This workshop will focus on embracing our vulnerabilities to increase engagement in the classroom. We will share active learning techniques that normalize discomfort. Examples include: mindmapping, reflective practices. Facilitated by Chris Houltberg, Joaquin Muñoz, Beliza Torres Narváez, and Lyz Wendland. **Thursday, November 7 | Celebrating Your Creativity Scars Workshop: Engaging Art for Holistic Student Engagement … Continue reading "Celebrating Your Creativity Scars Workshop"

The goal of this session is to create greater awareness among faculty and staff about students with mental health conditions and to better equip faculty and staff with the skills to address prejudice and discrimination against students inside and outside of the classroom. This workshop will address the following points:What person-first language is and how … Continue reading "Addressing Mental Health Stigma and Prejudice on Campus"

The goal of this session is to create greater awareness among faculty and staff about students with mental health conditions and to better equip faculty and staff with the skills to address prejudice and discrimination against students inside and outside of the classroom. This workshop will address the following points:What person-first language is and how … Continue reading "Addressing Mental Health Stigma and Prejudice on Campus"

All faculty members, regardless of experience, are invited to attend this next installment in the New Faculty Series, “How Can Augsburg Support Your Research?” You will hear from four staff members who will share how their programs intersect faculty work here at Augsburg: Dixie Shafer from Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO), Lauren Causey and … Continue reading "New Faculty Series: How Can Augsburg Support Your Research?"

All faculty members, regardless of experience, are invited to attend this next installment in the New Faculty Series, “How Can Augsburg Support Your Research?” You will hear from four staff members who will share how their programs intersect faculty work here at Augsburg: Dixie Shafer from Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO), Lauren Causey and … Continue reading "New Faculty Series: How Can Augsburg Support Your Research?"

Wednesday, November 13 | Workshop on assisting students who may be suicidal | 9:00 am - 10:30 am, East CommonsStudent Affairs welcomes all to attend this workshop on skill building and increasing awareness so we might better assist students who may be at risk for suicide - and connect them with resources.Facilitated by Dr. Bev Long, PsyD, … Continue reading "Student Affairs Workshop: Assisting Students who May be Suicidal"

Classroom Success for Students with Mental Health Conditions. This session will provide tips for faculty members in engaging students with mental health conditions and helping to ensure academic success.Wednesday, November 13 | EDTalk with Melissa Hensley and Barbara Lehmann | 3:20 pm- 3:35 pm, HC 151

“Before Minneapolis, There Was Good Bread”: Corporations, Scientists, Vitamins, and Nutrition CapitalismMonday, November 18 | Speaking of Sabbatical with Michael Lansing | 12:30 pm – 1:40 pm, Marshall RoomRSVP for "Speaking of Sabbatical with Michael Lansing"

The Sabo Center and the Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) present a learning opportunity on CGEE's distinct experiential education pedagogy. What are the approaches and values that CGEE uses in its experiential education settings, and how might its elements and values be applicable to on-campus teaching and learning? Learn with Joe Connelly, long-time … Continue reading "Experiential Education Workshop: CGEE Edition"

This workshop makes use of the Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) Inventory, which describes an individual’s preferred approach or style for resolving conflict by reflecting the individual’s culturally learned patterns for dealing with disagreements and expressing emotions. Additionally, this workshop will not only teach individuals about their own preferred approach and style, but also about the … Continue reading "Intercultural Communication and Conflict Styles Workshop"