August 26, 2025
Digital Pedagogy Workshops & Resources for Fall 2025
As you prepare for the semester, we’d like to share upcoming workshops and resources from the Digital Pedagogy support team—faculty and staff from IS, WLC, the Faculty Hub, Innovation Studio, SAL, and more—working together to support effective use of digital tools in teaching and learning. Digital Pedagogy Tools The Digital Pedagogy Toolkit is a curated set of Continue reading.
August 25, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: The Right Amount of Butterflies
August can sometimes seem like the world’s longest Sunday—still summer, but with the school year hovering just around the corner. As much as I savor the relative calm of those last days of summer, the first day of classes always feels to me a bit like the first day of Spring: full of energy, new Continue reading.
August 18, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Changes
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! Most K-12 students in the area are back in school this week. Adorable back-to-school photos will flood social media, marking the beginning of a new school year. (My son is a senior this year, what???) Our students will follow next week and turn our currently quiet campus into a cacophony of learning. It is Continue reading.
August 11, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: A Glimmer of Joy and Excitement (Plus Ice Cream)
As summer draws to a close, you may (understandably!) be mourning the end of rest, travel, family time, or focused research time, but I hope that the impending start of the semester also brings with it at least a glimmer of joy and excitement. Students often walk into the first week of classes full of Continue reading.
August 7, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Shifting Into Fall Mode
Not so fast! Classes aren’t in session just yet, so we hope you’re still enjoying summer as much as possible and not feeling the full weight of the August Awfulies (…doesn’t quite have the same ring as the Sunday Scaries, but you get it). With any luck, you still have some bright plans ahead and Continue reading.
July 7, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Adapt Your Teaching in the Age of AI
It happens every year, but lately, it feels like it’s happening faster—the endless summer that never quite materializes. Somehow, it’s already July. And that means August is just around the corner. Students will be back. Classes will begin. Let’s not stress—let’s get ready. One of the biggest questions we continue to hear from faculty is: Continue reading.
June 2, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Write With Us This Summer
Here at the Faculty Hub, we’re settling into the rhythms of summer–reflecting on the past year and preparing for the one to come. We hope that you’ve also made the transition to summer mode–whatever that looks like for you. Our space remains open all summer, and we’re available for consultations and coaching, so please don’t Continue reading.
May 12, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Connect in a More Relaxed Cadence
With exam week behind us and grades submitted, summer has officially arrived on campus. This time of year brings a special kind of calm—the quiet walkways and open spaces create a peaceful, reflective atmosphere that’s easy to appreciate. As we ease into the slower pace of the season, the Faculty Hub Newsletter will shift to Continue reading.
May 6, 2025
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Plan for the Summer
In the fall of 2016, I enrolled in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program here at UR. I planned to finish in three years. In 2018, my dad became ill, so I took a leave of absence that ended up being longer than intended. He passed away, then COVID hit. I decided to reapply to Continue reading.