New Faculty Orientation and Welcome Week 2023

Big Ideas. Real-World Thinking

August 08, 2023 |

Building Reference: Armstrong Hall (AH), Johnson Alumni Room (JAR), Taylor Center (TC), Clinical Sciences Building (CSB), Morris Hall (MH), Trafton Center (TR), Centennial Student Union (CSU), Memorial Library (ML), Wigley Administration (WA)

New Faculty Onboarding Academy Registration

Friday, August 11, 2023

New Faculty Orientation Zoom Link

Main Meeting Link - 9:00 AM and for after lunch

Morris Hall 209

https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/94572323776

Meeting ID: 945 7232 3776

(Lunch meeting Zoom links will be emailed to participants)

9:00 am - 9:30 am	Welcome	AVP Berry & Provost Hood
9:30 am - 11:30 am	Introductions and networking	Drs. Beschorner & Burk
11:45 am - 12:30 pm	Advancing the goals of Equity 2030	AVP Berry & Dr. Beschorner
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch break (with Deans) & Professional photos
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm	IFO Introduction	Dr. Johnson
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm	Syllabus Design	Drs. Burk & Bordoloi
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Welcome Remarks	CIO Johnson
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Teaching and Learning Q&A	CETL & Instructional Design
3:30 - 4:00 pm	Human Resources and Benefits presentation	Angie Johnson

Monday, August 14, 2023

8:00 am – 4:30 pm	New Faculty: Complete I-9 This is mandatory and must be completed by the end of the day, if not previously done.	WA 336 - HR Office
8:30 am – 9:00 am	President’s Convocation Reception (donuts)	CSU Ballroom Lobby
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Convocation	CSU Ballroom
	Program begins at 9:00am and includes remarks by: Student Government President Roiger President Inch Provost Hood
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	All Campus Cookout (lunch)	CSU 1st Floor Mav Ave
12:45 pm – 3:00 pm	College of Business Meeting	MH 102
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	College of Allied Health & Nursing Meeting	WC Auditorium
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	College of Education Meeting	JAR
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	College of Science, Engineering & Technology Meeting	TR-C 121
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	College of Humanities & Social Sciences Meeting	AH 101

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Concurrent Sessions A: Learning Management Systems

9:00 am - 10:00 am

D2L Brightspace for Beginners

Facilitated by Keith Hauck

ML 88A or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91355003759?pwd=V0V1azBvK2RjTWVMMEI1cURISHdsdz09

Meeting ID: 913 5500 3759

Passcode: 152254

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Getting Started with D2L

Facilitated by Elizabeth Harsma

ML 94B or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/97828065261?pwd=RXI1eXhRSERJOWNZR1VNUEFic1o4dz09

Meeting ID: 978 2806 5261

Passcode: 717838

Concurrent Sessions B: Tech Tactics Sessions

10:15 am - 11:15 am

Engaging Learners with Discussions

Facilitated by Carrie Miller

ML 88A or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/99873847880?pwd=RzVzR1psUm9JUWFRWDhGZ1c2QjJ0UT09

Meeting ID: 998 7384 7880

Passcode: 258529

10:15 am - 11:15 am

Interactive Lectures

Facilitated by Michael Manderfeld

ML 94B or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/92171830603?pwd=ejd3MUkvdlRFd2ljUzRCQTh0Smw0Zz09

Meeting ID: 921 7183 0603

Passcode: 081376

Concurrent Sessions C: Technology-Enhanced Instruction

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Active Learning Techniques and Tools

Facilitated by Carrie Miller

ML 88A or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96092999067?pwd=dlBaWkoxbDRjc3BmK3ZpQUx2U1BzZz09

Meeting ID: 960 9299 9067

Passcode: 575070

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Creating a Gradebook and Assessment Items

Facilitated by Keith Hauck

ML 94B or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/97767391010?pwd=TWpuMTJ3VGVhSHlVaEU5a0lTQ3ZnQT09

Meeting ID: 977 6739 1010

Passcode: 402520

PDP and Drop-in Sessions

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

PDP Help

Facilitated by Brooke Burk, Beth Beschorner, and Su Bordoloi

ML 94B or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91376600921?pwd=djhLcWJGZSt4Z3pmRjJ6QmZKS3E5dz09

Meeting ID: 913 7660 0921

Passcode: 093223

Drop-in with CETL to ask questions about course, assessment, or course activity design

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Drop In with CETL

Facilitated by Brooke Burk, Beth Beschorner, Su Bordoloi, and Elizabeth Harsma

ML 94B, ML 88A, or Zoom

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91376600921?pwd=djhLcWJGZSt4Z3pmRjJ6QmZKS3E5dz09

Meeting ID: 913 7660 0921

Passcode: 093223

9:00 am - 9:55 am	FA Committee Meetings:
	Unit Representatives	AH 310
	Assessment & Evaluation	AH 311
	Budget	AH 314
	Extended Education	AH 315
	Faculty Development	AH 316
	Faculty Improvement	AH 317
	Common Curriculum	AH 319
	GCAP	AH 322
	Planning	AH 323
	Research	AH 325
	UCAP	AH 326
10:00 am – 12:00 pm	FA Executive Fall Retreat Committee Meeting	MH 209
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	FA Exec Luncheon (FA Exec Comm/Administration/Deans)	CSU Flex Space
3:00 pm – 4:30pm	FA General Meeting	Zoom
4:30 pm – 5:30pm	IFO/FA Contract Discussion	Zoom

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

8:30 am – 10:00 am	FA New Faculty Meeting	MH 102 / Zoom
9:30 am – 4:00 pm	Returning Faculty CETL Professional Development Offerings	All sessions in MH 209 or Zoom

Jump start the semester with easily implemented strategies to energize your classroom experiences. Pre-register here.

9:30 am – 10:30am

Writing at the Graduate Level: How to guide graduate students with an APP or capstone project

Facilitated by Dr Sudarshana Bordoloi

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/97097198262?pwd=TldmcTFFQkNldjdVdGFjTXRuNFhlUT09

Meeting ID: 970 9719 8262

Passcode: 981142

This interactive session is designed for faculty who teach a graduate capstone course, graduate courses with a writing emphasis, or advise students on culminating projects like an Alternate Plan Paper (APP). The session is intended to provide support, create resource groups, and address existing needs for faculty members who may want to engage and discuss topics on how to teach with a writing to learn (support students’ intellectual growth through the research and writing processes), and writing in the disciplines (writing for a wide range of audience across the disciplines), emphases.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Regular and Substantive Engagement: Understanding the Department of Education Online Teaching Requirements

Facilitated by Drs. Jonathan Paver, Director of Online Programs & Brooke Burk, Director of CETL

Zoom: https://link.mnsu.edu/9lz

Meeting ID: 939 6988 5159

Passcode: 487771

The Department of Education requires all instructors who teach online courses to meet or exceed their established standards for regular and substantive interaction in online courses. This session is designed to help you navigate these requirements and provide examples of ways to ensure your online courses are meeting this requirement. You will leave this session with several strategies that you can apply to your courses immediately.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

5 Course Engagement Hacks for a Successful Semester

Facilitated by Dr. Beth Beschorner, Associate Director of CETL – Equity Initiatives

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/98520565010?pwd=RnhDdlhMSlU3NStQZXNML2gvVjcwQT09

Meeting ID: 985 2056 5010

Passcode: 314015

Are you planning your course and hoping that students will feel welcome and included? This session will provide five specific actions that you can take within the first two weeks of the semester to build relationships within an inclusive environment, including syllabus language, encouraging students to utilize supports for success, activities to promote peer-to-peer connections, and approaches to learning more about your students.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm	New Faculty: Library Orientation and Luncheon	ML West Lawn (rain location SW Corner of ML)
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm	FA Ice-Cream Social	CSU Flex Space
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm	College of Graduate Studies & Research Meeting	MH 102

Thursday, August 17, 2023

8:30 am – 12:00 pm	Library & Learning Retreat	MH 103
9:00 am – 4:00 pm	Returning Faculty CETL Professional Development Offerings	All sessions in MH 209 or Zoom

9:00 am –10:00 am

Using Faculty Success to Create a Digital Portfolio and Report

Facilitated by Dr. Brooke Burk, Director of CETL

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/98502902565?pwd=WE8vT0dCSlNMc2dVSVFRZ2NLTzloQT09

Meeting ID: 985 0290 2565

Passcode: 134517

Join us to learn more about Watermark Faculty Success Module and how this tool can aid in your recording of activities that can support PDR development and other university reporting. Faculty will also learn the benefits of this online portfolio platform and the workflow available to create robust reports.

11:00 am –12:00 pm

5 Quick Tips to Engage Students with Universal Design for Learning

Facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Harsma, Instructional Designer/Technologist

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93371912788

Meeting ID: 933 7191 2788

Are you looking for new ways to engage and motivate students this semester? This session will include a brief overview of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. Then we’ll discuss five strategies based on UDL guidelines that you can incorporate into your course activities right away, including ideas for collaboration, real-world connections, reflection, feedback, and assessment.

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

5 Strategies for Effective Leadership

Facilitated by Dr. Timothy Berry, AVP for Faculty Affairs and Equity Initiatives & Dr. Brooke Burk, Director of CETL

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/94318211941?pwd=UXJaQ0E4Zy9LSmUxNGNpS0RKNlI2dz09

Meeting ID: 943 1821 1941

Passcode: 068765

This two-hour workshop is designed for Department Chairs and Program/Center Directors about their role in advancing the new University Strategic Plan and to ground the year with action strategies for achieving Equity 2030. Additionally, this session will discuss strategies for hosting more meaningful and effective meetings in implementing key initiatives and objectives.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

5 Strategies for Teaching with AI

Facilitated by Mark McCullough, Nat Gustafson-Sundell, Dr. Elizabeth Harsma

Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/98486028844

Higher education has been transformed with the launch of ChatGPT and other generative AI. How do faculty adapt and transform their instructional strategies to support digital literacy and learning? This session will provide an introduction to generative AI. Then we'll offer conversation and 5 practical ideas to implement in your classes including sample syllabus statements, activity/assessment design, and creative uses of AI in the classroom.

Instructional Design Support

Please see the Instructional Design Support Calendar here.

10:00 am – 11:30 am	New Faculty: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Accessibility Resources, and Equal Opportunity and Title IX	MH 103
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	MavPASS Faculty & MavPASS Leaders Luncheon/Planning	AH 101

Friday, August 18, 2023

11:00 am - 11:45 am	New Student Rally March through the Arch	Blakeslee Stadium (rain location is MF) Alumni Arch
11:30 am - 1:30 pm	Backyard Bash (picnic) Faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are invited.	Bell Tower/Alumni Arch (rain location is MF)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Student Choose-a-Palooza	Campus-wide

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	New Employee Reception hosted by President Inch	CSU 245

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