Academic Affairs Newsletter - Message #23

Each semester, more than 100 graduate and professional students contribute to the teaching mission of IUPUI; instructing undergraduates as well as their peers from graduate and professional programs. The Center for Teaching and Learning has partnered with the Graduate Office to offer graduate and professional students options to develop introductory and advanced skills in teaching and curricular development. 

Offerings include:

• Fall teaching assistant orientation to help ground students new to teaching
• The Emerging Scholars of College Instruction Program (ESCIP), an advanced training experience
• Vibrant online webinars and in person workshops
• One stop quick resources and campus policies related to teaching
• Access to resources and a campus Canvas course as part of a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRLT)
• The annual conference within Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals

In May 2018, Nan Goggin was named dean of the Herron School of Art + Design. If you have yet to learn Dean Goggin’s favorite time of day or why her rescue beagle, Best, has the best life, now is your chance!

Over three decades, both IUPUI and Indianapolis’ access to the world have changed drastically. This spring, the Office of International Affairs (OIA) will celebrate 30 years of supporting the IUPUI campus with services that have grown study abroad, international student admissions and services, curriculum internationalization, and international partnerships. 

Please join the Office of International Affairs on February 20 to celebrate the legacy of OIA’s programs and services and the enduring impact of IUPUI’s international alumni. Programming will include an International House Alumni Panel from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. titled, “Foundations of Leadership: Going Global at IUPUI,” and the OIA 30th Anniversary Celebration and Reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m., both taking place at the Campus Center Theater and Lower Level. To RSVP, please fill out the online form.

Additional events and professional development opportunities for faculty are offered during International Week including the annual campus tradition since 2004, the IUPUI International Festival on February 21.

For the last 16 years, the IUPUI Office for Women has celebrated women’s history month every March by recognizing the outstanding contributions of women faculty and staff on campus. In that span of time, 59 faculty and 48 staff have been acknowledged as outstanding women leaders and honored at the annual Women’s History Month Leadership Reception. Nominations are now open for the 17th year of recognition. Nominations may be made by any current IUPUI faculty, staff, or student member. The deadline for submissions is March 1. Full details, guidelines, and an online nominations portal can be found at the Office for Women website here.

Winners will be given their awards at the annual Women’s History Month Leadership Reception on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Theater. The public is invited to attend.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathleen Grove, director of the IUPUI Office for Women, at ude[dot]iupui[at]evorgsk or 317-278-3600.

As applications are sought for the fifth cohort of the Next Generation 2.0 leadership program this month, you may not know that each member is required to prepare a Capstone project during their year of training. Members are asked to construct and initiate a project that would lead to change in their unit, the IUPUI campus, or within the greater Indianapolis community. To date, 84 new ideas have been proposed and/or implemented in academic and administrative units or in the community. These include new mentoring programs in the department, new alumnae surveys, online academic programming, orientation videos, space planning, new student retention programs, enhanced study abroad opportunities, affinity group assessments and a student needs assessment, among many more. Community-based projects included collaboration with the Indiana State Department of Health, the Indianapolis Mayor’s office, Riley Hospital, and the Indianapolis Public Schools. Cohort members present their projects in an all-day event at the end of the training. To see a list of projects presented by each cohort, visit the Office of Academic Affairs website.

This year, the capstones will be presented on Tuesday, May 21, in the Campus Center, Room 450A, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Please save the date, as the public is encouraged to attend.

Title IX and a Reminder 

As you may know, the Department of Education published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to changes in Title IX. The proposed changes are of significance to IU because, as currently proposed, they would represent some fundamental alterations in how we conduct sexual misconduct cases. Therefore, Emily Springston, university director of Institutional Equity & Title IX, led a working group to craft IU’s response to the NPRM. Faculty input was provided by IFC member Peggy Stockdale, two members of the University Faculty Council, and a faculty member from IU Northwest. The IU response was submitted for the January 30 deadline.

As a reminder, we will have a town hall about the third tier within the lecturer rank on February 11, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., in the Lilly Auditorium of University Library. If you have questions or comments, feel free to contact me at ude[dot]iupui[at]ostawcj.

Have your voice heard!

Next IFC meeting: Tuesday, March 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. // Campus Center Theater

The White Racial Literacy Project provides an educational environment and reflective opportunity for white people within the IUPUI community to unpack misconceptions and misinformation about structural racism. This semester we will host three expert speakers covering different discussion topics on February 6, March 6, and April 3. This series is open to faculty, staff, and students at IUPUI. For more information about each session and to RSVP, visit the White Racial Literacy Project web page.

As part of the White Racial Literacy Project, the 2019 Teaching Toward Racial Equity Workshop Series will be held across 4 Thursdays from 9 to 12 noon on February 14, February 21, February 28, and March 3. For more information and to apply, visit the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

Next Generation 2.0 is a nine-month training program that seeks to prepare participants to step into and/or create leadership opportunities in their units and schools. This program supports mid-career faculty and professional staff at IUPUI who are women and/or members of underrepresented populations who are interested in seeking leadership opportunities at IUPUI or professional development to enhance their current roles.

For more information about the program, review the press release. Application for the 2019-2020 cohort can now be made online at the program website.

The Mosaic Faculty Fellows program provides an opportunity over the course of a full academic year for faculty to engage in active learning practices in their own teaching and with other Mosaic Fellows as well as contribute toward the development of learning spaces across Indiana University.

The 2019 application is open and will close on March 22. For more information and to apply, check out the Mosaic Faculty Fellows website or program application for the IUPUI campus.

• Thursday, February 7: The Eye of a Storm: Environmental Injustice and a Deep History of Disasters – A Community Keynote Address by the IUPUI Center for Translating Research into Practice
• Tuesday, February 12: Promotion to Full Rank Workshop
• Tuesday, March 5: Promotion or Tenure on Balanced Case Workshop
• Tuesday, March 19 & Wednesday, March 20: The Price of Progress: The IUPUI and Indiana Ave. Story

  
Bookmark our Academic Affairs Events Listing to view and register for all upcoming workshops, trainings, and important events that pertain to YOU!

On Monday, February 11, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., there will be a town hall meeting in the Lilly Auditorium in the University Library to discuss a proposal by the University Faculty Council to establish a third rank for lecturers. All faculty are invited to provide feedback to assist a university-wide task force in establishing a new rank.

If you have questions, please send them before the meeting to Karen Lee at ude[dot]iupui[at]licnuocf.

IUPUI unveiled a workspace for graduate and professional students on the fourth floor of the University Library on January 31, 2019. The space UL 4115 was designed to meet the needs of these students including scholarly writing, research, and collaborative projects. The IUPUI Graduate and Professional Student Government helped develop the rules guiding the use of the room. Room hours are aligned with the schedule of University Library with access open to all graduate and professional students via their Crimson cards. Funding for the space was provided by the Office of Academic Affairs and several deans with a vision to foster the success and creativity of IUPUI graduate and professional students.