Newsletter
Faculty Success sends out a newsletter to faculty and faculty-adjacent staff across UAA. The newsletter includes curated information relevant to faculty, including:
- Important updates to UAA policies and technologies that faculty use
- Upcoming faculty development and funding opportunities
- Faculty resource highlights
- UAA events
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Past newsletters
These past newsletters are an archive and not kept up-to-date. Most registration links and other expired links are removed, but some links are still included and may not include the most current information. Please subscribe to our newsletter to get the most accurate and current information!
Summer 2026
- It's officially summer! - June 23, 2026
It's officially summer! - June 23, 2026
- Upcoming summer trainings
- Evaluating Website or Online Journal Accessibility
- Tips for teaching in Blackboard Ultra this summer
- June history, heritage, identity observations
- Concert in the Quad
- Plants are blooming and summer is here! - May 26, 2026
Plants are blooming and summer is here! - May 26, 2026
- Promotion and tenure summer working group
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course workshop - June 9, 11
- Trainings available this summer
- Tips for teaching in Blackboard Ultra
- May history, heritage, identity observations
- Faculty Success year in review
- Welcome to Summer 2026 instruction! - May 11, 2026
Welcome to Summer 2026 instruction! - May 11, 2026
- New syllabus requirement: AI statement
- Reminders about course expectations
- Summer assistance
Spring 2026
- Congratulations on another year from Faculty Success! - May 5, 2026
Congratulations on another year from Faculty Success! - May 5, 2026
- Promotion and tenure summer working group
- In-person, online Blackboard Ultra workshops this week
- Reminders to faculty - final grades, automatic email responses
- Wrapping up UAA鈥檚 strategic plan - May 7
- Community engagement consultation - May 8Call for presenters: Fall Teaching Academy
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - May 11 - 15
- SPARK employee appreciation day - May 15
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course workshop - June 9, 11
- Reviewing Your Course鈥檚 Accessibility
- Approaching the end of Spring semester! April 21, 2026
Approaching the end of Spring semester! April 21, 2026
- Blackboard Ultra workshops available before summer
- Information session with General Counsel on ICE - April 23
- Community Engagement Forum - April 24
- Register for Commencement - Deadline April 24
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training available April 27 - May 1
- Spring Awards Ceremony - April 29
- Accessibility events, direct support for faculty - April 30
- SPARK employee appreciation day - May 15
- Call for presenters: Fall Teaching Academy
- Preparing for the end of semester
- History and heritage observations
- Faculty Success newsletter - April 7, 2026
Faculty Success newsletter - April 7, 2026
- Trainings on Blackboard Ultra, accessibility, teaching Online - No Set Time courses
- NCBI leadership training in conflict resolution - April 14
- AI events on its impact on assessment, higher education - April 15, 17
- Faculty Showcase - April 17
- Student Showcase - April 17
- Community Engagement Forum - April 24
- Register for commencement - Deadline April 24
- Accessibility resources for UAA faculty
- Faculty Research & Creative Activity Working Group and Seminars
- Supporting students with immigration concerns
- Happy Spring! - March 24, 2026
Happy Spring! - March 24, 2026
- Celebrating CAFE Oh Wow (COW) awardees for faculty excellence
- Learn how to deal with professional challenges - March 25, April 1
- Learn accessibility basics this week - March 26
- Considering accelerated graduate degrees - March 26
- UA President鈥檚 Adjunct Faculty Award - Deadline March 27
- Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course workshop - April 6, 8
- UAA Student Showcase seeking faculty judges - Deadline April 6
- NCBI leadership training in conflict resolution - April 14
- Effective assessment in the age of AI - April 17
- Community Engagement Forum - April 24
- Important info for faculty teaching in Summer 2026
- Faculty Success newsletter - March 10, 2026
Faculty Success newsletter - March 10, 2026
- Blackboard Ultra workshops for busy faculty
- Accessibility resources on remediating PDFs, course content, and more
- Funded faculty development opportunities to apply to
- Trainings to help you meet Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) requirements
- Learn about preparing for retirement as a faculty member
- Coalition-Building for Leaders in-person training
- Learn how to deal with professional challenges
- Nominate an exceptional adjunct faculty member for Adjunct Award
- Save the dates: COW Awards, Community Engagement Forum, Student Showcase
- March history and heritage observations
- Faculty opportunities in late-February, March - Feb. 24, 2026
Faculty opportunities in late-February, March - Feb. 24, 2026
- Workshops on making PDFs accessible, remediating PDFs
- Nominate colleagues for faculty excellence awards, adjunct award
- Trainings on Blackboard Ultra, accessibility, improving online courses
- Opportunity to lead, innovate, and collaborate in faculty development
- Learn about preparing for retirement as a faculty member
- Coalition-Building for Leaders in-person training
- Community engagement opportunities, funding
- Expand your community with our peer-led programs this semester
- Fall 2026 course materials adoption due next week, March 6
- Benefits, compensation survey from University of 麻豆无码版
- Faculty opportunities in February, early March - Feb. 10, 2026
Faculty Success newsletter - Feb. 10, 2026
- Learn how to make PDFs accessible
- Graduate students and their writing - Feb 18
- Leadership training in conflict resolution - Feb. 24
- Nominate colleagues for faculty excellence awards
- Confluence sessions on growth opportunities, leadership
- Teaching asynchronous courses, Blackboard Ultra, accessibility trainings
- Lead a faculty development program as a Faculty Fellow
- Planning for retirement faculty webinar series
- Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award
- New in Blackboard Ultra: Remind Students to View Feedback
- Black History Month, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day observations
- Spring semester is underway - Feb. 2, 2026
Spring semester is underway - Feb. 2, 2026
- Confluence session on teaching across generations
- Create alternatives for inaccessible course content鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��
- Trainings on accessibility, Blackboard Ultra, teaching asynchronous courses
- Community of Practice for mentors of undergraduate researchers - Feb. 4
- Learn about new developments for AI in higher education - Feb. 4
- Leadership training in conflict resolution - Feb. 24
- Blackboard Ultra 24/7 assistance for faculty available through March 29
- Office of Research programs this semester
- UAA Reaffirmed as a Carnegie Community-Engaged University
- Welcome to 2026! - Jan. 13, 2026
Welcome to 2026! - Jan. 13, 2026
- Incorporate contemplative practices in your class - Jan. 16
- Coalition building for leaders training - Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10
- Confluence: Let鈥檚 talk about burnout - Jan. 28
- How to create alternatives for inaccessible course content - Jan. 29
- Foster information literacy in your students - Jan. 30
- Asynchronous trainings for accessibility, Blackboard Ultra
- Community of Practice for mentors of undergraduate researchers, scholars - Feb. 4
- Learn about new developments for AI in higher education - Feb. 4
- Register for Honorlock to use remote proctoring in your course
- CAFE Oh Wow award nominations open Feb. 10
- Clean up, reduce your storage in Google Workspace
- IT Zoom updates: Trainings, AI companion tool
Fall 2025
- Have a wonderful winter break from Faculty Success - Dec. 16, 2025
Have a wonderful winter break from Faculty Success - Dec. 16, 2025
- Register for Winter Teaching Academy - Jan. 7
- Choose Blackboard Original or Ultra for Spring 2026 courses
- Community engagement consultations return Jan. 9
- End of year reminders for faculty
- Have a great winter break from Faculty Success!
- Approaching the end of the Fall 2025 semester - Dec. 3, 2025
Approaching the end of the Fall 2025 semester - Dec. 3, 2025
- Register for Winter Teaching Academy, Adjunct Academy & Orientation
- Workshop on using AI for problem-solving in 麻豆无码版 - Dec. 5
- Incorporate contemplative practices in your classes - Dec. 12
- Get consultation on your community-engaged projects - Dec. 12
- Community Engaged Student Assistant applications due Dec. 15
- Trainings on Blackboard Ultra, accessibility, asynchronous courses
- Register for faculty development series Confluence
- Faculty book club on teaching, academic integrity in the age of AI
- Register for Coalition-Building for Leaders
- Fall Awards Ceremony - Dec. 10
- Fall Commencement faculty registration closes this week
- End of semester reminders
- Faculty Success newsletter late-November 2025 - Nov. 18, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter late-November 2025 - Nov. 18, 2025
- Faculty panel on VoiceThread: What Works at UA - Nov. 19
- Live Blackboard Ultra workshops for Spring 2026 courses - Nov. 20
- Accessibility Afternoons: Making tables accessible - Nov. 20
- Native Heritage Month celebration - Nov. 20
- Communities of Practice on AI, information literacy - Nov. 20 & 21
- Trainings on Ultra, accessibility, teaching asynchronous courses
- Register for Fall Commencement - Deadline Dec. 5
- Fall Awards Ceremony - Dec. 10
- Community Engaged Student Assistantship application due Dec. 15
- Save the date: Winter Teaching Academy - Jan. 7
- Spring 2026 Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence program updates
- Safety tips for the holiday season
- Faculty Success newsletter early-November 2025 - Nov. 4, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter early-November 2025 - Nov. 4, 2025
- In-person, Zoom Blackboard Ultra workshops for Spring 2026 courses
- CAFE Focus Power Hour productivity sessions
- Learning Assistant program - Deadline Nov. 9
- November history and heritage observations
- Introducing graduate education to your undergraduate students 鈥� Nov. 12
- Center for Community Engagement & Learning Consultation Corner - Nov. 14
- Accessibility Afternoons: Making tables accessible - Nov. 20
- Communities of Practice on contemplative practices, AI, information literacy
- Trainings on Ultra, accessibility, teaching asynchronous courses
- Register for Fall Commencement - Dec. 5
- Faculty perspectives, insights on generative AI
- Faculty Success newsletter - Oct. 21, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter late-October 2025 - Oct. 21, 2025
- UAA鈥檚 Active Aggressor Response: What You Need to Know - Oct. 22
- AI events: Listening session, Community of Practice - Oct. 23
- PEAKS professional development event for faculty, staff - Oct. 24
- Grading for Growth: Exploration and Showcase - Oct. 24
- Information Literacy Community of Practice - Oct. 24
- Conclusion of UAA Chancellor search
- How to help with Western 麻豆无码版 relief
- Live Blackboard Ultra workshops for Spring 2026 courses
- Trainings on Ultra, accessibility, teaching asynchronous courses
- Scary Scholars research, creative activity showcase - Oct. 31
- October鈥檚 (not-so-scary) accessibility topic: PDF accessibility
- Faculty Success newsletter - Oct. 7, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter early-October 2025 - Oct. 7, 2025
- Accreditation site visits, open forums - Oct. 8 - 10
- Contemplative Practices Community of Practice - Oct. 10
- Faculty funding opportunities
- Instructional Design trainings on Blackboard Ultra, accessibility
- Campus safety sessions for faculty, staff
- AI in higher education listening sessions
- Teaching a stacked course - Oct. 16
- Communities of Practice on AI, information literacy
- PEAKS professional development event for faculty, staff - Oct. 24
- Grading for Growth Exploration and Showcase - Oct. 25
- Scary Scholars research, creative activity showcase - Oct. 31
- History and heritage observations
- The fall season is here! - Sept. 23, 2025
The fall season is here! - Sept. 23, 2025
- What to know about working with a Graduate Assistant - Sept. 24
- AI Community of Practice - Sept. 25
- Information Literacy Community of Practice - Sept. 26
- Blackboard Ultra information session - Sept. 30
- AI in higher education listening sessions
- Faculty funding opportunities
- Center for Community Engagement & Learning Consultation Corner
- Chat with the Director of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
- Accreditation site visits, open forums - Oct. 8 - 10
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Fair - Oct. 17
- Grading for Growth Exploration and Showcase - Oct. 25
- Tips for teaching in Ultra: Gradebook
- Fall semester is underway! - Sept. 9, 2025
Fall semester is underway! - Sept. 9, 2025
- Register, submit questions for UAA Chancellor forums - Sept. 8 - 18
- Contemplative Practices Community of Practice - Sept. 12
- Blackboard Ultra training, info sessions
- Faculty training on Progress Reports - Sept. 16, 19
- National Coalition Building Institute workshop - Sept. 19
- Make Your Course Accessible pilot workshop - Sept. 22 - 26
- Artificial intelligence (AI): Community of Practice, library resources
- Information literacy: Community of Practice, library resources
- September deadlines, resources for P&T
- Save the date: Grading for Growth Exploration and Showcase
- Fall Teaching Academy resources now online
- Welcoming in the new year - Aug. 26, 2025
Welcoming in the new year - Aug. 26, 2025
- Communities of Practice for the new year
- Headwaters series for new, junior faculty
- Workshop on accessible learning materials - Aug. 28
- CAFE Focus Power Hour
- Community Engagement Mini-Grants due Sept. 8
- Faculty training on Progress Reports - Sept. 16, 19
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion training - Sept. 15 - 19
- Support for eWolf ePortfolio
- Sign up for Honorlock if you use remote proctoring
- UAA Chancellor search, campus visits - Sept. 8 - 18
- Honors College recruiting full-time faculty
- Preparing for a new academic year - Aug. 11, 2025
Preparing for a new academic year! - Aug. 11, 2025
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion training - Aug. 11 - 20
- Fall Teaching Academy, Adjunct Orientation & Academy - Aug. 18, 20
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Aug. 11 - 15
- Community engagement opportunities for Fall semester
- Select Blackboard Original or Ultra for Fall 2025
- Sign up for Honorlock if you use remote proctoring
- UAOnline update to Faculty and Advisors menu
- Faculty and staff convocation - Aug. 22
- Campus Kickoff - Aug. 23
- Honors College recruiting full-time faculty
- Registration for Headwaters is now open
Summer 2025
- Faculty Success newsletter - July 29, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter July 2025 - July 29, 2025
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion trainings
- Fall Teaching Academy, Adjunct Academy & Orientation - Aug. 18, 20
- Accessibility tip, upcoming workshop on audio description - July 31
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Aug. 11 - 15
- New Faculty Orientation - Aug. 11, 20
- Community engagement opportunities
- Important dates for beginning of the semester
- Select Blackboard Original or Ultra for Fall 2025
- UAOnline update to Faculty and Advisors menu
- Faculty Success staff updates
- Faculty Success newsletter - June 24, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter June 2025 - June 24, 2025
- Summer promotion & tenure working group
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion Trainings - June 23 - 27
- Accessibility tip, upcoming workshop on hyperlinks - June 26
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - July 21 - 25
- Asynchronous Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course Workshop - Deadline July 21
- Select Blackboard Original or Ultra for Fall 2025
- June history and heritage observations
- Concert in the Quad - June 24
- It's the start of Summer 2025! - May 19, 2025
It's the start of Summer 2025! - May 19, 2025
- Fuse Faculty Fellows workshop - May 21
- Summer promotion & tenure working group starts May 27
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course - Deadline May 23
- Accessibility Afternoons - May 29
- Faculty input needed for UAA lecture series at Anchorage Public Library
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion Trainings - June 9 - 13
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - June 16 - 20
- Select Blackboard Original or Ultra for Fall 2025
- First week of class reminders for Summer session
Spring 2025
- The end of the 2024-25 academic year - May 6, 2025
The end of the 2024-25 academic year - May 6, 2025
- Faculty Success year in review
- How to post final grades in UAOnline
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion Trainings - May 5 - 9
- $500 Consortium Library award - Deadline May 7
- Annual Assessment Retreat - May 8
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - May 12 - 16
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course - Deadline May 23
- This month鈥檚 accessibility focus: Headings
- Information Literacy Community of Practice
- Approaching the end of the Spring 2025 semester - April 22, 2025
Approaching the end of the Spring 2025 semester - April 22, 2025
- Accessibility Afternoon - April 24
- Register for graduation ceremonies - Deadline April 25
- Spring Awards Ceremony - April 30
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion Trainings
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - May 12 - 16
- FUSE Fall 2025 Communities of Practice
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course workshop - May 28
- How to post final grades in UAOnline
- Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award winner
- New in Blackboard for Fall 2025: Stay in Original or Preview Ultra
- End of year deadlines and reminders
- Faculty Success newsletter - April 8, 2025
Faculty Success early-April - April 8, 2025
- Promotion and Tenure training series - April 10, 17
- Blackboard Ultra Course Conversion Training, Intro to Ultra sessions
- AI Community of Practice - April 17
- Faculty Needs for Success - April 17
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - April 14 - 18
- Community Engagement Forum - April 18
- Academic Success in Age of AI - April 18
- Contemplative Practices Community of Practice - April 18
- Announcing the winners of CAFE Oh Wow (COW) Awards
- Submit your course material orders for Fall 2025
- New in Blackboard for Fall 2025: Stay in Original or Preview Ultra
- Faculty input needed for UAA lecture series at Anchorage Public Library
- Faculty Success newsletter - March 25, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter late-March - March 25, 2025
- Confluence sessions on burnout and mid-career trajectory - March 25
- Information sessions on using Navigate - March 27, April 3
- Accessibility Afternoons - March 27
- Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum - March 27 - 28
- Introduction to Blackboard Ultra informational sessions
- AI Community of Practice - April 17
- Faculty Needs for Success - April 17
- President鈥檚 Adjunct Faculty Award - Deadline April 4
- Cafe Oh Wow (COW) Awards for faculty excellence - April 4
- Community Engagement Forum - April 18
- Be a faculty judge for the UAA Student Showcase - April 18
- New in Blackboard for Fall 2025: Stay in Original or Preview Ultra
- Mt. Spurr updates, ways to prepare for volcanic eruption
- Clocks are an hour forward and spring is around the corner! - March 11, 2025
Clocks are an hour forward and spring is around the corner! - March 11, 2025
- Confluence sessions on burnout and mid-career trajectory - March 18
- Blackboard Ultra course conversion trainings and information sessions
- Training for faculty teaching Online - No Set Time courses
- Teaching stacked courses - March 20
- Spring Accreditation Open Forum - March 21
- Incorporating contemplative practices in your courses - March 21
- Accessibility Afternoons start March 27
- New in Blackboard for Fall 2025: Stay in Original or Preview Ultra
- Register for Honorlock to use remote proctoring
- President鈥檚 Adjunct Faculty Award nominations open - Deadline April 4
- Cafe Oh Wow (COW) Awards for faculty excellence - April 4
- Community Engagement Forum - April 18
- Be a faculty judge for UAA鈥檚 Student Showcase - April 18
- Faculty opportunities in February, March - Feb. 25, 2025
Faculty opportunities in February, March - Feb. 25, 2025
- Important updates coming to Blackboard: Fall 2025
- Making Friends with the Internal Review Board - Feb. 27
- Nominate faculty for a CAFE Oh Wow Award - Deadline Feb. 28
- Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course - Register by Feb. 28
- Spring Accreditation Open Forums - Feb. 28
- Unify America College Bowl - Feb. 25-27 or March 4 -12
- Honorary Degree, Meritorious Service Award nomination - Feb. 28
- AI Community of Practice - March 6
- Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award
- Trainings for faculty teaching Online - No Set Time courses
- Attend "Accessibility Afternoons" to improve accessibility in your classes
- UAA Student Showcase
- February opportunities for Faculty Success - Feb. 11, 2025
February opportunities for Faculty Success - Feb. 11, 2025
- Selkregg Award Request for Proposals now open
- Teaching Professional Dispositions - Feb. 13
- NCBI Social Inclusion & Equity Workshop - Feb. 14
- Faculty book club on 鈥淒esigning Your New Work Life鈥� - Feb. 20
- Ultra conversion trainings and Intro to Ultra Zoom sessions
- Strategies for including students with intellectual disability - Feb. 25
- Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course - Register by Feb. 28
- Confluence sessions for mid-career faculty - Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
- CAFE Focus Power Hour - Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.
- Faculty research and creative activity working group
- February history and heritage observations
- Where to keep updated on federal actions, potential impacts on UAA
- Faculty Success newsletter - Jan. 28, 2025
Faculty Success newsletter - Jan. 28, 2025
- Join us for Confluence today, Jan. 28, starting at 1 p.m.
- President Pitney鈥檚 State of the University Address - Jan. 30
- AI Community of Practice - Feb. 6
- Faculty book club on 鈥淒esigning Your New Work Life鈥� starts Feb. 20
- Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course - Register by Feb. 28
- Convert your course to Blackboard Ultra - Feb. 24 - 28
- Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum - Proposals due Feb. 10
- Teaching Professional Dispositions - Feb. 13
- Strategies for Including Students with Intellectual Disability - Feb. 25
- Spring 2025 Accreditation Open Forums - Feb. 28 and March 21
- Put your textbook on reserve at the Consortium Library
- Save the dates for COW awards and Community Engagement Forum
- New opportunities for a new year - Jan. 14, 2025
New opportunities for a new year - Jan. 14, 2025
- Confluence, our series for mid-career faculty, starts Jan. 28, join us!
- Sign up for faculty book club on 鈥淒esigning Your New Work Life鈥�
- Nominate a student for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Awards by Jan. 15
- Seawolf Food Pantry Re-launch Party - Jan. 16
- Faculty Senate Call for Nominations - Due. Jan. 24
- How to Handle Complex Accommodation Needs - Jan. 27
- Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum Request for Proposals due Feb. 10
- Register for Honorlock if you are using remote proctoring this semester
- Information literacy and generative AI instruction
- New year, who FDIS? Updates on our unit and staff
- Welcome to the new year and Spring semester! - Jan. 6, 2025
Welcome to the new year and Spring semester! - Jan. 6, 2025
- Come to Winter Teaching Academy tomorrow Jan. 7!
- Adjunct Orientation & Academy - Jan. 8
- This week, take the Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Jan. 6 - 10
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grants - Deadline Jan. 10
- Helpful links and resources to prepare for the semester
Fall 2024
- Have a wonderful break, see you next semester! - Dec. 18, 2024
Have a wonderful break, see you next semester! - Dec. 18, 2024
- Join us for Winter Teaching Academy, Adjunct Academy - Jan. 7, 8
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Dec. 16 - 20, Jan 6 - 10
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grants - Deadline Jan. 10
- How to establish a record of excellence in teaching without IDEA - Confluence
- School of Education courses on instructional design, higher education
- Information literacy and generative AI instruction
- Faculty book club: Designing Your New Work Life
- Upcoming attractions on mindfulness, teaching climate change
- Reflections on the past year
- We're close to the end of Fall Semester! - Dec. 3, 2024
We're close to the end of Fall Semester! - Dec. 3, 2024
- UAA Holiday Gathering today!
- Commencement, Graduate Hooding Ceremonies - Deadline Dec. 6
- Last chance to sign up for Blackboard Ultra in Spring 2025 - Dec. 9 - 20
- Fall Awards Ceremony - Dec. 11
- Community Engaged Student Assistant applications - Deadline Dec. 13
- Integrating contemplative practices into your classroom - Dec. 13
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Dec. 16 - 22
- Register for Winter Teaching Academy - Jan. 7
- Confluence: A series for mid-career faculty - Spring 2025
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grants - Deadline Jan. 10
- End of semester reminders, suggestions
- Digication Kora - Assignments
- Approaching the end of Fall 2024 - Nov. 19, 2024
Approaching the end of Fall 2024 - Nov. 19, 2024
- Confluence: A series for mid-career faculty - Spring 2025
- AI in higher education Community of Practice - Nov. 21
- Commencement, Graduate Hooding Ceremonies - Deadline Dec. 6
- Community Engaged Student Assistant applications - Deadline Dec. 13
- Integrating contemplative practices into your classroom - Dec. 13
- CAFE productivity sessions - Tuesdays, Thursdays
- Convert your course to Blackboard Ultra - Dec. 9 - 20
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training - Dec. 16 - 22
- Register for Winter Teaching Academy - Jan. 7
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grant request for proposals - Deadline Jan. 10
- Accessibility tip: Captions
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter: Election 2024 edition - Nov.
5, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter: Election 2024 edition - Nov. 5, 2024
- Election and post-election teaching resources
- Teaching Online - No Set Time trainings
- November Communities of Practice
- Quality Matters: Improving your Online Course - Deadline Nov. 15
- Blackboard Ultra events and trainings
- Save the date: Winter Teaching Academy, Adjunct Academy
- 麻豆无码版 Native, Native American Heritage Month
- Veterans Day - Nov. 11
- Disability Services: Animals on Campus webinar - Nov. 12
- Winter weather closures, campus resources
- Using templates in Digication Kora courses
- Online whiteboards at UAA (replacing Jam boards)
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter: Halloween edition - Oct. 22,
2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter: Halloween edition - Oct. 22, 2024
- Zombies and Vampires faculty panel - Oct. 24
- Scary scholars - Oct. 31
- Mandatory trainings - Deadline Oct. 31
- STEM Day at UAA - Nov. 2
- Community engagement survey - Deadline Nov. 4
- Faculty Initiative Fund - Deadline Nov. 4
- Teaching Online - No Set Time trainings
- Quality Matters: Improving your Online Course - Deadline Nov. 15
- Convert your courses to Blackboard Ultra
- Digication Kora Courses update coming for Spring 2025
- Techniques to promote wellbeing and learning in the classroom
- Resources for teaching during and after the election
- Accessibility tip: Headings
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter - Oct. 8, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter - Oct. 8, 2024
- Blackboard Ultra training opportunities
- Unify America College Bowl - Oct. 9
- October communities of practice - Oct. 11, 17
- Indigenous Peoples Day, 麻豆无码版 Native Studies speaker series - Oct. 14
- Faculty funding opportunities
- The Reciprocal Arts of Speaking and Listening, Oct. 17
- Making your events accessible - Oct. 18
- UAA Career Fair - Oct. 22
- Scary scholars - Oct. 31
- Mandatory Title IX training - Deadline Oct. 31
- Adjunct U: Resources for adjunct faculty
- Resources for teaching during and after the election
- Filipino American History Month
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter - Sept. 24, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter late-September 2024 - Sept. 24, 2024
- Fostering critical thinking among graduate students - Sept. 26
- Skills for Engaging in Challenging Conversations on Campus - Sept. 27
- Blackboard Ultra informational sessions - Oct. 1 - 15
- Register your class for the Fall 2024 College Bowl - Oct. 1
- Making your events accessible - Oct. 18
- Faculty funding opportunities
- UAA Arctic Studies Group
- Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month
- Help out new faculty through the Buddy Program
- Employee Experience Thank you grams
- Updates on DSS emails, Sitka internet
- Welcoming the newest member of our team!
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support newsletter - Sept. 10, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support newsletter early-September 2024 - Sept. 10, 2024
- Check spam/trash for Disability Support Services (DSS) emails!
- Sitka still without internet, continued flexibility needed
- Preparing for Challenging Conversations in the Classroom - Sept. 11
- Register your class for the Fall 2024 College Bowl
- National Science Foundation visit - Sept. 12
- Accreditation Kickoff - Sept. 13
- Contemplative Practices in Higher Education - Sept. 13
- UA Disability Services 101 - Sept. 16
- Generative AI in Higher Education - Sept. 19
- Faculty funding opportunities from CCEL, Office of Research
- Productivity tips, CAFE Focus Power Hour
- Seawolf food pantry now open
- Fostering critical thinking among graduate students - Sept. 26
- Faculty resources for the first week of Fall - Aug. 27, 2024
Faculty resources for the first week of Fall - Aug. 27, 2024
- Fall Communities of Practice schedules
- CAFE Focus Power Hour returns
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grants - Deadline Sept. 13
- Adjunct U Fall email series
- Communication tips for the beginning of semester
- Student health resources to highlight in your classes
- Putting textbooks on reserve at the Consortium Library
- Register for Honorlock for remote proctoring
- Health Promotion Team lunch and learn - Aug. 28
- Accreditation Kickoff - Sept. 13
- The Buddy Program: Make a new connection at UAA
- Welcome to the 2024-25 Academic Year! - Aug. 13, 2024
Welcome to the 2024-25 Academic Year! - Aug. 13, 2024
- Register for Fall Teaching Academy - Aug. 19
- Adjunct Academy - Aug. 21
- Teaching Online: No Set Time training - Aug. 12 - 16
- Community Engaged Student Assistants - Deadline Aug. 23
- Community Engaged Faculty Mini-Grants - Deadline Sept. 13
- Register for Honorlock for remote proctoring
- Blackboard: Integrating publisher platforms
- Promotion, tenure ceremony - Aug. 21
- Faculty Senate retreat - Aug. 21
- Faculty & Staff Convocation - Aug. 23
- Campus Kickoff - Aug. 24
Summer 2024
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter - July 22, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter July 2024 - July 22, 2024
- Important dates for Fall semester
- Get help with designing your course
- Opportunities for instructors teaching online
- Apply for a Community Engaged Student Assistant
- Disability Pride Month, accessibility resources
- New faculty: Sign up for the Buddy Program
- Sign up for Honorlock if you use remote proctoring
- Concert in the Quad - Emma Hill, Raising Canes
- Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter - June 18, 2024
Faculty Development & Instructional Support Newsletter mid-June 2024 - June 18, 2024
- Fall 2024 CESA applications now open
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training this week
- Consortium Library Dean finalist open forums
- Pride and Juneteenth history and heritage observations
- New faculty: Sign up for the Buddy Program
- Sign up for Honorlock if you use remote proctoring
- Faculty mini-grants for projects with 麻豆无码版 Native Elders
- Concert in the Quad next week with Witty Youngman - June 25
- Culturally Responsive Education conference - Aug. 5-7
- Welcome to Summer 2024! - May 28, 2024
Welcome to Summer 2024! - May 28, 2024
- Reminder that RPNow is ending, sign up for Honorlock
- Check your Kaltura (Blackboard 鈥淢y Media鈥�) videos
- UAA is keeping Digication for e-Portfolios
- Beginning of summer semester tips
- Teaching Online - No Set Time summer sessions
- CourseArc subscription ending
- Kikkan Randall at Staff Appreciation Day - May 31
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Heritage Month
- Concert in the Quad is back this summer!
Spring 2024
- Important end-of-year faculty updates before summer begins - May 7, 2024
Important end-of-year faculty updates before summer begins - May 7, 2024
- RPNow ending: New remote proctoring tool coming Summer 2024
- Kaltura updates this week
- No changes with e-Portfolio!
- Sign up for Blackboard Ultra conversion cohort
- Training for teaching online - no set time
- Assessment retreat
- Nominations for Chancellor鈥檚 Awards for Excellence
- CAFE Oh Wow Awards - congratulations!
- Community Engagement Forum, CCEL updates
- CourseArc subscription ending
- Closing out the academic year
- Faculty opportunities for late-April, end of semester - April 16, 2024
Faculty opportunities for late-April, end of semester - April 16, 2024
- Blackboard Ultra opportunities
- Teaching Online - No Set Time trainings
- Community Engagement Forum
- Spring Awards Ceremony
- Register for commencement
- Adjunct U
- RPNow
- Kaltura (Blackboard My Media) updates
- Learning Commons resources for finals
- End of semester tips and reminders
- Consortium Library Award
- Book raffle - submit a CAFE proposal
- Assessment retreat
- April opportunities and resources for faculty - April 2, 2024
April opportunities and resources for faculty - April 2, 2024
- CAFE Call for Proposals
- Talking Across Political Differences on Campus
- Upcoming conference and funding opportunities
- Spring Faculty Forum and Varsity Grill Faculty Mixer
- Submit course materials for Fall 2024
- Blackboard Ultra opportunities
- Training for teaching online - no set time
- RSVP: Community Engagement Forum
- Register for commencement
- Adjunct U
- Consortium Library Award
- Blood drive
- RPNow
- Highlighting faculty voices
- Springing forward to the end of the semester - March 19, 2024
Springing forward to the end of the semester - March 19, 2024
- Selkregg Award Request for Proposals
- CAFE Oh Wow (COW) Awards
- Adjunct Faculty Awards
- Adjunct U
- Association for Educational Communications & Technology conference
- Apply to use Blackboard Ultra
- UA Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum on AI
- DEIJ Symposium
- The start of Ramadan
- Community Engagement Forum
- Register for commencement
- RPNow
- Highlighting faculty voices
- CAFE Call for Proposals
- UA Giving Day
- Spring is coming! At least spring break is - March 5, 2024
Spring is coming! At least spring break is - March 5, 2024
- Selkregg Award Request for Proposals
- Apply to use Blackboard Ultra
- Graduate Education Learning Community: Mentoring McNair scholars
- Teaching Online - No Set Time training
- Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course workshop
- UA Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum on AI
- Adjunct U
- Women鈥檚 History Month
- Community Engagement Forum
- RPNow
- Midterm check-ins and spring break
- Events and opportunities in late-February - Feb. 21, 2024
Events and opportunities in late-February - Feb. 21, 2024
- Unify Challenge College Bowl
- Anchorage Design Week
- Presentation and Discussion of Potential STEM Teaching Tweaks
- Lecture with NASA on chemistry, its impacts on Earth
- Upcoming events on AI
- Spring Core Competency forum
- Affordable Course Materials Award
- Training for teaching Online - No Set Time course
- Graduate Education Learning Community: Mentoring McNair scholars
- Quality Matters online course workshop
- Black History Month
- RPNow
- Learning Commons resource highlight
- Customizing course evaluations
- Coffee Card winner
- Events and opportunities in early-February - Feb. 8, 2024
Events and opportunities in early-February - Feb. 8, 2024
- Adjunct U
- Distinguishing Excellence in Capstones, Projects, and Theses
- Empowering Blind Students for Success
- Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
- Black History Month
- Discussion on teaching STEM
- Training for teaching Online - No Set Time courses
- Register for RPNow
- Open Educational Resources & zero-cost courses
- Winter Teaching Academy recordings
- Teaching resource highlight: CAFE Focus Power Hour
- Coffee Card Survey
- Opportunities for faculty in late-January - Jan. 23, 2024
Opportunities for faculty in late-January - Jan. 23, 2024
- Kaltura update
- Changes to RPNow - Register now if using
- BIPOC Connect
- Learning Commons now open
- Disability Services 鈥淎ll Access鈥� Webinar
- Zoom training available
- Affordable course materials award
- Consortium Library Award
- Building connection in the classroom
- Teaching resource highlight: Semester Cycles
- Coffee Card Survey
- Welcome to 2024 and a new spring semester - Jan. 5, 2024
Welcome to 2024 and a new spring semester - Jan. 5, 2024
- Winter Teaching Academy - Register now!
- Adjunct Academy & Orientation - Register now!
- Training for teaching Online - No Set Time classes
- Instructional Media Studio
- Resources for starting the semester
- Community-engaged funding opportunities
- UAA Annual Fund for Excellence
- Graduate Education Learning Community
- MLK Student Appreciation Celebration
- Addressing AI in classrooms
- RPNow - Register if using!
- Welcome - Interim VP of Faculty Success and new ID
Fall 2023
- Enjoy your winter break! - Dec. 15, 2023
Enjoy your winter break! - Dec. 15, 2023
- Winter Teaching Academy - Register now!
- Training for teaching Online - No Set Time
- Community Engaged Opportunities
- Affordable Course Materials Award
- Consortium Library Award
- CFP: 2024 Midwest SoTL Conference
- Syllabusters are outdated
- End-of-term reflections
- Farewell from Shawnalee
- December opportunities and resources for end of semester - Nov. 28, 2023
December opportunities and resources for end of semester - Nov. 28, 2023
- Adjunct U
- Disabilities in disasters
- Contemplative practices in higher education
- Winter Teaching Academy
- Training for teaching Online - No Set Time courses
- Community Engaged Student Assistant applications
- Faculty minigrants
- Student podcasting challenge
- Finishing up the semester
- Key dates for early January 2024
- Coffee card winner
- New Opportunities in November - Nov. 14, 2023
New Opportunities in November - Nov. 14, 2023
- Winter has arrived
- Teaching Stacked Courses - Part 2
- Intersectionality & Disabled Students
- Talking Across Difference: Tips for the Holidays and Beyond
- National Science Foundation seminar
- November heritage and identity observations
- Old Blackboard courses being removed
- ChatGPT survey
- RPNow
- Adjunct U
- Key dates in January 2024
- Coffee card question
- Opportunities for Faculty Development and Instructional Support - Oct. 25, 2023
Opportunities for Faculty Development and Instructional Support - Oct. 25, 2023
- Supporting students mid-semester
- RPNow
- Maintaining work-life balance when grading
- Heritage and identity observations
- Title IX training deadline approaching
- Teaching Climate Change across the Curriculum
- National Coalition Building Institute
- UNAC Faculty Development Award
- Adjunct U
- Students transitioning to in-person instruction
- Coffee card question
- Opportunities for Faculty Development and Instructional Support - Oct. 9, 2023
Opportunities for Faculty Development and Instructional Support - Oct. 9, 2023
- History, Heritage, and Identity Observations
- Join the National Coalition Building Institute
- Effectively Engaging Students in Difficult Dialogues - Pt. 2
- Adjunct U - Supporting Success for Adjunct Faculty
- Teaching Climate Change Across the Curriculum
- Contemplative Practices in Higher Education
- Graduate Education: Teaching Stacked Courses
- UA Student Success Convening
- UAA Accreditation Kickoff - Keynote by Dr. Jillian Kinzie
- Supporting Student Success with Exam Wrappers at Midterm
- Quality Matters Improving Your Online Course (IYOC)
- Register to use RPNow Remote Proctoring for Midterms
- Upcoming Events & Opportunities -- See you soon!
- Faculty Development Opportunities - Sept. 6, 2023
Faculty Development Opportunities | September 2023 - Sept. 6, 2023
- Fall Teaching Academy: Recordings Available!
- Collegial Connections: Contemplative Practices in Higher Education, Adjunct U, Graduate Education, Focus Time and Productivity, and Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers
- Unify America Fall College Challenge
- Semester Cycle: Best Practices for the First Few Weeks
- Register to Use RPNow Remote Proctoring System
- Additional Upcoming Events -- See you soon!
- Register Now! Fall Teaching Academy & More - Aug. 16, 2023
Register Now! Fall Teaching Academy & More - Aug. 16, 2023
- Fall Teaching Academy (Aug. 21) and Adjunct Orientation & Academy (Aug. 23)
- Meet Our Instructional Media Studio Coordinator
- The Rhythm of the Semester: Start of Semester Checklist
- Information on Remote Proctoring for Fall
- Interaction in Online Courses (RSI)
- Recently Tenured or Promoted Faculty: Photo Request & Opportunity
- Coffee Card Question: Welcoming New Faculty
- Key Dates
- Faculty Development Opportunities - Aug. 2, 2023
Faculty Development Opportunities | August 2023 - Aug. 2, 2023
- Welcoming Our New Instructional Media Studio Coordinator
- Creating Accessible Documents Workshop, Aug. 11
- New Faculty Orientation, Aug. 14 - 15
- Quality Matters Workshop, Aug. 14 - 15
- Fall Teaching Academy, Aug. 21
- Wrapping Up Summer Term
- Information on Remote Proctoring for Fall
- Interaction in Online Courses
- Key Dates - First Two Weeks of the Faculty Contract
Faculty Success
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