Faculty Affairs Newsletter
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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.
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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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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.
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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
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Summer Faculty Success Program Feedback
UMKC has an institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). Last spring, faculty were invited to apply for a scholarship to a virtual bootcamp for faculty in which faculty work directly with a coach and a small group of other faculty to implement skills and strategies to mazimize their success. Below are the comments from the faculty who attended last summer's Faculty Success Program.
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The NCFDD Summer Writing Program was transformative for my writing process and productivity. The program addressed all aspects of an academic’s writing process, from adopting good writing habits, tools for how to fit writing time into one’s busy schedule, to facing and overcoming negative self-talk and imposter syndrome. The program also addressed larger concerns about balancing work goals with personal goals and bringing joy and rest back into one’s writing and academic life. I highly recommend the program to every faculty member, regardless of their subject area.
Yvonne Lindgren, Associate Professor of Law
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The NCFDD Faculty Success Program (FSP) is an intensive 12-week summer program with weekly assignments and accountability for participants. I am grateful for being selected as a participant. Because my focus in the summer is writing, the tools provided by FSP such as the strategic planning and writing timer, are very useful. In addition, although not being a part of the program, I enjoyed watching the core curriculum videos available in the program. Overall, I have gained more knowledge and skills. Currently I am in the 12-week FSP Alumni Program to reinforce what I learned.
Yifei Liu,Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
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The NCFDD curriculum, coach, and group calls, showed me new ways to be a better professional and academic. These skills immediately helped me to find more success and satisfaction as a faculty member, educator, scholar, and in my personal life.
Ryan D. Mohan, Asscoiate Professor, Division of Biological and Biomedical Systems
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I found the FSP program to be incredibly valuable. I solidified my understanding of strategic planning through it, and applied the art to my own life. This was supported through goal setting, accountability, and instruction on how to tailor my time for my goals and strategy. I also liked the space and opportunity to take stock of my past, and forecast my future in academia. My personal teaching philosophy is to be bold enough to make mistakes, and that culture of growth was underscored well in the FSP program, making it a safe place for me to learn and grow. I recommend the FSP program to any faculty member, but especially those who have traveled early academia and met, head-on, the crossroads of interest, intent and expectations.
Julie D, Sutton, Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene
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New Faculty Trolley Tour
As part of the new faculty Get Launched Series, on September 9th, 2022, participants were offered a tour of Kansas City on the trolley. New faculty were joined by the Chancellor, Provost, CAFE and Faculty Affairs.
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