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"Managing Work/Life Demands Across the Career Cycle" - Lisa Wolf-Wendel, University of Kansas
Faculty across all stages of the academic career often struggle with how best to manage the increasing work demands placed upon them in relationship to their ever-changing demands in their personal lives. Too often, however, we focus our attention only on pre-tenure women faculty with young children, assuming that this is the only group that needs attention and assistance. Work/life management is important to faculty members across the career span, for both men and women, and for faculty in both tenure and non-tenure positions. This talk examined how a range of faculty, with different identities and in different phases of the career, manage work and life responsibilities. Special attention was paid to how institutions like Park University could facilitate work/life integration through policy and practice.
"The Academic Advising Tools and Advising System of Park University" - Robbie Park and Steve Fenske
This Deep Dive presentation will explore the resources and tools available to you on MyPark, and will also provide a more in-depth explanation of the unique advising system here at the university.
"Helping Students Succeed: What to Do When You're Concerned about a Student" - Amanda Bryant
Amanda Bryant, Coordinator for Student Advocacy, discussed what to do when you are concerned about a student.
Types of concerns that were addressed included, but were not limited to:
• personal issues affecting school (illness, homelessness, family concerns)
• financial concerns (can’t afford textbooks, financial aid issues, military benefits)
• academic struggles (academic integrity, disability services)
Participants learned how to respond to these issues and what resources are already in place, including forms Park has for some of the processes. In addition, participants understood why it’s important to be “involved” in what’s going on in a student’s personal life.
"Faculty180 Introduction" - Emily Sallee, Brian Shawver, and Megan Holder
Faculty180 is an online platform that will house faculty profiles, vita, and accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, and service. In addition to helping facilitate institutional reporting on faculty credentials and accomplishments, Faculty180 will also support a fully online workflow for annual performance review (beginning with AY18-19) and tenure and promotion applications. This session was to learn more about Faculty180 features, such as verifying your profile, adding activities, vitas, and biosketches – and to help inform Park’s rollout of this new tool.
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"Giving Effective Feedback on International Student Writing" - Amy Jenkins, Zephra Weber, and Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger
International students sometimes struggle to work with the feedback provided by their instructors on their writing, and the conventional advice about effective commenting sometimes doesn’t work for students from other language and cultural backgrounds. During this workshop, facilitators discussed effective strategies for commenting on international student writing, and demonstrated effective commentary by practicing with a student paper.
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Files/Links
"Managing Work/Life Demands Across the Career Cycle" - Lisa Wolf-Wendel, University of Kansas
"Helping Students Succeed: What to Do When You're Concerned about a Student" - Amanda Bryant
Previous Deep Dives
To view previous Deep Dives, visit MyPark. Below is a list of Deep Dives that are easily accessible.
"(Re)Writing Assignment Prompts for Better International Student Accessibility"
Amy Jenkins, Zephra Weber, and Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger
"Teaching about Privilege" -
Monica Brannon and Chelsea Platt
"Understanding IELTS and TOEFL Scores and International Student Writing Proficiency"
Amy Jenkins, Zephra Weber, and Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger
"Educating Those Who Serve"
Lt. Col. Mike Rutherford
"Getting the Most Out of Turnitin Feedback Studio"
Paige Singleton, Turnitin Studio
"Reducing Textbook Costs, Increasing Access, Enhancing Teaching and Learning: OER and Library Resources"
Jon Ritterbush, Katelyn Handler, and Scott Curtis
"Conducting Meetings Training Seminar"
Greg Plum
"The High Impact of Writing in All Courses"
Chris M. Anson, North Carolina State University
(Note. Only accessible to Park University faculty)
"Scholarships, Fellowships and Internships: Helping Our Students Succeed"
Angela Peterson and Leah Fletcher
"Supporting International Students"
Roundtable representatives included: Raed Alhathni, Robin Burger, Julie Creek, Kevin Vicker, Maureen Wambui, and Zephra Weber
"Serving Underprepared Students"
Jon Ritterbush, Debra McArthur, and Jayme Uden
"From Trump to Turnitin: Pedagogical Approaches to Plagiarism"
Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger and Jared Flaherty
"Teaching the International Classroom - Student Forum"
Moderated by Glenn Lester and Stacey Kikendall
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