¡Juntos al Exito! 2021 - Empowering Excellence Program
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Session 1 January 26 |
Understanding student success: sense of belonging and culture in an HSI university.
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1. What is an HSI? 2. Culture: Maritza de la Trinidad 3. Student success story: Sense of belonging Moderator: Cristina Trejo Coordinator NSF grant Improving Undergraduate Science Education (IUSE) Program COS |
UTRGV is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Unfortunately, many people do not fully understand this concept. To be an HSI is not only about the % of Hispanic students that we have. It is more than that. In this session we will explore student success, sense of belonging, and cultural aspects that are crucial to help us to succeed together as an HSI institution. |
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Session 2 February 23
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Empowering Excellence – Community Engagement
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1. Community Engagement 2. Faculty success story - Dr. Liang Zeng 3. Community leader: Moderator: Dr. Alex Racelis |
Community engagement is a core component of the COS and UTRGV. Faculty, students and members of local communities work together with the main goal of creating bridges of trust between them. In this session we will hear about opportunities to engage with the community as well as success stories from faculty and community leaders.
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Session 3 March 23 |
Path to R1
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1. Tips: grants – pre and post award 2. Writing resources at UTRGV and Beyond. 3. Faculty success story Moderator: Dr. Volker Quetschke |
UTRGV is now an Emergent research institution! Let’s walk the path to R1 together! In this session we will hear about tips for successful grant submission and reporting as well as writing resources that you can find at UTRGV and beyond. You will also hear the success stories of our 2019-2020 COS Faculty Excellence in Research Awardees. |
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Session 4 April 27 |
Empowering our pedagogical skills: Peer teaching observations and students’ evaluations
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1. All about Peer Teaching Observations 2. Reflecting on student’s evaluations 3. Faculty success story: Dr. Tina Thomas Moderator: Bonnie Gunn, |
UTRGV has different resources that can help faculty to empower their pedagogical skills. However, probably the most powerful tools we have to improve them are the Peer Teaching Observations and students’ evaluations-comments. In this session you will hear from the directors of the CTE and Provost’s Fellow for Academic Innovation on the different resources that their office offers for student success as well as the success story of a Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching awardee that has been able to enhance their courses through Peer Observations and students comments. She has also served as a Peer Teaching Reviewer. |
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Session 5 May 25 |
Faculty mentoring/Service at the COS, UTRGV and beyond
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1. What is expected from a Faculty mentor? – How to be a better mentor? 2. Faculty success story: Dr. Robert Gilkerson 3. Why we should have Faculty Mentors? Moderator: Dr. Cristina Villalobos |
Mentoring is crucial for junior faculty and any other faculty level that wishes to keep learning from their mentors. In this session we will learn about best practices for being a Faculty Mentor and how to foster a culture of mentorships at UTRGV. |
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Session 6 June 29 |
Global Engagement
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1. Explore USA and the World 2. Faculty success story: Dr. Rupesh Kariyat 3. Student success story: Nora Sustaita Moderator: Maria Leonard
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Global Engagement is a UTRGV priority! In this session we will hear about study abroad programs, collaborative online international courses, bi-national research grant opportunities, international students, and more! |
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Session 7 July 27 |
Balancing work and life
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1. Managing conflict 2. Work/life balance Moderator: Dr. Frederick Zaidan |
In this session we will hear about the resources that the university offers to help us balance our work and life as well as tips on how to achieve this balance. |
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Session 8 August 24 |
Preparing for the next academic year
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1. FPT – dossiers 2. Best practices – tips for dossier submission Moderator: Dr. Tim Huber |
In this session we will provide basic information that will help us be prepared for the coming semester. |