Events

Professional Development & Community Series’ 2023-24

Every Thursday over lunch in the Tartan Room, Lowry Center, 11:45am-12:45pm (lunch tickets available starting at 11:30-11:45am; if you can’t get there in time to pick one up before the event, you can get one afterwards for future use)

Open to all Interested Staff & Faculty

Resources for each event will be available in the Academic Professional Development (APD) Microsoft Team (Join with Code: 6w12db6). You can also use the APD Team Calendar to see future event topics and add individual events to your calendar (or the full series).

This Month:

April 11 - Knowing Your Rights as an Author with Zach Sharrow, Katie Farr, Garrett Thomson & Christa Craven. For many academics (and all authors, really), the options we have available to us when we submit book proposals and negotiate publishing contracts are not always clear. Things like advances, royalties, “right of first refusal,” retail pricing, and open-access opportunities can be a lot to think through once a contract is offered. This panel aims to demystify that process and help you get to write—and publish—the work you want and get it to your intended audiences!
April 18 - Mentoring Student Collaborators with Karl Feierabend, Stephanie Strand, Sarah Sobeck & Jon Breitenbucher. Many faculty & staff have the opportunity to mentor students during summer work—through the Sophomore Research Program, on-campus jobs, AMRE (Applied Methods & Research Experience), and APEX fellowships. Today, we’ll talk with members of the Inclusive Mentoring in STEM Professional Learning Community, Experiential Learning & Educational Technology about ways to make those interactions meaningful and impactful.
April 25 - Collaborations for 2024-25 & Beyond with Marianne Wardle, Elizabeth Schiltz, Becky Webb and Moses Luri. Many of us have already begun thinking about ways we can incorporate meaningful experiences for students into classes, activities & events for next year. Today, we will have the opportunity to get ideas from faculty & staff about their experiences integrating collaborative learning experiences on campus and beyond.
May 2 - Planning for a Rejuvenating Summer with Alicia Brazeau, Jenni Griffin, Amber Larson & Anne Ober (one hour later due to exam week). The summer is at once a time of vast possibilities—we may have plans to finish umpteen publications, redesign our syllabi, clean our house and office, spend more time with family … learn to skydive in our spare time, etc.—but it is also a time when we recuperate and ideally rejuvenate. We will strategize about ways to carve out time for the things that are most important, hold yourself (and perhaps each other) gently accountable.

Select Fridays: Celebration of Scholarship series, Research Gatherings 4-6pm

Sept 1: Sarah Sobeck (Chemistry) “Enlightening Collaboration: Research at the Interface of Chemistry & Art”
Oct 13: Nii Nikoi (Global Media & Digital Studies) “Protest Coverage in Ghana: How Journalistic Conventions Shape Protest Representation”
Nov 10: Margaret Ng (History) “Aromatic Medicines and Divine Scents in Women’s Medicine in Middle Period China”
January 26, 2024: Beth Derderian (Museum Studies) and Marianne Wardle (College of Wooster Art Museum Director) “Reflections on the Pella @ Wooster Project: Bringing Ancient Artifacts into 21st Century Conversations”
Mar 1: Celebration of Scholarship in the Libraries (celebrating all of our research … stay tuned for details)
March 29: Meagan Pollock (Earth Sciences) “A Song of Ice and Fire with Fewer Dragons and More Volcanoes”
April 26: Senior Research Symposium, celebrating those we’ve mentored

* 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 DFD know and we’ll add you to our Professional Development list.