CAFE PROGRAMS & OPPORTUNITIES
Graduate Lunch and Learn - Canvas and Graduate Classes: What's Working and What's Next?
November 11th, 12-1pm
CAFE Lounge or Zoom
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/KhyksWtv56jjpNtw5
Bring your lunch to the CAFE Lounge or join us online via Zoom for a discussion about how your colleagues using Canvas to enhance engagement, streamline course management, and support student success? Join this interactive conversation to share experiences, exchange ideas, and discover new ways to leverage Canvas tools. Whether you're looking for fresh strategies, solutions to common challenges, or inspiration from fellow graduate faculty, this session is an opportunity to learn from one another and identify additional training and support that would make Canvas even more effective for your teaching.
En-light(e)ning Talks: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
When: November 11, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Where: CHI Fountain
All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to attend this Fall’s En-light(e)ning Talks featuring Longwood faculty and staff speakers. These short, engaging presentations explore Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in connection with Virginia’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Through storytelling and perspectives from across disciplines, speakers will bring ideas, experiences, and moments to life, inviting us to consider both the promise of these ideals and their tensions and contradictions. Come listen, reflect, and explore how we might move closer to realizing these ideals today.
Promotion & Tenure (First Year) Pomodoro and Policy Review
December 7th. 9-10:30 am
Via Zoom (Link will be provided after registration)
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/KK2zz79o9jecKmuP8
This session will focus on the P&T Process. We’ll provide a brief overview of the P&T process, but use the majority of the time to work using the Pomodoro model to have time to work on your portfolio. Attendees should review their department P&T guidelines before attending to make sure they know what is expected in their department.
FOCUSED WORK SESSIONS
Pomodoros: Focused Work 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 and attend when you are able.
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Wonderful Women @ Work with Sarah Tanner-Anderson--your ACE VA Women’s Network co-institutional representative Join women faculty and staff for a welcoming, focused work session that provides dedicated time to make progress on the work that matters most to you. |
Mondays@ 8:30-10:00 am @ https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/my/tannerandersonsl
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Focused Work Pomodoro with Pam Tracy A focused work session where faculty and staff can set aside time to make progress on the work that matters most to them. |
Wednesdays 9:00-10:30 am @ https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/my/tracypj |
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Research Pomodoro with Renee Gutiérrez Join fellow faculty for a session dedicated to making progress on your research, whether you are writing, analyzing data, reviewing literature, or working on another aspect of a research project. |
Mondays @ 3:30-5:00pm @ https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/98290614088?pwd=tufEbzYmPSPe0y9N0C2pHU9TdbaRx0.1 |
ACROSS CAMPUS
Symposium on Ecology and Culture
When: November 9th, 2026, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Where: Bedford Hall, Room 111
Reception to follow in Bedford Atrium
Please contact Ken Fortino (fortinok@longwood.edu) or Sean Barry (barrysp@longwood.edu) for more information.
Please join us for the Second Symposium on Ecology and Culture, featuring the art and research of the 2026 Residential Fellows at the Baliles Center for Environmental Education:
- Kerri Kushman, Terri Sabatos, & Rosemary Jesionowski (Professors of Visual Arts and Art History, Longwood University), "Impressions of Place: Cyanotypes of the Northern Neck"
- Leslie Jones (Fiction Writer), Marina, A Novel
- Bryan Brown (Prof. Biology, Virginia Tech), "Ecological Invasions and the Symbiont Dilution Effect"
- Eric Hodges (Prof. Political Science, Longwood University), "We Desired to Become": Overcoming Massive Resistance and the Draft
- Matthew Whalen (Prof. Biology, Virginia State University), "Consequences of habitat expansion following dam removal for riparian plant establishment and productivity"
- John Miller (Prof. American Literature, Longwood University), "'In the Creation State': Frontier Ecologies of Antebellum Southern Literature"
- Susan Jamison (Visual Artist), The Mothership: Virginia Wetlands
AI Conversations @ Greenwood Library
The AI-Powered Workplace: Alumni Perspectives on Change and Continuity
Speaker: Liz Narehood, Senior Director, Center for Career Success
When: November 17 @ 4:00 pm
Via Zoom: https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/96813432588
Faculty Learning Community: Reading Across the Disciplines
Facilitator: Maria Hamilton, Student Success Coordinator
Dates: 2/3, 2/17, 3/3, 3/24, 4/7, 4/21
Time: 12:00 - 12:50
Location: Allen 308
Apply: Reading Across the Disciplines Google Form
Join us for a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) to explore reading across the disciplines.
- We will hold six synchronous meetings during the spring 2027 semester. On February 3, we will provide lunch to kick off our learning community, followed by four meetings to discuss readings and share progress on incorporating reading strategies into classroom instruction. A closing meeting will be held on April 21 to wrap up and celebrate.
- FLC members will participate in onboarding during the kickoff lunch focused on identifying gaps in reading skills, research supporting literacy instruction in higher education, and evidence-based reading strategies to increase student comprehension and engagement across disciplines.
- FLC members will choose at least 1 reading strategy to pilot during the semester, engage with academic/research texts focused on reading in higher education, and provide evidence (of your choosing) of student reading engagement. If needed, reading strategy suggestions can be provided before the FLC kickoff.
- Participants will receive a copy of the text Reading Strategies for College and Beyond, 3rd Edition, by Deborah Kellner, and a $500 stipend to compensate for your modest time commitment. Outside of the scheduled meetings, members can expect to spend one to two hours per week on learning community activities.
- Space in this learning community is limited. Please complete this brief application by Friday, December 11th. We will confirm community membership by Tuesday, December 15th.
For more information, please contact Maria Hamilton @ hamiltonmr@longwood.edu
SYNC YOUR CALENDARS: 2026-2027 CAFE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
Pre-Semester Pedagogy Series January 6-7, 2027
Faculty Well-Being Month April 2027
2027 Teaching and Learning Institute May 18, 2027