DFD Digest Newsletters 2021-2022

February 2022

  • Faculty Thriving Plan Gatherings
  • Ed Tech Workshops
  • Faculty Research Gatherings & Other Events
  • Chavella Pittman course, CODEX, Pathways & GLAA Opportunities

January 2022

  • Being “Not OK”
  • Pre-Semester Workshops, Course Info & Dates, Prepping for Flexibility
  • How will you use YOUR faculty funding?
  • Spring Events
  • Spring Class Time Frequencies

December 2021

  • Advice for Reflecting on Course Evaluations
  • Resources for Spring Courses
  • Open Educational Resource Publishing
  • Intersectional, Trans, Queer Academic Lives Reading Group
  • Experiential Learning Opportunities

November 2021

  • DEI Conversations, Continued
  • Setting Up Course Evaluations
  • EdTech Updates
  • Local Events & Webinars
  • Funding for Events

October 2021

  • Local Hikes & Recreation Areas
  • 200+ Faculty Signed up for DEI Courses / Interdisciplinary Exchange Opportunities
  • Midterm Course Evaluation Ideas
  • Q&As with the Deans, Faculty Research Gatherings, and other Events
  • Webinars & Workshops from NCFDD, AAC&U, and other orgs
  • Submit Your Faculty Stories / Get a Professional Headshot
  • Title IX Updates
  • New Course Evaluation System

September 2021

  • Meet Your New Colleagues & See What Others Did on Leave
  • Care Team & Other Resources
  • Regular Events
  • Resources on:
    • Educational Technology
    • Your Rights as an Author
    • Anti-Racist & Decolonial Digital Pedagogies
    • Making Mental Health a Top Priority
    • Reserve Spaces for Your Course Outside

August 2021

  • Opportunities to Gather (with evolving public health guidelines in mind)
  • Pre-Semester Professional Development Events
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Department Training Info
  • Resources for Course Prep: Calendars, Sample Syllabus Statements, Moodle, Teams, Infobase Learning Cloud
  • Outdoor Teaching Options
  • Upcoming Fall Events

Summer 2021

  • Local Things to Do this Summer
  • Join Wooster Writes (Summer 2021 Writing Group for Faculty & Staff)
  • Resources for Fall 2021: Tech, Calendars, Syllabus Statements, Trainings
  • Pedagogical Practices from 2020-2021 You Plan to Continue
  • New online Course Evaluations System: EvaluationKIT
  • Summer NCFDD events
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