April Newsletter

April is the JWU Celebration of Scholarship which will include the University Scholarship and Best Practices Expo and the Student Research Design and Innovation Symposium. We encourage everyone to attend and see what our students, faculty, and staff have been up to!

Join us in celebrating student scholarship and excellence on April 25th at the Student Research, Design, & Innovation Symposium. This event will showcase 100 student projects from 3-5pm at the Bowen Center for Science & Innovation. Graduate and Undergraduate students from the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering & Design, Food Innovation & Technology, Health & Wellness, and Hospitality Management will present to peers, family, industry professionals, prospective students, and more! The event will also be simulcasted from Charlotte. Also, while you’re checking out the latest design prototypes or snacking on food samples from the culinary teams, don’t forget to place your vote for the fan favorite!

Diane has played an integral leadership role as co-chair of the University Scholarship and Best Practices Expo organizing and submitting all information for website development, soliciting donations for the Expo raffle, communicating with the Special events team and much more.

Diane is our committee’s liaison with Design & Editorial. In this critical role, she managed all of our publication timelines, content submissions, content review, website layout and more. Diane also created and is managing the USBP group on jwuLink. Her extensive experience and documentation from the Transformative Approaches Expo in-person and online formats has helped us transition to the new Expo format without re-creating the wheel.

Thank you Diane for your dedication, service, organizational skills, warmth, patience and good humor. We know the Expo is going to be an impressive JWU event!

As an innovative consumer product brand, you are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible. But even the most innovative products will struggle to succeed without the right product-retail fit. This includes understanding the latest trends and innovations in retail, identifying the right retail partners to work with, and optimizing your product's packaging and positioning for maximum impact.

We will cover a range of topics, including:

• Understanding the evolving retail landscape and how to leverage the latest trends to optimize your product-retail fit and reach new customers
• Identifying the right retail channels and partnerships, taking into account the retail mix and shopper demographics
• Optimizing packaging and positioning to resonate with your target audience and gain maximum visibility on shelves
• Leveraging technology, from data analytics to AI-powered merchandising and shopper engagement, for maximum ROI

Join us to equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies that you need to successfully navigate the retail landscape and maximize your chances of success.

Speakers:

• Stephanie Borselli, Mentor-in-Residence, Branchfood
• Georgios Tzafis, VP Emerging and Mid Cap CPG, Trax Retail
• Anouck Gotlib, CEO, Belgian Boys
• Kyle Maggard, Founder and CEO, Over Easy

The session is free to attend and will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required to get the link to join and recording.

If you would like to view the session recording, you can view "Quietly Quitting the Classroom.mp4" at:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e65925e8-1b82-4842-87e1-61d7cbaa1e1d.

Once it opens, click on the 3 dots on the top right side of the Adobe screen and you will be prompted to select a media player.

Thank you Dr. Julie Bilodeau for this informative presentation!

Can you Pivot? Get Ready to turn your data into interactive visualizations.

In this hands-on session, you will explore extracting datasets in order to calculate, summarize, and analyze data leading you to the creation of interactive dashboards and data visualizations to tell your data story. Bring your laptop and a willingness to explore the ways you can shift the way you view data.

Facilitated By: Diane Santurri, Associate Professor

When: Friday, April 28 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Where: This is a hybrid session via Zoom and in the Center for Teaching and Learning!

Peter Felten, & Leo M. Lambert. (2020). Relationship-Rich Education : How Human Connections Drive Success in College. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Through more than 400 conversations with students, faculty and staff, this book affirms a key principle to creating a transformative educational experience. i.e. the centrality of meaningful personal relationships. Yet while this may be self-evident and comforting to consider, the book also addresses the challenges of building and sustaining a relationship-rich learning environment. Included is a post-script chapter on the pandemic.

Link to Library listing: https://jwupvd.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1200494852

Please see the link below for information and instructions for submitting a proposal.

Turnitin is happy to announce the upcoming preview release of AI writing detection capabilities to help educators uphold academic integrity while ensuring that students are treated fairly.

The AI writing detection preview will be available across many Turnitin products including Turnitin Feedback Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, Simcheck, Originality Check, and Originality Check+, on April 4, 2023.

Faculty can reach out to IDT to implement Turnitin for end-of-semester assignments that might be susceptible to cheating with ChatGPT or other AI tools.

Link to IDT user guides in Turnitin

The Faculty Fellow (FF) program began during the spring 2021 semester. This program identifies one full-time faculty member on the Providence campus to serve as Faculty Fellow for one academic year. Work conducted through this fellowship focuses on issues relating to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. The Faculty Fellow receives reassigned time from two courses each semester to accommodate the time committed to this fellowship. Please see the attached description for more information and the application process.

The CTL is seeking a cohort of seven faculty members to attend the Goodwin UDL institute. UDL is a scientifically valid framework grounded in social justice concepts such as inclusivity, fairness, and equity. Thoughtful application of UDL to teacher practice and the design of curriculum and instruction can afford all students not only equal access to information but also the same opportunities for success. A description of the program can be found at: https://www.goodwin.edu/guili/udl-institute The tuition fee for the institute will be covered by the University for five Providence faculty and two Charlotte faculty. To be considered, please submit a letter of interest to CTL@jwu.edu by April 30, 2023.

The University will fund attendance for two faculty mentors to attend the Appreciative Advising Institute delivered by Florida Atlantic University. The focus of the Institute is to share practical suggestions for translating the theory of Appreciative Advising into your practice. Steeped in the tenets of positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry, and motivational theory, Appreciative Advising is positively impacting student retention and outcomes at institutions across the globe. Participants will learn how to use the six phases of Appreciative Advising: Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle to help their students optimize their educational experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own goals and dreams to optimize their own lives. Information about the Institute can be found at: https://www.fau.edu/education/centersandprograms/oae/aai/ Interested faculty mentors should submit a letter of interest to CTL@jwu.edu by April 30, 2023

We are seeking at least one representative from each college and campus that would like to focus on a specific problem of practice (teaching related) or an area of research. The JWU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the JWU Center for Student Research and Interdisciplinary Research (CSRIC) will offer support with project development, identifying funding opportunities (if needed), data collection, analysis, and development of a plan for dissemination either at the JWU Expo or external publication/conference presentation. Please submit a letter of interest to CTL@jwu.edu by April 30, 2023

Many faculty can improve their Blackboard Ally accessibility scores and update their gradebooks to include current due dates, appropriate weighting for grade calculations, and elimination of old assignments. The IDT department and the JWU Center for Teaching and Learning will work with faculty members to achieve these goals.

Open course materials help to reduce student costs by eliminating textbook purchasing and providing equity and access to learning materials for students from historically marginalized backgrounds. Research has shown that courses that incorporate an open textbook or OER have higher completion rates. Identifying, incorporating, and adapting or revising appropriate OER can be counted as scholarly activity. The JWU Library and Center for Teaching and Learning can help faculty identify OER and offer guidance on how to review materials for publication and make recommendations to other JWU colleagues.

This four-course certificate program designed and delivered collaboratively by the Center for Teaching and Learning and Community Standards and Conduct will assist faculty in creating and maintaining a proactive and positive learning environment. The workshop series topics include: Assessment methods that promote integrity and prevent misconduct, promoting a culture of integrity in the classroom, expectations and trends in academic misconduct, classroom behavior and conflict resolution. Certification requires submission of a reflection paper at the completion of the series.

Stop in anytime or call/email to reserve classroom space!

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