Event Archive

August 2011

• Engaged Scholar Seminar Series
• Common Issues During the First Week of Class
• Communication in the Classroom
• Group Work: Developing Skills for Learning and for Life
• Interactive Lecturing
• Leading Effective Discussion
• Orientation for Faculty New to Carolina: Tips for Success
• Orientation for New Graduate Teaching Assistants (online session)
• Overcoming Teaching Anxiety
• Teaching So Everyone Learns: Managing culturally difficult topics and situations in the classroom
• Tour for Faculty New to Carolina

September 2011

• Ask for it! Women and the Power of Negotiation
• Avoiding a Mid-Career Crisis: Helping Faculty Manage Their Careers
• Give Your Research a VOICE: Crafting a compelling message that works for your career
• Group Work: Developing Skills for Learning and for Life
• Creating Confianza: A school-based mental health project for new immigrant Latino youth (Engaged Scholar Seminar Series)
• Establishing and Finding Funding for Your Research Program
• Let's Talk About Grant Writing
• Myers Briggs Type Inventory

October 2011

• Best Practices in Effective Communication and Conflict Management (Webinar)
• How Students Learn
• Improving Class Discussions Part I: Benefits and barriers, components and options
• Improving Class Discussions Part II: Preparing and planning for discussion
• New Principal Investigator Training Part II: Human Resources Module
• New Principal Investigator Training Part I: Research Compliance Module
• Teaching Portfolios
• Friday, October 28: UNC IRB's Role in Engaged Research (Engaged Scholar Seminar Series)

November 2011

• Tuesday, November 1: Student Learning Outcomes: The Basis for Instruction
• Tuesday, November 1: Improving Class Discussions Part III: Evaluating discussions for continuous improvement
• Wednesday, November 2: Creating a Dynamic Syllabus
• Thursday, November 3: Lesson Planning
• Friday, November 4: Educate, Innovate, Collaborate: A Faculty Showcase
• Tuesday, November 8: Creating Effective Assignments
• Thursday, November 10: Teaching Portfolios
• Thursday, November 10: What Department Chairs Can Do to Foster Excellent Teaching (Webinar)
• Friday, November 11: Managing Challenging Interactions
• Friday, November 18: 2011 Diversity Summit
• Friday, November 18: Communicating With the Media About Your Research
• Friday, November 18: How to be an Effective Mentor to Early-Career Faculty
• Wednesday, November 30: Creating a Dynamic Syllabus

December 2011

• Thursday, December 1: Grading Considerations and Grading that is Both Fast and Fair
• Thursday, December 1: Teaching Portfolios
• Friday, December 2: Finding a Mentor and Making the Most out of the Mentoring Relationship
• Tuesday, December 6: Creating Effective Assignments
• Wednesday, December 7: Lesson Planning
• Friday, December 9: CFE 100+ Five Challenges for Teaching Large Classes and Research-Based Strategies for Managing Them
• Friday, December 9: CFE 100+ Teaching Your First Large Class

January 2012

• Monday, January 9: CFE 100+ Engaging Students in Large Classes
• Tuesday, January 10: CFE 100+ Pedagogical and Organizational Challenges in Large Classes
• Tuesday, January 10: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: Introduction to Clinical Trials
• Wednesday, January 11: CFE 100+ Evaluating Student Learning in Large Classes
• Friday, January 13: Classroom Management
• Tuesday, January 17: CFE 100+ Engaging Students in Large Classes
• Wednesday, January 18: CFE 100+ Pedagogical & Organizational Challenges in Large Classes
• Thursday, January 19: CFE 100+ Evaluating Student Learning in Large Classes
• Friday, January 20: Playing to Your Strengths as a Teacher, Researcher, and Departmental Colleague
• Tuesday, January 24: New Principal Investigator Training: Roadmap to Research at Carolina
• Thursday, January 26: Assessing and Evaluating Student Performance
• Friday, January 27: Art and Engaged Scholarship in Health: National Models and Current Work at the Ackland Art Museum
• Friday, January 27: Designing and Implementing Mentoring Programs for Early-Career Faculty

February 2012

• Tuesday, February 14: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: Finding Funding for Clinical Trials
• Friday, February 17: Managing Your Time Effectively
• Tuesday, February 21: New Principal Investigator Training: Financial Compliance
• Tuesday, February 21: Teaching in Summer School
• Wednesday, February 22: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: Clinical Trial Budgets and Introduction to Core Facilities
• Wednesday, February 22: Decision-Making in Academic Departments
• Thursday, February 23: Classroom Response Systems: Poll Everywhere
• Thursday, February 23: Developing Critical Thinking
• Tuesday, February 28: Classroom Response Systems: i>Clicker
• Tuesday, February 28: How To Write Research Statements for Academic Positions

March 2012

• Tuesday, March 13: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: Clinical Trial Protocol Development
• Thursday, March 15: Leading People Through Change
• Tuesday, March 20: New Principal Investigator Training: Setting Up a Lab
• Wednesday, March 21: Teaching Portfolios
• Thursday, March 22: Redesigning and Planning your Next Course
• Thursday, March 22: Successful Collaborative Projects
• Friday, March 23: UNC Center for Community Capital (CCC) - Capital Flow and Its Impact on North Carolina Communities
• Friday, March 23: Understanding the Culture of Your School or Department: The Written and Unwritten Rules
• Tuesday, March 27: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: Selecting Study Team and Delegation
• Thursday, March 29: Group Work: Developing Skills for Learning and for Life

April 2012

• Tuesday, April 10: Creating Dynamic Syllabi
• Wednesday, April 11: NIH Career Development (K) Grants: Mentor/Mentee Perspectives
• Thursday, April 12: Creating Effective Assignments
• Friday, April 13: Self-Aware Leadership: A Source of Resilience
• Tuesday, April 17: Clinical Trial Investigator Series: What You Should Know About Monitoring and Auditing (Quality Control and Quality Assurance)
• Thursday, April 19: Foundation Grant Funding
• Friday, April 20: Handling Conflicts and Building Positive Relationships
• Friday, April 27: Engaged Scholar Seminar Series: Engaging North Carolina Communities: Reflections on Building and Sustaining

May 2012

• Monday-Friday, May 7-11: Future Faculty Fellowship Program
• Tuesday, May 8: Fulbright Information Session
• Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8 and 9: Action! Camera! How to incorporate media projects into your course
• Friday, May 11: Taking Stock of the Past Academic Year and Planning for the Summer