The Student Success Coach program builds support systems for first-generation college students. The program was developed in 2020 as part of a Title III cooperative grant. Coaching is a partnership that focuses on the process of learning to be organized, meet deadlines, prioritize projects, and manage time to reach goals. Like an athletic coach, Success Coaches help students … [Read more...] about Refer your students to a success coach
Archives for November 10, 2022
Episode 46 of the "Faculty Focus Live" podcast series features a discussion about how you can start and end your lecture with bookends, how to incorporate lecture wrappers, and how to use engagement techniques such as Q&As, buzz groups, and snowball group activities. The presenter also shares creative ways of creating and using micro-lectures. Listen to Episode 46 … [Read more...] about Podcast: “How to Make Your Lecture More Engaging and Interactive for your Students”
The Online Learning Consortium has partnered with EveryLearner Everywhere and developed two self-paced workshops for online per-course instructors and supporting department administrators to help increase connections and collaborations among students in the online environment. "Teaching as Online Adjunct Faculty: Practical Resources for Instruction" This session is geared … [Read more...] about Free workshops for per-course instructors teaching online
The Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Program offers students support while taking historically challenging courses. Course Mentors are embedded in a course and offer academic enhancement group sessions to help students improve their academic performance. Attendance at sessions is voluntary. Please consider offering your class in conjunction with the PASS Program. Contact … [Read more...] about Include your class in the PASS Program
Graduate student travel funding available Missouri State University offers a number of special funding opportunities for graduate students including thesis research, non-thesis research, and student travel funding. Graduate student travel funding is available for the graduate student to present their thesis/non-thesis research at a designated conference. Applications should be … [Read more...] about What’s happening in the Graduate College
Faculty Writing Retreats The Faculty Writing Retreat is back! The retreat is led by Provost’s Faculty Writing Fellow Dr. Jonathan Newman and will help you meet your writing goals for the year. Attending these retreats you can begin new articles, revise and resubmit, polish your book proposal, complete your last edits, and connect and collaborate with other faculty … [Read more...] about FCTL events and announcements