Dear Faculty, Administrators and Staff,

This year’s Charter Day celebration will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 3 p.m. in the Event Room of the University Center.

Charter Day celebrates the founding of Seton Hall in 1856 and the granting of our charter by the New Jersey State legislature in 1861. It is a special annual opportunity to reflect on our history and purpose, our Catholic identity and mission.

This year's commemoration will include the presentation of the 2023 Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid Medal for Distinguished Service, awarded annually to long-serving employees for distinguished service and commitment to the University's mission. Also included will be the 2023 President's Award for Student Service and recognition of our Servant Leader Scholars.

Sincerely,

Katia

Monday, January 30, 2023, 12 - 1:30 p.m

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted many facets of higher education. Colleges and universities are being called upon to rethink the traditional way of doing business and rapidly adopt and implement new practices that align with today’s technology-enabled and driven world.

Please save the date for the Office of the Provost’s upcoming Impact Talk, to be held in person on Monday, January 30, 2023. Join a panel of industry experts as they discuss the critical importance of digital transformation in higher education, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Following the event, there will be an additional workshop for faculty focused on leveraging Adobe Creative Cloud to cultivate high-impact learning with a relatively low lift. Read more about the event and register.

The Walsh Gallery presents Matter + Spirit a traveling exhibition featuring 25 artists from China and North America, including Lauren Schiller, Professor of Fine Arts of Seton Hall University’s College of Communication and the Arts. The exhibition is the result of a gathering of North American art professors with their Chinese counterparts in the summer of 2018. The participating artists considered issues of art, contemporary society, spirituality and their role as culture makers, critics and interpreters.  The exhibit runs from Monday, January 23 to May 2023.  Please bring students and colleagues to the Opening Reception – January 25, 2023 – 4-7 p.m.

Hanover's Grants Digest for Higher Education

Hanover's Grants Digest for Higher Education provides a succinct overview of notable grant competitions with deadlines in the coming months that may be of interest to a broad range of institutions. In addition to pertinent details regarding the scope and timing of each competition, this resource provides guidance on the level of support potentially available from Hanover for certain proposals, either at the Review, Revision, or Production levels. Click here for information on these programs, including hyperlinks to funder guidelines.

Follow the CFD blog to find out about upcoming events and initiatives. We also welcome your suggestions for workshops, speakers, and other events.

AI, Text Modeling, and ChatGPT: Challenges and Strategies
Jan 20, 10 - 11 a.m., in Teams

SHU Meditates
Thursdays, 12:30 - 1 p.m., 1/26 through 5/4

Diversity Reading Group

CFD Miscellany
Arrange a class in the archives and give your students hands-on experience with objects in the SHU collections.

Take Advantage of Adobe Resources
As an Adobe Creative Campus, faculty and students have access to a wide array of Adobe training and resources designed to enhance digital literacy and promote innovative teaching and learning strategies. To get started, new users must register for Adobe access.

Elevate Collaboration with Microsoft Teams
As we kickoff the spring semester, we invite you to attend this workshop to learn how the collaboration and presentation functionality in Microsoft Teams can help you to facilitate your class and engage students. This session will be offered both in-person or virtually on Monday, January 23 at 3 p.m.

Register for the Microsoft Teams workshop.

Teacher, Adjunct Faculty of the Year and Service-Learning Awards

For full-time faculty, Deans shall determine college Teachers and Adjuncts of the Year and report this designation to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Assessment. Deans are encouraged to invite nominations from departments as appropriate and may decide to set a pre-deadline for these nominations. For adjunct faculty, we invite full-time faculty colleagues to submit nominations.  Deadline: January 31, 2023

We are excited for the first time to formally recognize faculty for Excellence in Service Learning with an award modeled after the Uniservitae Service-Learning Experiences in Catholic Higher Education Award. Click here to apply. Deadline:  January 31, 2023