Professional Development Lunches

Thursdays, 12-12:45pm in the Tartan Room (Lunch Tickets @ 11:45am)
All Faculty & Staff are invited!
Resources for each event will be available in the Academic Professional Development (APD) Microsoft Team. You can also use the APD Team Calendar tab to see future event topics and add individual events to your calendar (or the full series).

October 2024
October 3 - No professional development lunch
October 10 - No professional development lunch
October 17 - Tech-curious: embracing digital tools in teaching. Educational Technology Staff. How can technology be used to enhance and innovate our work in the classroom? See examples of how faculty are utilizing digital pedagogies in their work and learn about the support that our education technology professionals can provide to do this. 
October 24 - No professional development lunch. 
October 31 - Neurodiversity in the classroom. Grit Herzmann, Psychology. Amber Larson, ARC. Carly Jones, ARC. Faculty and Professional staff will share perspectives and resources for supporting and working with neurodiverse students in their academic work. We will discuss ways to approach work in the classroom, as well as campus supports for students. Come engage in conversation about creating academic spaces for all students to thrive!

Celebration of Scholarship Series

Faculty Research Gatherings
Select Fridays, 4-6pm, Kauke 305

2024-2025 Schedule

September 6: Lee McBride (Philosophy)
Creative Rebelliousness and Method-Making

October 4: Alfredo Zúñiga (Neuroscience)
Deciphering the Hippocampal Code: Investigating Memory Mechanisms at the College of Wooster

November 1: Sofia Visa (Computer Science)
Modeling the Shapes of Eggplant Fruits in 278 Cultivars

February 7: Beth Muellner (German Studies)
On the Possibility of Sympathetic Collaboration at Court: Carmen Sylva and Mite Kremnitz

March 7: Erum Haider (Political Science & Environmental Studies)

April 4: Matthew Broda (Education)

May 2: Senior Research Symposium (all day)

* All faculty, and staff in APEX, CDI, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Educational Technology, and the Wellness Center receive announcements about professional development events in the DFD Digest newsletter. If you are a staff member outside of these offices & would like to receive more information, we’re happy to add you! Please let the DFD know, and we’ll add you to our Professional Development list.

This website is maintained by the Dean for Faculty Development at the College of Wooster. Contact me if you have questions or suggestions. Dr. Christa Craven: ccraven@wooster.edu