Past Events and Programs

Mid-Quarter Student Course Evaluation Pilot Project (New) – Winter 2022

Are you interested in helping transform the student course evaluation process to maximize our students' voices and help minimize bias in the evaluation process? Are you willing to engage your students in a mid-quarter evaluation that allows you to get feedback in time to potentially make changes to benefit your current students? If so, join ...

Mid-Term Evaluations and Other Ways to Gather Feedback on the Class and Teaching Approach

We are on Week # 5 and we are wondering how we are doing as teachers. We can gather feedback from students in different ways for students to self-reflect and for us to know our teaching strategies are working or we need to make some changes.       Faculty Commons | Wednesday, May 2, ...

MO-’FONGO…..HEE-BAH-REE-TOE…..KO-KI-TAU

Join Emmanuel Irizarry-Soto of The Nature Conservancy in the U.S. Virgin Islands; Archana Alwar, native Puerto Rican, and Nancy Lane, Science for a dialogue focused on the multiple threats faced from the Caribbean to the Pacific Northwest.   Discover transformational ways to incorporate issues into the classroom.       Faculty Commons (D104H) Special Event! April ...

Move Those Muscles!

Have a gym but no personal trainer? Have no gym but want guidance on what to buy for home? Learn tips and techniques to design your own fitness plan that includes strength, cardio, and flexibility (based on your goals.) Templates for workouts will be provided and different exercise equipment techniques will be touched on!     Tuesday, ...

My Unforgotten Seattle – Ron Chew

While museums around the world are grappling with how to decolonize from their roots of white-explorer theft of artifacts, the Wing Luke Museum stands out as a museum that started on the premise that people’s stories not artifacts, in particular, marginalized people’s stories, can serve as the foundation of a museum. This revolutionary concept was ...

Myth Busting for Academic Success – Spring

Our Librarians and Writing Lab instructors are here for you and your students! We want to ensure you know about our supports for you and your students and how to access our services. In this session, we will describe a range of types of personalized assistance both areas offer. And, we offer you experiential learning ...

Neurodiversity 101

Want to know more about teaching neurodiverse students? Drop in to this session to grab some use-right-now tips for: Communication variances Classroom management - online and on-the-ground Managing group work You can even ask questions! Drop in any time during the two hours, we will rotate through topics and answer questions as they come up. Hope ...

Not “A Nation of Immigrants” – Winter 2022

Join us for a discussion of the new book from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (author of "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States) that "debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly funded by and for immigrants." Visit Beacon Press to read more: Not ‘A Nation of Immigrants’.   In this group, we ...

Nuts and Bolts of College Instruction

What do we need to know and do to not only fulfill our job with our students but also develop confidence in our role? The Nuts and Bolts workshop strand engages faculty in discussions about the fundamentals of being a college instructor, while making practical applications to our instruction. Throughout these sessions we introduce evidence-based ...

Nuts and Bolts of Equitable College Instruction

Are you new to teaching? Or do you want to revisit some of the foundations of college instruction related to teaching and learning? The Nuts and Bolts workshop engages faculty in learning and discussions about the fundamentals of being a college instructor, while making practical applications to your courses. Although this course will be meaningful ...