Thursday, 13 Oct 2016
Finding funding with Pivot
This is ideal training for any faculty looking to broaden their funding portfolio and increase their interdisciplinary opportunities. Bring your laptop for this hands-on training to learn how to strategically use the Pivot research funding database. Using your own Pivot account, you will learn how to identify and connect with research funding opportunities relevant to your interests. Seating is limited; register online.
Workshop: Accessibility at ISU
"Top 10 Tips to Make Your Online Course Accessible." Provide 10 basic strategies for creating accessible online course content; Present the Quality Matters framework as a specific approach to address accessibility and usability; Build a timeline for implementing course changes; Share how-to resources and upcoming events. Registration deadline is Oct. 7; lunch is provided.
Finding funding with Pivot
Bring your laptop for this hands-on training to learn how to strategically use the Pivot research funding database. Using your own Pivot account, you will learn how to identify and connect with research funding opportunities that match the research goals of the faculty you support. Seating is limited; register online.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2016
Symposium: The Microbiome in Health and Disease
Prominent microbiome and AMR experts spanning human, animal, and plant sciences will engage in and deliberate on the current state of the field. A light breakfast, lunch and evening refreshments will be provided, along with ample opportunities to network with experts in the field. Students and laboratories who have conducted prior work in this realm are encouraged to share their findings via a poster session. Register online.
Award-Winning Faculty Series: How to Foster Safe Spaces for Diversity and Inclusion
What do we mean by inclusion? What do we mean by diversity? As teachers, our answers to these questions are vital not only for our own teaching philosophy but also for the culture we are creating in our classrooms, which can perpetuate into workplaces after graduation.
Finding Funding: Using Campus Resources!
It seems that grant money from government agencies is tighter and harder to get than ever. So how much do you know about the vast array of non-governmental non-profits who generously fund education and research projects in the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences? Seating is limited. Preregistration is required. Register through Learn@ISU. Keyword: LIB.