Faculty Affairs Newsletter

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2022-23 CAFE Faculty Fellows

The CAFE team is delighted to announce this year's faculty fellows. More information about plans, programs and activities will be coming to the CAFE website soon!

Faculty Name	CAFE Pillar	Focus Area
Tara Allen	Teaching and Learning	Peer Observation of Teaching
Julie Sutton	Service and Engagement	Community Engaged Teaching
Amanda Grimes	Service and Engagement	Campus Engagement
Yugi Lee	Research and Creativity	Research Development Support for Mid-Career Faculty
Joanna Scott	Faculty Life and Leadership	Mid-Career Faculty Support
Viviana Grieco	Faculty Life and Leadership	Supporting Faculty for National Award Nominations

Early Feedback Makes a Difference

Utilizing flag’s, kudo’s and referrals through UMKC Connect helps students to develop academic behaviors that support their success and encourages them to seek assistance earlier when needed. Providing feedback also assists our advisors and student support staff to reach out to students who may benefit from additional support. Click the button below to find instructions for many common and essential tasks in UMKC Connect.

Access Helpful UMKC Connect Guides

Discussion with Faculty who Use Connect

You Matter-- Faculty as First Responders: Using UMKC Connect to identify students who may need support to succeed

Join us to learn more about using UMKC Connect to communicate with students, advisors, and campus support services to support students to succeed. This panel presentation will explain and demonstrate early alert options in Connect. Experienced faculty users will share how they use Connect in their classes and share their provide tips and tricks to help you get started or improve your usage!

Presenters: Annie Carr (UCOL), Amber Daugherty (UMKC Connect), Andrea (Drew) Hutchinson (SSE), Jae Jung (BLOCH), Gayle Levy (HSS) and Tammy Welchert (Roo Advising).

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Mentoring undergraduate student researchers, scholars, and artists helps you focus on some of the most important—and most rewarding—aspects of your role as a faculty member. The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship can help you incorporate research and creative activity into your curriculum, connect with students interested in research and artistic experiences, and take advantage of student grants and presentation opportunities to offer students robust research, scholarly, and creative experiences. The fall calendar of events and deadlines will help you plan to take advantage of these opportunities. To discuss your ideas and questions, please contact:

Jane Greer, Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Research
Audrey Lester, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Research

Fall Calendar of Events

Researcher Speakers Series

You’re invited to the UMKC Research Speakers Series held the third Thursday of the month at 3:00 P.M. during the academic year. Join us September 15th on zoom to hear Sean O’Brien, professor of law, and Ayyoub Ajmi, associate director of the Leon E. Bloch Law Library, discuss their scholarship. Professor O’Brien is the 2022 recipient of the N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creativity. Professor O’Brien’s and Mr. Ajmi’s wrongful convictions scholarship and litigation has resulted in the correction of 20 unconstitutional death sentences and the freedom of 15 additional wrongly convicted persons.

Professor O’Brien’s scholarship is interdisciplinary and focuses where law and forensic science intersect, particularly with respect to human development, social work, and mental health.

Hosted by the Office of Research Development and the CAFE Research and Creativity Pillar.

Volunteer to present at an upcoming 3rd Thursday Research Speakers Series

Research Networking Mixer

Curious about your fellow faculty and what they teach and their research interests? Join us September 7th from 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. at the University Playhouse for the Office of Research Development and CAFE’s Faculty Mixer! Enjoy a pastry and beverage while you meet and mingle. Help us have enough refreshments – please register!

Questions? umkc-ord@umkc.edu

Please Register!

New Faculty Orientation

Early in August CAFE welcomed all new faculty at UMKC for the annual New Faculty Orientation. The New Faculty Orientation provided an opportunity for faculty to meet new colleagues, learn about important campus resources and supports and begin their journey at UMKC. The sessions were highly engaging and interactive including conversations with the Provost. Faculty left the session with a wealth of new resources to help them and their students have a successful experience at UMKC.

The full day orientation was followed by a reception and dinner with Chancellor Agrawal and Provost Lundgren along with many Deans and Chairs. The evening provided a great opportunity for networking and socializing with new colleagues. CAFE is excited to welcome new faculty to UMKC and we look forward to engaging with all of our faculty in the upcoming year.

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Fall Virtual Conference Follow-up

Thanks to all who attended the August 9th Fall Virtual Conference! It was a productive day filled with discussion and helpful information. For those of you who were not able to attend, the recordings and materials have been made available on the conference website.

Access the Conference Recordings

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The Amazing Brain: Tight Knit Connections

The National Institutes of Health’s director’s blog recently featured this diffusion MRI fiber tractography that shows the brain’s intricate internal wiring that power our thoughts and actions. This wiring consists of tightly bundled neural projections, called fiber tracts, that connect different parts of the brain into an integrated neural communications network.

Learn More about this View of our Brains

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