May 19: A summary of news and events to support faculty success
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TEACHING AT UO
In Theater Arts 490, Professor Malek Najjar and his students discuss possible production options for the upcoming year, considering timeliness, cast size and diversity, and the UO community.
Want to be featured in Teaching at UO or nominate a colleague? Contact Tim Christie.
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- The Office of the Provost has established a new, experimental incentive for spring 2025 to encourage responses to the Student Experience Survey. Students who complete, or proactively decline to complete, all their course surveys will have access to their grades as soon as they are entered into Duckweb. Students with incomplete surveys will be able to see their grades in Duckweb on Wednesday, June 18 — essentially a one-day grade hold. This is being communicated to students, and we hope you’ll let them know about this change as well. See the Faculty Guide to Student Experience Surveys for more information.
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- The UO has renewed Dropbox until March 2028, with service changes starting July 1. Faculty, staff, graduate employees, research teams, and departments will get a baseline amount of 2 TB of Dropbox space for free, expandable for an annual fee. The UO is also expanding its research data ecosystem soon to include a new large-scale research storage service, providing secure, low-cost storage to support research and scholarship. Visit Our Data Ecosystem: Adapting to a Changing Technology Landscape to learn more.
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- We invite faculty who teach large courses to apply for a two-and-a-half-day "Mini" Summer Teaching Institute June 23-25 to focus on student success considerations and build community around this challenging, impactful teaching.
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- Do you know a faculty member or GE whose courses are particularly accessible & inclusive? The Accessible Education Center’s Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Award, which comes with a $1,000 honorarium, is seeking nominations for instructors who ensure all students can access content, engage, & show their learning. Submit a nomination by May 23, 2025.
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Faculty in the News
"There's a lot of things today that we need to make with cleaner resources. It's fundamentally interesting to us to find reactions that we can drive using clean electric power."
— Paul Kempler, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon
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New Faculty Social | May 21, 5-7:30 p.m. at Oakshire Brewing
Are you relatively new to UO (first three years) and looking to make a few more campus connections? Join us for this drop-in, family-friendly social at Oakshire Brewing. No RSVP required. Hosted by the Office of the Provost (Sierra Dawson) and United Academics (Heather Wolford).
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Science Teaching Journal Club | Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. in LISB 217 or Zoom
Join the journal club this spring as we focus on two topics: Artificial intelligence and exams.
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Neurodivergent Instructors and Staff Affinity Group | First Monday of the month from 10-11 a.m. on Zoom
This recurring group discussion is a space for neurodivergent instructors and staff to connect and to share community, resources, strategies, questions, and scholarship.
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