Fall Semester 2017

 
Date
 Event Title, Time and Location
 Presenter(s)
08/18/2017  New Faculty Orientation  
Friday, August 18, Alumni Lounge, SUB  9:00-2:00
 
08/23/2017

Active Learning: Re-Thinking Your Teaching to Promote Deeper Learning

Wednesday, August 23rd, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in ABB 138
 Video of this event is available

Padlet Link

Presenter: Ken Silvestri, Instructional Designer
Center for Faculty Excellence
09/07/2017

iClickers Training Workshop

Thursday September 7, SUB 236. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Light snacks and drinks provided.

 Video of this event is available

Presenter: Chris Bahn, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept.
09/08/2017

Finding Grant Funding

Friday, September 8 Innovative Learning Studio – Renne Library 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Light snacks and drinks provided.

Video of this event is available

Facilitated by: Nika Stoop, Grant Training Coordinator, CFE
09/27/2017

Using Turn-It-In
Wednesday, September 27, SUB 235, 2:00-3:30

Video of this event is available

Facilitators:  Ryan Miller, TurnItIn Customer Success Consultant, and Michelle Miley, Director of the MSU Writing Center and Assistant Professor, English
10/24/2017

Writing and Submitting Grant Proposals - NIH - Reservations Required

Tuesday, October 24  9:00 – 10:00 AM  SUB 236

Video of this event is available

Facilitator: Nika Stoop, Center for Faculty Excellence

11/14/2017 

Writing and Submitting Grant Proposals - NSF

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 from 10:00am to 11:00am

Hamilton Hall, 214

Video of this event is available

Facilitator: Nika Stoop, Center for Faculty Excellence
11/27/2017  

Best Teaching Practices for Accelerated Courses

Monday, November 27, 2017 from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Strand Union Building, Ballroom B

Video of this event is available

Presenter: Dr. Mike Siddoway
Associate Dean of the Faculty & Professor of Mathematics, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Co.
12/5/2017

Writing and Submitting Grant Proposals - USDA

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 9:00am to 10:00am, SUB 235

Video of this event is available
Facilitator: Nika Stoop, Center for Faculty Excellence

Spring Semester 2018

Date
 Event Title, Time and Location
 Presenter(s)
 1/18/2018  Introduction to Writing Research Grants at MSU  

Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 PM, SUB 168

 

Facilitated by Elizabeth Brock, Pre-Award Specialist, OSP and Nika Stoop, Grant Training Coordinator, CFE

 1/19/2018 What’s New with TechSmith Relay Experienced Users Workshop 
Wednesday, Friday, January 19th   10:00am to 11:30am in the Library’s Innovative Learning Studio 
Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, Center for Faculty Excellence and Lisa Brown, Academic Technology & Outreach
 1/23/2018 Balancing Parenting and Productivity

Tuesday, January 23, 2018  11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Library’s Innovative Learning Studio

Facilitators: Sara Rushing (MSU Family Advocate, Political Science), Amy Trowbridge (Land Resources & Environmental Sciences), and David Claudio (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
 1/24/2018 Improve Your Path to Success by Joining a Writing Group
Wednesday, January 24, 2018  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, SUB 235 
Presenter: Marilyn Lockhart, Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence  
 1/30/2018

Implementing Bobcat 4x4 in Your Summer Course
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm 
SUB 235
Video of this event is available

Presenters: David Singel, Marilyn Lockhart, Ken Silvestri
 02/07/2018

NSF CAREER Grant Panel     
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, ABB 138


Video of this event is available

Panel: Michelle Flenniken, Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology, Paul Stoy, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, Jim Wilking, Chemical & Biological Engineering, and Christa Merzdorf, Cell Biology & Neuroscience

 

 02/7/2018 Why Students Become a Bobcat: Our Opportunity to Foster Students’ Commitment to College & Future Success 
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, SUB 233
Presenters: Carina Beck, Debby Haynes, David Henderson, Bryce Hughes, Chris Kearns, Sarah Schmitt-Wilson, Tricia Seifert, Mitch Vaterlaus
02/08/2018

Charting a Course with Learning Outcomes to Enhance Student Learning and Success
Thursday, February 8, 2018
12:00 pm to 1:30pm, SUB Ballroom B 

Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer

 02/13/2018

Dean of Students Office - What Do They Do and How Can They Help?
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
11:45 am– 1:00 pm
Ballroom C

Facilitated by: Dean of Student's Office

 

 02/22/2018 Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar: Retraction Watch
Thursday, February 22 , 2018
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM  Byker Auditorium

Speaker: Adam Marcus, co-founder of the blog retractionwatch.com

 02/23/2018 Active Learning Basics: Re-Thinking Your Teaching to Promote Deeper Learning

A 4X4 support session but open to all.  
Friday, February 23, 2018  
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  SUB 233

Facilitated by :Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
 3/6/2018

Survey Design for Teaching and/or Research
Tuesday, March 6, 2018  SUB 235  1:00 – 2:00 PM

Video of this event is available

Facilitated by Greg Notess, Library and Nika Stoop, CFE

Guest Faculty: Kaylin Greene – Sociology, Suzanne Held – Health & Human Development, and Bill Schell - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

 3/8/2018 Advanced Active Learning
Thursday, March 8, 2018  SUB 235 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
 Facilitated by: Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer
3/21/2018

Formative Classroom Assessment Techniques  

Wednesday March 21,2018, SUB 235. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Video of this event is available

Presenters: Shannon Arnold, Ag Education & Marilyn Lockhart, Director of the CFE
 3/21/2018

See What I Mean: Visual Thinking in Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, March 28, Wilson 1122  12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Video of this event is available

Facilitated by: Derek Bruff, Ph.D.

Director, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching

 3/29/2018

HERstory of Montana State University

Thursday March 29, SUB Ballroom B  4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Video of this event is available

Presented by: The President's Commission on the Status of University Women

 04/04/2018

 

 

Creating an Inclusive and Safe Classroom Environment

Wednesday April 4, SUB 235, 12:00 pm– 1:00 pm

Facilitators and Presenters: Marilyn Lockhart, Director of Center for Faculty Excellence and Professor, Adult and Higher Education Mitch Vaderlaus, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Development Ariel Donohue, Director, Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons Lisa Perry, Director of American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Christine Rogers Stanton, Assistant Professor, Department of Education Connie Otter Brown and other students.

04/04/2018

How to Apply for Major Scholarships
Wednesday April 4, Procrastinator Theater, 4:00 pm –5:00 pm

Presented by: Dr. Ilse‐Mari Lee, Dean of the Honors College

04/10/2018

Alternative Assessment Methods –Three Article Discussions
Tuesday April 10, SUB 235, 2:00 – 3:00pm

Facilitators: Marilyn Lockhart and Ken Silvestri, Center for Faculty Excellence.

04/17/2018

Dean of Students Follow-up
Tuesday April 17, SUB 233, 2:30 pm -3:30 pm

Presented by: Dean of Students Office

04/19/2018

Leading with YES
Thursday April 19, SUB 235, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm  

Presented by: Maria Van Hekken, Yes2Yes
04/20/2018

Helicopter or Compass? Student-Family Relationships in the First Year
Friday April 20, SUB 233 
10:00 am – 11:00

Presented by: Bryce Hughes, Assistant Professor Education and Deborah Blanchard, Assistant Seminar Director/Advisor University Studies
 05/08/2018

Connecting your Research with the Community: Ideas and Strategies for Grant Proposals

Tuesday, May 8, Innovative Learning Studio (Library), 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

 Presented by: Suzi Taylor, Assistant Director Outreach and Communications and Jamie Cornish, Outreach Specialist, from Academic Technology & Outreach 
05/10/2018

Planning Productivity: Hands-On Summer Planning Session

Thursday, May 10, Innovative Learning Studio (Library), 10:00 – 11:30 AM

 Presented by: Vanessa Simonds and Suzanne Held, Health & Human Development