Past Events and Programs

Every quarter, the Faculty Commons publishes a program with all our events and additional information in a *.PDF format.  Past events published on our website are listed below.

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Every quarter, the Faculty Commons publishes a program with all our events and additional information in a *.PDF format.  Past events published on our website are listed below.

2013

Fall 2013

2014

Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Spring 2014
Winter 2014

2015

Fall 2015
Summer 2015
Spring 2015
Winter 2015

2016

Fall 2016
Summer 2016
Spring 2016
Winter 2016

2017

Winter 2017
Spring 2017
Summer 2017
Fall 2017

2018

Winter 2018
Spring 2018
Summer 2018
Fall 2018

2019

Winter 2019
Spring 2019
Summer 2019
Fall 2019

2020

Winter 2020
Spring 2020
Summer 2020
Fall 2020

2021

Winter 2021
Spring 2021
Summer 2021
Fall 2021

2022

Winter 2022
Spring 2022
Summer 2022
Fall 2022

2023

Winter 2023

Spring 2023

Summer 2023

Fall 2023

2024

Winter 2024

Spring 2024

Summer 2024


Past Events

Faculty & Staff Singers

Faculty  & Staff Singers

In the midst of the stress and challenges experienced through this pandemic, here is an opportunity for you to breathe deeply and find some healing and peace through singing!  The BC Faculty and Staff Singers will meet every other Friday and make music together from the safety of your own home!  Aimee Hong, Faculty of ...

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Faculty Mentor Training – Summer 2022

Faculty Mentor Training - Summer 2022

Are you interested in serving as a mentor next year (2022-23) in the Tenure Mentoring or Adjunct Mentoring Programs? If so, this is a required training for all those who would like to mentor in one or both of these programs. Or are you just interested in what effective mentoring is? We welcome you to complete ...

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Filipino/a/x American Culture – NEW!

Filipino/a/x American Culture - NEW!

Take a deep dive into Filipino/a/x American culture, starting with cuisine and geography of the Philippines. Learn about colonialism and global influences on Philippine identity, indigeneity, and nationalism. Gain understanding of Filipino migration to the United States and globally as we flip through Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans (Cordova 1983). And hear about local places, people, ...

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Finding and Implementing Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Finding and Implementing Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The materials we choose for our courses impact student success in multiple ways. The relevancy of the content to our students and the cost of those materials are two aspects that faculty can control, and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) is one strategy. Although OERs have been demonstrated to have measurable positive outcomes on student ...

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Finding Resources and Building Collaborations for PBL

Finding Resources and Building Collaborations for PBL

How do you make project-based learning even more impactful? This two-part workshop will explore resources and on-campus collaborations that can help you take project-based learning to the next level in your courses. We’ll investigate: Strategies for obtaining grants and leveraging on-campus sources of funding such as professional development funding, the RISE Award, the Lockwood, and ...

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From Conflict to Resolution – How to Define and Discuss Tough Topics in the Workplace – NEW!

From Conflict to Resolution - How to Define and Discuss Tough Topics in the Workplace - NEW!

Despite our best efforts, at some point in our lives conflict is inevitable. This workshop combines Psychology and Communication principles to address the skills needed for handling disagreements in the most effective manner possible.  During this interactive workshop, participants will collaborate with faculty and staff members while exploring tools for defining problems, choosing the most ...

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Going Beyond the Gradebook: Infusing a Coaching Approach to Instruction (New!) 

Going Beyond the Gradebook: Infusing a Coaching Approach to Instruction (New!) 

How would you describe the role you play in your classroom besides ‘teacher’? Are you an adviser, a manager, a mentor, a coach? The First-Year Seminar (FYS) program has adopted many aspects of a "coaching" philosophy to offset some of the shortcomings of traditional instruction to empower students to take more direct responsibility for certain ...

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Harnessing the Power of Canvas Disaggregation Dashboards for Equitable Student Outcomes 

Harnessing the Power of Canvas Disaggregation Dashboards for Equitable Student Outcomes 

Faculty know Canvas as a powerful Learning Management System (LMS) with its own analytics tools. However, the new ability to combine both ctcLink and Canvas data now allows us to look at how our specific assignments and other teaching practices impact different sub-populations of students. Over the past two years, a select group of faculty ...

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Harnessing the Power of Words in Everyday Communication

Harnessing the Power of Words in Everyday Communication

This winter, join Cheryl Engstrom, Marketing Faculty, in this brand-new workshop designed to provide you with the tools to write effective messages, emails, and announcements. Learn to write stronger, not longer, to create more powerful everyday business communications to faculty, staff, and students.  We will be reviewing and implementing techniques from the art of public ...

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Healthy Boundaries for Effective Classroom Interactions – Cancelled

Healthy Boundaries for Effective Classroom Interactions - Cancelled

As we return to the campus, classroom, and other meeting spaces, we are all learning/re-learning how to connect with each other. We may be experiencing discomfort in the thought of how to establish healthy boundaries with our students to create safe learning spaces for everyone.  Master Jason Mix from Enso Center in Redmond will facilitate ...

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Last Updated August 21, 2024