Dear Colleagues,
As the trimester enters the last two weeks . . .
I remind you that the Spring Writing Retreat will be held at the Kelly Adirondack Center from Tuesday 25 March through Thursday 27 March. Join for writing company, breakfasts and lunches, and a wonderful environment of support, quiet, and calm.
Preference will be given to those who can join for all three days.
https://forms.gle/7kCQJyjZtUQ3JboS6
Also, a day before our own writing retreat begins, the NCFDD is sponsoring their own SPRING FORWARD 14 day writing challenge beginning on Monday March 24.
From the website:
"The 14-Day Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple:
You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes.
At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end.
You take 5 minutes to support other writers in your group by commenting on their progress.
This is NOT for you if: 1) you don't want to post your progress on a daily basis and/or 2) you don't want to interact with other people.
If you're up for the challenge, then we can't wait for you to join us!"
Deidre Hill-Butler and I have already signed up and we would love to have some Union colleagues join with us!
SIGN UP HERE:
https://www.ncfdd.org/sessions/14dayspringforward2025
As always. . .
Our institutional membership to NCFDD can be accessed through the following steps:
1) Go to http://www.ncfdd.org/join
2) Choose your Union College from the drop-down menu.
3) Select “Activate my Membership”
4) Complete the registration form using your institutional email address (i.e., @union.edu)
5) Check your email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email.
Future editions of the newsletter will include timely reminders of upcoming events related to Faculty Development. If you have ideas for events, or ones you would like to publicize, share them with facdev@union.edu. To keep track of these you can sync up the Google calendar feature which will allow you to see Faculty Development events (including General Faculty Meetings, and Faculty Fora) right in your Google calendar.
Warm wishes, Lori
