OFD Newsletter: March 22, 2021

Attend the Online Lilly Conference at No Cost

DELTA and the Office of Faculty Development are pleased to announce the purchase of a site license for the ITLC Online Lilly Conference, occurring May 5 – May 26, 2021 with asynchronous sessions available through August 31. The Lilly conference is focused on enhancing online, onsite and hybrid teaching and learning. Attendees will enjoy 4 full days of conference programming, conveniently scheduled across four Wednesdays to reduce disruption to your teaching schedule.

The conference is geared toward faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers, representing nearly every discipline found in higher education. Attendees will enjoy a variety of 20-minute and 40-minute asynchronous sessions, traditional plenary addresses, synchronous facilitated discussions, and poster presentations addressing contemporary issues and include proven, innovative pedagogies.

The Call for Proposals is currently open with a deadline of March 31, 2021.

No Cost For The NC State Community

The NC State site license provides up to 150 free conference registrations for faculty, staff and graduate students using their NC State email addresses. Registration is normally $325 per person.

Registration includes:

• Access to ALL conference presentations
• Synchronous sessions including Q&A with all 10 plenary presenters
• Synchronous sessions including Q&A in select sessions
• Asynchronous sessions and participate in discussion boards
• Poster gallery with audio introductions and discussion boards
• Networking with colleagues on discussion boards
• Conference workbook
• Exhibitor sessions with product discounts
• Raffles

How to Register

The Office of Faculty Development is managing registration for the conference and will gather registration requests and send them to Lilly Online in batches. If you want to attend the conference, complete the registration form.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration from the Office of Faculty Development and later from ITLC Online Lilly Conference when we send them the batch registrations.

Remember there is no cost for registration and you can submit a conference proposal before being registered.

If you have questions about this opportunity or about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), please contact the Office of Faculty Development at faculty-development@ncsu.edu.

2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition for 2022-23 is open. Visit the Catalog of Awards for details of over 400 awards offered across 130 countries.

The deadline to apply is September 15, 2021. Please note that U.S. citizenship is required. Join a webinar this month to learn more about Fulbright opportunities around the world.

• March 24: Opportunities in Social Sciences and the Humanities for Fulbright U.S. Scholar Applicants
• March 30: Opportunities in STEM for Fulbright U.S. Scholar Applicants

All webinars listed will take place 2-3 pm EST. Can’t join live? All webinars are recorded and archived on the Fulbright website. To view more upcoming and archived webinars, visit the Webinar Schedule.

Chat Café: Coffee Talk for Wolfpack Faculty

Are you ready for some coffee talk? Looking for a place to connect with colleagues, ask questions, and share ideas about teaching in these challenging, uncertain times? Join DELTA, NC State University Libraries, and OFD virtually for the Faculty Chat Café in the spring.

The Chat Café is open via Zoom every Friday from 9:00-10:00 a.m., plus this Wednesday’s (March 24) Wellness Day! Go to go.ncsu.edu/fac-chat to save the dates on your calendar with the Zoom links.

Six Tips for a Kind and Compassionate Approach to Virtual Meetings

Today on Faculty Forum, OFD Executive Director Dr. Diane D. Chapman provides some tips for how to make your virtual meetings kinder and more compassionate.

Check out the tips here.

Student Food and Housing Insecurity at NC State

• Thursday, March 25, 2021
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Join the Libraries for a facilitated discussion regarding student food and housing insecurity at NC State. During the course of this hour we will present new data on student homelessness and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joining us for a panel discussion are Dr. Mary Haskett (Professor of Psychology at NC State and Co-Chair of the NC State Student Food and Housing Security Initiative), author and filmmaker Diane Nilan (Dismazed and Driven: My Look at Family Homelessness in America) and recent NC State graduate and advocate, Indira Gutierrez, now a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina.

Please register here to attend.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, March 24

• Faculty Chat Café, 9:00 a.m.

Friday, March 26

• Faculty Chat Café, 9:00 a.m.
• Award Ready Series: Writing Strong Letters of Support, 10:00 a.m.

Monday, March 29

• Mindful Mondays, 9:00 a.m.

Friday, April 9

• SoTL Institute Applications Due, 11:59 p.m.