2022 New Faculty Retreat

Thursday, August 18

Time

Session Title

Presenter(s)/Facilitators

Room/Meeting Space

11:00 - 11:30am

Registration and Retreat Check-in

Parlor

11:30am - 12:00pm

Cultivating Your Passion as a New Weber State Faculty Member

Brad Mortensen, Ravi Krovi, Adrienne Andrews, Brenda Kowalewski, Nicola Corbin, Stephanie Speicher, Jamie Wankier Randles, Rachel Cox

Timpanogos

12:00 - 12:50pm

Lunch

Garden Patio

1:00 - 2:50pm

What Are You Bringing to the Teaching Table? Launch of the Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning Course

Kim Middleton, Jacquelyn Gaines, Jessica Oyler

Timpanogos

3:00 - 3:30pm

Cultivating your Passion Activity

Timpanogos

3:40pm - 4:30pm

Is Work/Life Balance a Thing? Some of Our More Seasoned Faculty Tell How They Do It

Kacy Peckenpaugh

Timpanogos

4:30 - 6:00pm

Registration and Check-In, Free Time

6:00 - 7:00pm

Dinner

Garden Patio

7:00 - 9:00pm

Resources Fair/Networking

IT, Library, RS&PG, Employee Wellness, Faculty Staff Association, WSU Online, HIPs Departments

Timpanogos

9:00 - 

Dance Party/Karaoke

Timpanogos

Friday, August 19

Time

Session Title

Presenter(s)/Facilitators

Room/Meeting Space

6:30 - 8:30am

Health Assessment/Morning Walk

Raenna Johnson/ Katie Burrup

Wasatch 2

8:00 - 9:00am

Breakfast

Garden Patio

9:00 - 9:50am

Humanizing Your Syllabus: Essentials of Constructing Your Course Agreements with Your Students

Stephanie Speicher

Timpanogos

10:00 - 11:50am

Are You Ready for Your First Day? Building and Launching Your Course in Canvas (Rapid Course Development)

Shandel Hadlock, Oliver Snow

Timpanogos

12:00 - 12:50pm

Lunch and Meet the Administrators

Various Administrators

Garden Patio

1:00 - 1:50pm

Administration Intro/Small group Round Robin

Jason Francis, Ravi Krovi, Brad Mortensen

Timpanogos

Breakouts

2:00 - 2:50pm

Handling Hot Moments: Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom

Adrienne Andrews

Timpanogos

Everything's All Online: Basics of Online Pedagogy

Jamie Wankier Randles

Wasatch 2

3:00 - 3:50pm

Handling Hot Moments: Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom

Adrienne Andrews

Timpanogos

Ask Me Anything

Maria del Mar Gonzalez, Kathleen Cadman, Noel Alton, Richard Price, Sarah Steimel, Molly Sween, Tom Mathews, Jonathan Marshall, Marjukka Ollilinen, Rachel Ardern, Sarah Herrmann, jo Blake

Wasatch 2

4:00 - 6:00pm

Free Time

6:00 - 7:30pm

Dinner

Garden Patio

8:00 -

Evening Social/Networking/Karaoke

Timpanogos

Saturday, August 20

6:30 - 8:30am

Health Assessment/Morning Walk

Raeanna Johnson/ Katie Burrup

Wasatch 2

8:00 - 9:00am

Breakfast

Garden Patio

9:00 - 10:50am

A Twist on the Classic: Digital Literacy and Using Adobe Creative Cloud Express to Create a Digital Research Paper

Todd Taylor

Timpanogos

11:00 - 11:50am

What Next? Retreat Wrap-up and Transistion to New Faculty Experience

Nicola Corbin, Jamie Rankier Randles

Timpanogos

12:00pm

Retreat Ends/Grab and Go Lunch