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Workshops: All Faculty

Teaching the Students We Have

This year’s workshop plenary featured Margarita Rayzberg  (Sociology & Criminology) and members of the Student Expectations Task Force. Margarita gave a report on “Who are the students we have?”  The…

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The Future of Higher Education

This year’s workshop featured guest speaker and Futurist Bryan Alexander, Ph.D. Dr. Alexander completed his English language and literature PhD at the University of Michigan in 1997, with a dissertation…

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Celebrating Teaching & Learning Innovation

This year’s workshop plenary featured Jonathan Canning (Director of the Brauer Musuem of Art) and Lisa Jennings (Director of the Valparaiso University Experience). Jonathan provided an overview of exhibits planned…

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Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI

This year’s workshop featured guest speaker Derek Bruff, Ph.D. Dr. Bruff received his Ph.D. in Mathematics and has over twenty years of experience as an educator and academic leader in…

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Artificial Intelligence

The Spring Workshop focused on Artificial Intelligence, including ChatGPT and was comprised of four breakout sessions: AI and Re-Imagining Writing Assignments, Creative Uses of AI, Academic Integrity and AI, and…

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The Green Campus

This end-of-year workshop included discussions about the Lilly Camps Project and creating a more sustainable campus. Breakout sessions included the subjects of the campus waste audit, designing curriculum and experiences…

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The New Strategic Plan

The Fall 2022 Faculty Workshop featured an overview of the University’s new strategic plan entitled, Uplift Valpo: Our Beacon for the Journey Forward, and how the strategic plan relates to…

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