Stay connected with your colleagues over the summer: 2026 Summer Faculty Development Opportunities

June 18, 2026

The Teaching Innovation Team in the Division of Online and Strategic Learning is facilitating opportunities for you to gather and dialogue with colleagues. These events will be hosted on Zoom so you can join from anywhere!

2026 SUMMER CONVERSATION HOURS

Summer Conversation Hours are back!

Stay connected during the summer and join us for the 2026 Summer Conversation Hours: Conversations about Conversations. Podcasts will serve as conversation starters when we meet on Zoom. We will meet Wednesday at 11:00 am on June 24 and July 8. 

Register here to receive a link to a podcast to listen to ahead of time as well as the Zoom meeting space: https://forms.office.com/r/XUaS5TmkHk 

2026 SUMMER BOOK CLUB

Are you ready to dig into a good book now that summer is here? Join us on Zoom as we gather to discuss Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection by Jose Antonio Bowen.

Thursday, July 16 at 1:00 pm
Introduction & Chapters 1 – 6 (pp 2-209)      

Thursday, July 23 at 1:00 pm
Chapters 7 – 11 (pp 211-397)

This is a BYOB (Bring Your Own BOOK) event, but we placed copies of the book on reserve in Bracken Library under “Faculty Book Club.”

Register here to receive the Zoom link: https://forms.office.com/r/XUaS5TmkHk

Questions? Contact Kathleen Jacobi, Director of Faculty Development

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