Faculty Affairs Newsletter
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16 September 2021 | v4 i2
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Apply for the Faculty Peer Review Corps
Missouri Online | eLearning invites faculty to apply for the Faculty Peer Reviewer Corps (FPRC). Applicants must have a strong interest and background in online teaching, learning and course design.
FPRC members will receive training to perform Quality Course Reviews. These ensure all of our courses meet the UM System quality standards highlighted in the 5 Pillars of Effective Course Design. Reviewers will conduct 10 to 12 reviews per year and earn $100 per credit hour reviewed.
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Roos Rock!
Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our talented faculty
Dr. Antonio Byrd (antoniobyrd@umkc.edu), Assistant Professor of English, was named an Executive Board Member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). CCCC is the largest professional organization focused on researching and teaching composition in the world, drawing thousands of participants annually.
Dean Kati Toivanen (toivanenk@umkc.edu), Professor of Studio Art, who has been commissioned to create a work for the new KCI airport. Read an article about her interdisciplinary work in the KC Independent.
The following faculty were named 2021-2022 Presidential Engagement Fellows and will be presenting their research throughout Missouri:
• Dr. Hadara Bar-Nadav (barnadavh@umkc.edu), Professor of English
• Dr. Amanda Grimes (grimesA@umkc.edu), Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
• Professor Yotam Haber (habery@umkc.edu), Associate Professor of Composition,
UMKC Conservatory
Faculty, do you have more good news to share? Your FAN Team wants to know! Email news of your recent (since May 2021) awards, grants, major publications, and promotions to the Faculty Affairs Newsletter at: meadmo@umkc.edu. Please title your email “FAN Submission” and include all relevant details (dates, award/grant names, publisher information an, etc.). Submissions will be edited for consistency and content.
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Events, Workshops & Opportunities
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Get Launched! New Faculty Development Series
Get Launched! will provide an overview of UMKC resources, policies and tools that support the learning environment, as well as development opportunities that fuel continual improvement in faculty experiences. Get Launched! is just one of the many ways the UMKC invests in faculty success at UMKC.
This program is open only to full-time faculty in their first or second year at UMKC. Get Launched! sessions will be monthly on the third Friday of each month from noon-2pm beginning September 17th.
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Faculty Diversity Dialogue Series
The Faculty Diversity Dialogues is a collaborative initiative between the UMKC Division of Diversity and Inclusion, the UMKC Provost’s Office and the UMKC Faculty Senate. The initiative provides a space for faculty to openly discuss topics relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. Held throughout the year, these faculty-run sessions are designed and oriented specifically with faculty in mind.
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Dr. Harris III Professional Learning Series
The Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Belonging and Success for Students of Color
Dr. Frank Harris III is a professor of postsecondary education and co-director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL) at San Diego State University. In addition to serving as a professor and co-director of CCEAL, Harris is a senior strategist in the Division of Campus Diversity and Student Affairs. In this role, he advises the Division on efforts to institutionalize equity and designs innovative professional learning experiences to build equity mindedness among faculty and staff.
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Free, Virtual Conference
The Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference offers an ensemble of keynote addresses, faculty innovations during concurrent sessions, technology workshops and vendor exhibits. The conference program has evolved over the years to reflect emerging trends in technology applications in higher education and shared expertise in online teaching experiences and strategies.Click the graphic above to read more about the program and to register!
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Call for Presentations
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) at Missouri S&T is now accepting presentation proposals for our First Annual Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference, scheduled for March 17, 2022.
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Register for the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project
The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, an NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from October 13th - November 25th via edX. Join our community of over 1,000 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff, and register for our online course this fall. By participating in this course, you will learn how to:
• Advance your awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive classroom environments;
• Support your development as a reflective, inclusive practitioner;
• Engage in reflection and discussion around topics of equity and inclusion across a variety of institutional contexts;
• Implement inclusive teaching methods in your classes which will remove common barriers and enhance learning in STEM for all students.
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Writing Spaces, vol. 4
Announcing the release of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing Volume 4, with 19 new open-access essays for use in your composition courses! Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights and strategies for writing by addressing undergraduate readers directly. Volume 4 adds to previous volumes on important topics such as linguistic diversity, digital privacy, feedback, online source evaluation, grading criteria, social media, racial literacy, public writing, primary data analysis, digital collaboration, writing workflows, genre theory, knowledge transfer, archival research and accessibility.
The new volume of Writing Spaces can be downloaded directly from: https://writingspaces.org/?page_id=726 or from the WAC Clearinghouse: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces/writingspaces4/
For printed copies for your classes, you can order it from Parlor Press: https://parlorpress.com/products/writing-spaces-readings-on-writing-volume-4
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Have something to share in the Faculty Affairs Newsletter? Email Molly Mead with your brief text and an (optional) photo.
Now accepting: announcements, events, research, congratulations, scholarship (yours and others), data viz.
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