March 18: A summary of news and events to support faculty success
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TEACHING AT UO
Katie Lynch, co-director of the Environmental Leadership Program, teaching ENVS 425: Environmental Education in Theory & Practice. The student teams were preparing for their spring fieldwork leading environmental education programs for various community partners, including Mount Pisgah Arboretum and the Andrews Experimental Forest.
Want to be featured in Teaching at UO or nominate a colleague? Contact Tim Christie.
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- Preparing for spring? Save time by visiting Spring 2025 Course Resources, with timely considerations, a syllabus starter, Canvas course templates, and adaptable modules for absence reporting, academic integrity, and more, courtesy of TEP and UO Online.
- This spring, participate in Duck In, a week of class visits that highlight practices promoting student success and flourishing. Sign up now to have a one-time visitor see what you do to help your students flourish, on a day of your choice between May 12 and 15.
- Placards with QR codes are being installed in classrooms for spring term to allow for quick reporting of problems such as broken or missing furniture and heating and cooling issues. This is a collaboration between the Office of the Provost and the Location Innovation Lab, with input from the Committee on Academic Infrastructure. The lab will gather feedback at the end of term to make improvements and consider improvements beyond classrooms.
- The Center on Diversity and Community will offer weekly 3-hour writing circles spring term to help you protect time for the writing and research projects that are important to you. All faculty, OAs, and postdocs are welcome to sign up.
- University-wide instructional policies now are featured on a student-facing webpage that will be linked from every Canvas course site. Faculty should provide a link to that page on their syllabi, not reproduce these statements.
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Faculty in the News
"Even now, you can end up waiting outside for the bus for quite a while, and that's very uncomfortable in 90-degree heat."
— Nicole Ngo, associate professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
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Assignment Hacks: Making Instructions Make Sense | MARCH 18, 10-11 a.m.
Join us in the Knight Library DREAM Lab, Room 122, to learn how Transparent Assignment Design can save time, reduce misunderstandings, and improve equitable outcomes for your students.
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Neurodivergent Instructions & Staff Affinity Group | APRIL 7, 10-11 a.m.
This is an affirming place for neurodivergent instructors and staff to connect and share community, resources, expertise, and questions. Affinity group meetings occur over Zoom on the first Monday of each month.
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UO Kids on Campus Day | APRIL 24
Employees are invited to bring their children ages 9 to 13 to campus for a full day of activities and an opportunity to showcase their workplaces. Registration opens March 27.
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Science Teaching Journal Club | THURSDAYS, 9-9:50 a.m.
This spring, the club will be exploring AI's impact on our thinking, its role in enhancing STEM education, and how to analyze exam results and discuss exam retake policies’ effects on students. Join us in LISB 217 or on Zoom.
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