I Integrate Core Skills into My Classroom?
Five SCSU faculty members will share how they approach core skill development in their classroom. Each will have a different primary skill focus. Participants will learn appropriate pedagogy and take away tools that can be incorporated into the classroom in order to help our stu-dents achieve these critical skills sought by employers.
Core Skills (aligned with OHC):
Think Creatively and Critically – Kevin Sharpe (Critical Thinking)
Communicate Effectively – Rob Galler (Written Communication)
Communicate Effectively – Marla Kanengieter-Wildeson & Jen Tuder (Oral Communication)
Act With Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility – Paul Neiman (Ethics)
Spring 2020 Semester Kick-off Luncheon
The T-shaped Professional: Transitioning from College to Career
Dr. Phil Gardner, Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University
How can universities and employers partner to support graduates in successful career transition? Faculty and staff and members of SCSU’s external advisory boards will hear from Dr. Gardner and then engage in a discussion about workforce readiness and preparation for career success.
Please RSVP attendance at: Spring 2020 Luncheon RSVP
Wednesday, January 8th
President Wacker’s Convocation Address: “It’s Time ”
Academic Affairs Forum: “It’s Time”: Engaged conversation with the Provost
Location: Ballroom, Atwood Memorial Center
Facilitators: President Robbyn Wacker and Dan Gregory, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Huskies Go to War
Presenter: Kayla Stielow
The 1940s continue to be an era dominated by the narrative of the shocking and world changing events of WWII, colored by the stories of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt guiding a motivated country of young men eager to serve, and a homefront ready to contribute and sac-rifice everything necessary to achieve victory for the United States and its Allies in the name of freedom and democracy. Despite these stories of heroic acts and loyal patriotism, which we are all so familiar with, the unfamiliar topics of WWII seem to rest within the stories of the everyday individuals, more specifically the stories that played out on a local level, even the stories that happened right here on our own campus of St. Cloud State. The campus was a much different place in the 1940s and in its own unique way responded to and was proactive about the ongoing war in a number of ways.
Thursday, January 9th
Session 1
Living on the Edge: Understanding the Mental Health of Our Students
Presenters: John Eggers, Brent Nielsen & Andria Belisle
Faculty play a pivotal role in student success inside and outside of the classroom. But how can we better understand the “whole person” of the student, particularly in regards to mental health? Our presenters will share trends and insights on the state of student mental health both nationally and here at SCSU, as well as the contextual challenges sur-rounding today’s university students.
Session 2
I Want to Help… But, I’m Not a Therapist
Presenters: John Eggers, Brent Nielsen & Andria Belisle
Faculty are well-equipped to teach, advise and mentor their stu-dents. Luckily, there are many professionals on campus trained to address the personal needs of students that also contribute to academic success. Our panel of experts will be available for a Q & A about avail-able resources, tips you can use in your classroom or office hours, and how to support all learners here at SCSU.
Session 3
Peer Wellness Coaching: Improving Sense of Belonging by Aligning Strategy with Practice
Presenters: Erica Karger-Gatzow, Jennifer Johnson, Melissa Hanzsek-Brill & Jeremy O’hara
Peer Wellness Coaching is a free service that offers all SCSU students an opportunity to discuss their personal goals in a collaborative and encouraging environment. While Peer Wellness Coaching was con-ceptualized as a health promotion tool, it has also adapted engage in improving students’ sense of belonging. The approach requires robust collaboration that crosses unit and disciplinary boundaries and leverages strengths from Academic and Student Affairs. This session explains Peer Wellness Coaching’s offerings to students, our intervention strategy to improve student’s sense of belonging, plans moving forward, and ways faculty can support its efforts.
Title: Census 2020-Essential Information for Faculty & Staff
Presenters: Beth Knutson-Kolodzne, Marla Kanengieter-Wildeson & Adrienne Falcon, (Metropolitan State University)
We All Count. But Will We All Be Counted? In this workshop we will cover: Why it is important that everyone be counted in the Census in 2020; What decisions are made based on Census data; Who are often left uncounted; How you might use this information with students in a course or co-curricular setting; How this information could be incorporated in your professional development goals; and Where to get more information about the Census.
Digital Badging and Microcredentialing
Presenters: Kannan Sivaprakasam & Plamen Mittenoff
1. Share your ideas and practice of badge distribution and/or mi-crocredentialing
2. What is a digital badge/microcredentialing?
3. How to create and award D2L digital badges for your class?
4. How to motivate the students in earning digital badges?
5. How it aligns with COSE’s strategic plan 2022/Husky Compact?
What we hope to achieve
• Create a community of digital badgers
• Catalyze professional development opportunity for faculty/staff
Friday, January 11th Spring Convocation 2020 Friday Session Descriptions
Work smarter not harder. Plan to attend the ATT session in Miller Center B31 to improve your face to face and/or online courses. Bring your own device to the session so you can work in your course as needed. If you would like to have a D2L development course set up ahead of time so you can practice – contact [email protected] and request it. We will discuss each topic for 20 minutes followed by 30 minutes of on topic work time.
9-9:50 = D2L Discussions Best Practices
Discussions are a great way to get your students engaged. We will pro-vide you with tips and best practices on how to incorporate discussions into your courses. We will give you ample time to create a discussion item for your course.
10-10:50 = Using Video in Your Course
Interested in incorporating multi-media in your course? Come and learn more about using audio and video. You will have time to work and cre-ate a short video you can use right away.
11-11:50 = Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents.
What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends automated emails to students when they need a reminder to complete a specific task in your course or perhaps deserve a message of support for completing a task. We will view this webinar in B31 or you can register and view on your own. Register for the MN State event.
12-12:30 = Faculty and Staff Access to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Presenter: Dmitry Berkovich
Faculty and staff – are you using Adobe products today? If so, please come and join us for the informational and Q&A session on the upcom-ing upgrade to Adobe Creative Cloud and licensing changes. If you are not a current user, did you know that you have access to Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 or 2020 software on your University devices? Enjoy Adobe’s tools for illustration, document editing, photo editing, video editing, and more!
Come and join us to learn more!
Thank you!The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL), thanks you for
attending the 2020 Spring Convocation. Have a wonderful and productive spring semester.
Photo: Travis Kent on a sled being pushed by Sno-Daze co-chairs Chuck Carlson and Diane Heacox. January 1969
Images courtesy of the St. Cloud State University Archives. Thank you to Tom Steman, SCSU Archivist.
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
(320)308-5282 | Miller Center 310 Suite
https://www.stcloudstate.edu/teaching/
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