2023-2024 Past Program Reference
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Reference 2023-2024 Programming Calendar
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Fall 2023 Programs |
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Carrying Out the ITEACH Values: Supporting Students with Accommodations Thursday, Aug. 17 Requests for accommodations in health sciences higher education have been on the rise. Often, accommodations are unfamiliar to faculty who have not yet had a student who has had accommodations in their courses. The implementation of accommodations often takes innovation, teamwork, excellence, accountability, courage, and healing. This session will discuss the complexities of accommodation requests in a variety of academic settings including classrooms, labs, and clinical—while also giving you tools to support your students with accommodations and beyond. Presenters from UNMC Accessibility Services Center: Session co-sponsored by Office of Faculty Development, Offices of Inclusion and Equity, and Division of Student Success. |
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Faculty Tech Workshop Friday, Aug. 18 Academic Technologies are ever evolving. Regardless of your current understanding, we'll meet you where you are to help you and your students thrive. Bring your laptop/phone/devices for hands-on learning and 1:1 support. During this crash course on high-use technologies, you'll receive customized support to: Give your tech skills a tune-up before the new school year begins. Session co-sponsored & facilitated by UNMC IT Academic Technologies. |
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New Faculty Morning Mixer Friday, Aug. 25 Join this morning mixer in the Faculty commons! You'll meet new faculty from across campus, and connect with key contacts for academic support. Session co-sponsored by Office of Faculty Development, Interprofessional Academy of Educators, UNMC Ombuds Program, IT Academic Technologies, Offices of Inclusion and Equity, Center for Healthy Living, UNMC Strategic Communications, McGoogan Health Sciences Library. |
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Brains, Bots & Beyond: Exploring AI's Impact on Medical Education Thursday, Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5 Artificial Intelligence is not coming, it is here. Join us in the Faculty Commons conference room as we tune in to a 5-session webinar series exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical education. RSVP for any/all sessions. This is a live webinar series. Recordings of the complete series can be viewed in 2024 on the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) website. Learn more about each session, or purchase your own access here.
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Power Presentations: 3-Part Series Wednesday, Sept. 13, 20, 27 You will gain valuable presentation tips and real-time coaching and feedback from a team of faculty experts. This course is ideal for anyone looking to design better presentations, manage anxiety or learn engagement tips for more effective delivery. We’ll help you discover your core strengths and develop the key traits of the most memorable public speakers and teachers – whether on the conference stage, in the classroom, or in the virtual environment. |
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Strategies for Adopting and Advancing Holistic Admissions Review Monday, Sept. 18 This workshop will present the role of holistic review in mission-based admissions. Attendees will gain practical strategies for how to identify the core values of their program for the balanced assessment of academic and non-academic attributes. Presenters will share tools for developing standardized prompts and rubrics for use across various assessment techniques, such as virtual and in-person interviews. Facilitators: |
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Leveraging Strengths at Work Thursday, Oct. 5 In this session, we will use the CliftonStrengths assessment as a resource for learning to leverage your strengths at work. The CliftonStrengths assessment measures the intensity of your natural talents – abilities which you use achieve excellence and satisfaction – in 34 distinct Themes. Using Gallup’s “Name it, Claim it, and Aim it” framework, Dr. Ethan Snow, a Gallup-Certified Global Strengths Coach, will lead participants through the foundational components of the 34 CliftonStrengths Themes and facilitate how to leverage your strengths at work. Topics that will be covered include learning about your personalized CliftonStrengths reports and using them to write/talk about your strengths/weaknesses, improve effective decision-making, and invest in more productive teamwork. Facilitator: |
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The Words We Say Matter: Empowering Students in the Classroom Monday, Oct. 2 & Friday, Oct. 6 In these turbulent times, it can be a challenge to navigate classroom dialogue. What can I say? What can’t I say? How do I facilitate meaningful conversation? The facilitators will lead active conversations exploring strategies that support open dialogue in the classroom.
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Jeff Knapp, LICSW Ferial Pearson, EdD Session co-sponsored by Office of Faculty Development, Offices of Inclusion and Equity.
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Taming Your Email Monday, Oct. 9 Come away with strategies to gain (and keep!) control of your email inbox! Facilitators: |
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Amplifying Truth in Noise: Success Communicating with Media Wed, Nov. 8 Representatives from the UNMC Office of Strategic Communication will discuss best practices when corresponding with the media, including when to agree to an interview, recognizing the changing media landscape, how to prepare your key talking points, preparation tips for TV or Zoom interviews, social media engagement and other topics. Facilitators: |
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Promotion & Tenure Essentials Friday, Nov. 10 It's never too early to start preparing for your advancement. Hear from institutional experts on how to succeed in the promotion and tenure process. We’ll review the need-to-know, good-to-know, and answer your questions about the promotion and tenure process at UNMC. This session is open to all faculty of any rank and is the ideal refresher to make sure you’ve got the basics covered. Featuring expert guidance from the COM P&T Committee: |
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Manage Your Calendar Like A Pro Monday, Nov. 13 Are you tired of feeling like you're drowning in your Outlook calendar? Do you find yourself double-booking or missing important meetings? Fear not: with this workshop, you'll manage your Outlook calendar like a pro in no time! We'll talk about the secrets and settings in Outlook that will give you more control over your time and productivity in your personal and professional life. Facilitator: |
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Communicating Your Value: The STAR Model Thursday, Dec. 7 A key skill in today's work world is the ability to tell the story of your accomplishments. Using the STAR framework is one way of developing this skill--whether you are in an interview, developing a formal report or presentation, talking with your chair at your annual performance review, in an elevator pitch, or a grant application. Guest Facilitators: |
