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.
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.
Programs (PDF)
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Past Events
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 ...
Read moreFaculty 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 ...
Read moreFilipino/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, ...
Read moreFinding 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 ...
Read moreFinding 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 ...
Read moreFrom 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 ...
Read moreGoing 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 ...
Read moreHarnessing 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 ...
Read moreHarnessing 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 ...
Read moreHealthy 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 ...
Read moreLast Updated August 21, 2024