Year: 2023

Thursday, October 19th | (Evans-Lively)

From Career Competencies to Centre Competencies: A Faculty-Driven Approach

At this luncheon, Amy Fredricks and Career Champion faculty will facilitate a discussion entitled “From Career Competencies to Centre Competencies: A Faculty-Driven Approach.”

Description: How might Centre faculty approach career readiness concepts to develop a holistic education for students? This panel explores the benefits of a faculty-driven perspective of NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) competencies, focusing on the idea of adoption, translation, and collaboration in a pedagogical setting. We will discuss potential futures and pitfalls of dovetailing career competencies into existing assignments and syllabi. The concept of creating a novel set of competencies for Centre will be examined from an interdisciplinary panel. We suggest competencies can serve as a creative catalyst for instruction that can benefit professors and students alike.

Thursday, September 28th (Evans-Lively)

Practical Strategies for Teaching with Kindness & Respect

What does it mean to teach students with care and respect in all circumstances while maintaining high academic standards and avoiding burnout? We will discuss what we learned in our Spring 2023 Learning Community about how to approach common teaching challenges such as building classroom chemistry, supporting student mental health, working with challenging students, and maintaining academic rigor. We will suggest practical strategies to address these challenges as well as exercises to connect more deeply with students.

Facilitated by Kaelyn Wiles (SOC), Danielle La Londe (CLA), Eva Cadavid (PHI), John Harney (HIS), Iulia Sprinceana (SPA), Lori Hartmann (IST), and Michelle Burdine (ARS)

Register for the September 28th luncheon at the following link: https://centre.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6gNnVM0pXcrvkXQ