BLACKWELL TALKS
Date: TODAY! Monday, February 28, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/96679184800?pwd=RmxJZVdNMzZSVHZvcTBTdEkwT2prQT09
Blackwell Scholars: Dr. Hua (Meg) Meng and Dr. Hannan Sadjedy Naeeni
Talk: Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Reaction to Different Product Types
FACULTY WELL-BEING: HOW TO SPRING BREAK
Date: March 2, 4:00-5:00pm
Location: Via ZOOM
Facilitator: Renee Gutiérrez
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How can faculty plan a Spring Break that will help us restore our energy and avoid burnout? Empirical research in a variety of disciplines give us clues to achieve restorative time away, and our own experiences can help inform us as to what might work best. We’ll discuss how we usually “do” break, go over tips on what science says about how to rest during vacations, and (re)consider our plans for March 7-11.
PALS (PEDAGOGY AND LUNCH)
Facilitator: Dr. Chris Kukk
The March meeting of PALs (Pedagogy and Lunch) is March 4th from 12-1pm in Stevens 107 (the Honors Students Lounge). Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Please feel free to bring lunch (we have a kitchenette with a microwave, hot water, refrig, etc…). This month’s topic is about trigger warnings (as determined at the last PALs meeting) and we’ll base our discussion on The Association for Psychological Science's article "The Following News Release Contains Potentially Disturbing Content: Trigger Warnings Fail to Help and May Even Harm” @ https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/trigger-warnings-fail-to-help.html
Some questions and ideas to consider:
(1) Should trigger warnings be used in academic settings?
If no, why and what do you do instead?
If yes, why and how would you address the trigger warning problems outlined in the article?
(2) When you notice a student visibly upset about something in class, how do you handle it?
(3) How do you manage difficult issues, topics and/or material in class?
FOCUSED PRODUCTIVITY SESSIONS
Join CAFE for pomodoro sessions again this semester. All faculty and staff are welcome. The sessions use a focused cycle: set a goal, work towards it for 25 minutes, and then take a five-minute break. You will repeat the cycle three times. Choose the session that fits your needs:
Research Writing Session: Tuesdays, 8:30-10:30am, via Zoom with Adam Franssen, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/94415818418
Work Session: Fridays, 1:00-2:30pm via Zoom with Laura Jimenez and Pam Tracy, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/s/99684993255
FACULTY AND STAFF MEDITATION
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-12:15
Join us for a short meditation via Zoom. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-12:15, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/94716220119?pwd=a0pmeU1ORGRyeTgyRitMUTJZblBkUT09
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DESIGN THINKING FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Date: March 17, 2022 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: 308 Allen Hall
Facilitator: Jacob Dolence and David Hennessey
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Design thinking is a method for solving complex and human-centered problems. This in-person workshop will provide participants with a creative way to solve administrative challenges, foster innovative teaching pedagogies, and provide a framework to support students in experiential learning.
The facilitators will guide participants in the history and process of design thinking through hands-on experiential activities. This is not a lecture! You will be building, creating, and acting together. We will then provide participants with an opportunity to utilize the process they just learned and apply it to a challenge in their own teaching or administrative duties.