Faculty News 02.24.25

Faculty News is a collaboration between Academic Affairs and the Office of Research. Major contributors include Academic Innovation, Faculty Success, Libraries, Registrar and the Office of Research Support. The newsletter lands in the inboxes of everyone with a faculty appointment, including tenured, tenure-track and fixed-term-track faculty, college deans and department chairs.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Effective feedback for student growth. As midterms approach, the importance of providing specific, timely, and constructive feedback is essential for students to understand their strengths and target areas for improvement. Utilizing tools like Canvas streamlines assessment, grading, and feedback, allowing for easy progress tracking and detailed comments for improvement.
  
  • Learn how to provide effective feedback
  • Explore grading and assessment strategies
• Featured Events:
  • 2/24: Insights into private and corporate foundations
  • 2/24: QISE RIG meeting
  • 2/25 & 2/26:Wellbeing listening sessions for faculty
  • 2/25: Climate RIG meeting
  • 2/25: Pressbooks Basic
  • 2/25: Collaboration and partnerships
  • 2/26: Adobe roundtable series: empowering student voices through visual storytelling with Adobe
  • 2/26: Introduction to Python, part II
  • 2/28: Literature reviews explained: systematic, scoping, and more
  • 2/28: SECLA RIG meeting
  • View all faculty events
• Opportunities and Reminders:
  
  • Survey: Shape the future of UTSA's digital tools (deadline Feb. 28)
  • Submit: Call for abstract proposals - AIM Health R&D Summit (deadline Mar. 21)
  • Apply: STAR Award (deadline Mar. 31)
  • Discover: UTSA's Visualization Laboratory (VizLab)
• Academic Affairs Announcement: Kathryn Appenzeller Knowles joins UTSA as director of faculty development
• University Resources
  • Faculty Success
  • Academic Innovation Teaching Resources
  • Office of Research
  • Student resources available at myUTSA Account

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