Fall Welcome Week begins August 22: Approximately 1,650 new first-year and transfer students will arrive on campus on Monday, August 22, and Tuesday, August 23. Following move-in and check-in, more than 85 Welcome Week events will take place from Monday, August 22, through Tuesday, August 30, planned by the Office of Orientation and First-Year Programs (OFYP). These programs include the following signature events:
- Convocation, Welcome Week Expo, Candlelight Ceremony (Wednesday, August 24)
- Academic Open House, Welcome from the Deans, One Community (Thursday, August 25)
- Wilson Day of Engagement (Friday, August 26)
- Celebrate Diversity (Saturday, August 27)
- Campus Open House (Monday, August 29)
The full schedule of events will be posted in the Welcome Week app, available soon. You can also find events for parents and families of incoming students on the OFYP website. Contact orientation@rochester.edu with questions.
Associate Dean of College Enrollment and Director of Financial Aid receives NASFAA leadership award: Samantha Veeder, associate dean of College enrollment and director of financial aid, received one of six National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) regional leadership awards, presented to financial aid professionals who have exhibited high integrity and character, have shown creative leadership, and have inspired and encouraged others to actively participate in professional development. Each year, NASFAA presents awards to deserving members of the financial aid profession and higher education community at the national conference, with more than 1,500 student aid professionals from across the country in attendance. NASFAA is a nonprofit membership organization that represents more than 32,000 financial aid professionals at approximately 3,000 colleges, universities, and career schools across the country.
Education abroad Spring 2023 applications now open: Applications are now open for students who want to go abroad for the Spring 2023 semester. Students can learn more about how to start the process by checking out the Center for Education Abroad website. The Center for Education Abroad is also excited about the re-opening of the faculty-led Arezzo, Italy, program for the Spring 2023 semester. If you are interested in leading a Summer 2023 program, contact Ted Pagano for more information.
Academic honesty resources to share with your students: The academic honesty liaison’s office has various student support resources (some new, some old) including a series of videos for students (overview of academic honesty, honesty in taking exams, honesty in writing papers) that are available to faculty and staff to view in Box. If you are interested in viewing these videos, and potentially using them as a conversation-starting part of your Blackboard courses this semester, please contact Academic Honesty Liaison Greer Murphy: honestyliaison@rochester.edu.
Additionally, the academic honesty website has been updated. With the help of the Writing, Speaking, and Argument program, the instructors’ resource page now links to an Academic Honesty with Online Learning Tools presentation you can use to help students think critically about writing-related virtual education resources. Feel free to link to this presentation and direct students to the Tips and Pitfalls page, which lists reminders (tips) for them to complete academic work with integrity as well as common concerns (pitfalls) they may encounter.
For further best practice guidance, you can also refer students to various quizzes: quiz #1 (honesty policy), quiz #2 (scenarios), or quiz #3 (honesty in online/hybrid learning). Send your questions, comments, or concerns about teaching to support honesty and integrity to Academic Honesty Liaison Greer Murphy: honestyliaison@ur.rochester.edu. Send questions or concerns about how to report cases of a suspected policy violation to Murphy or Paulo Barelli, chair of the Board on Academic Honesty, at college.honesty@ur.rochester.edu. Thank you for your efforts to uphold the spirit and the letter of our academic honesty policy!
Partner with the Greene Center to support the career needs of students: One of the best ways to ensure that all students have equitable access to career education is through the classroom. The Greene Center is available to partner with academic departments to support the career needs of students and can assist you with the following:
- Ways to embed experiential learning opportunities into the classroom (i.e. partnering with local companies on employer-based projects)
- Career outcomes and engagement data report for your majors
- Major Career Pathways
- Mapping College Competencies to your course syllabi
Email Cathy Caizza to learn more or make a specific request.
Join a Teaching Center group for active learning: Instructors teaching a 2022 fall semester course enrolling AS&E students are invited to join a Teaching Center group to explore small, easy-to-implement, evidence-based classroom activities that can be dropped into ongoing courses. Participants commit to meeting six times to read James Lang’s Small Teaching (provided), as well as trying out one of the teaching strategies once and reporting back to the group on how it worked out. If interested, contact Rachel Remmel.
Transparent Assignment Design Fellowship: This Teaching Center fellowship supports instructors teaching AS&E students in transitioning non-test assignments using the principles of transparent assignment design, which has been shown to improve student performance, particularly for first-generation students. Over the 2022 fall semester, fellows will meet approximately five times to learn the principles of transparent assignment design, transition their assignments, and workshop their assignments with their peers. The fellowship carries a $500 stipend for instructors to use in their teaching and research. Learn how to apply here.
College Course Development Fellowship: This Teaching Center fellowship brings together a small group of instructors to collaborate in developing, planning, and implementing their AS&E undergraduate courses. Fellows enjoy intensive support from the Teaching Center staff and are each awarded a $1,000 stipend for use in their research and teaching. A new cohort of fellows will meet during the 2022 fall semester to work collaboratively on their 2023 spring course and then debrief and revise their plans during the 2023 semester. Learn how to apply here.
