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Part of the Core Training for Supervisors program, this session will provide a review of 10 common roadblocks that can impact supervisor success. Attendees will gain knowledge on how to avoid these pitfalls, tools to be successful, and how HR can support leaders in difficult situations.

🎥 This session will be recorded.

Join us for a virtual, 40-minute workshop designed specifically for staff at App State University. In this session we'll explore Microsoft Copilot, a secure AI chatbot powered by the same technology as ChatGPT.

You’ll learn about the benefits and challenges of integrating Copilot into your daily work supporting students and faculty at the university. This workshop also includes a live demonstration and walkthrough of Copilot, showcasing practical ways you can use it for administrative tasks. Whether you’re new to AI tools, or looking to enhance your current workflows, this workshop will provide valuable insights and hands-on experience to help you make the most of this innovative technology.

Everyone who registers will receive the following, even if you can't attend live:

➡️ A link to the session recording ➡️ A collection of over 40 prompts to use ➡️ Resources for using Copilot for administrative tasks

This workshop will introduce users to Banner Self-Service, Web-Focus Dashboards, and E-print. The main topics covered will include how to access your funds, fund reconciliations, and online budget queries and transfers. The workshop is primarily designed for new departmental administrative staff and includes hands-on instruction and demonstrations.

This workshop is required for App State users who will be working in the Scala Content Management System (CMS) and managing one or more Scala screens. It must be completed before access to Scala CMS will be granted.

This workshop introduces users to the Scala Content Management System (CMS) at Appalachian. Also appropriate for anyone wanting a refresher.

Here is an opportunity for faculty to visit with four outstanding community service agencies in Boone, to learn about their work and discuss ways that students can be involved via service-learning projects. Transportation will be provided to the four nonprofit stops and we'll receive a tour of the agencies. Come see with your own eyes the good work being done by our community partners!

Introduction to and practice of the Wim Hof breathing method (30min to 45min). There will be a short description of benefits from the Wim Hof Method of breathwork and meditation.

Following breathwork will be a 10 to 15 min. silent meditation.

Facilitated by Matthew Cooper, Counseling for Faculty and Staff

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

Led by Appalachian Student Ambassadors, a select group of student leaders, who give personalized tours of Appalachian's campus to VIP alum, prospective students, and staff. Please join us for this event to hear from passionate students about what they love most about App State.

Please contact Dalton Akos at akosde@appstate.edu if you have any accessibility concerns and we will be happy to accommodate.

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

Please join us for this delicious Campus Connection event with Campus Dining! Campus Dining is committed to serving the Appalachian community using sustainable practices, creative and intentional menu planning, and constantly engaging in the ever-changing dialogue surrounding food.

Join Lillian Nave, CETLSS’s Hickory-based Faculty and Educational Development Specialist and Brenda Thomas on Zoom for conversation and community-building while learning about what it means to be a VITAL faculty member at App State.

The end of the semester is upon us, and it’s time to close it out successfully! How can you do this? Join this workshop to discover practical strategies for supporting students as they navigate the final weeks of the academic term, ensuring they end on a positive note. Explore methods for connecting course learning objectives to future work and real-world applications, empowering students to see the relevance of their education beyond the classroom. Learn how to utilize tools like Voicethread, Moodle Discussion boards, and Google Forms to enhance student engagement, facilitate discussions, and gather valuable feedback for continuous improvement. By the end of the workshop, you'll be equipped with actionable insights and tools to enhance your teaching practices and help your students thrive.

Effective leadership is critical for the success of any organization. The primary objective of this leadership development program is to equip attendees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively lead teams, drive organizational growth, and achieve strategic objectives. Over two days, the following topics will be covered: EHS for managers, Payroll, Time & leave, Work-Life Balance, Performance Management Fundamentals, Employee Relations, EEODF Overview, & Class/Comp Review. This program will be offered on a quarterly basis and will require attendees to be present for both days of training.

Enhancing the accessibility of your course and course materials will benefit a wide range of learners. We will learn and review accessibility skills, common academic adjustments, and strategies to ensure online materials are accessible and compliant.

We invite the campus community to attend presentations provided by the candidates for the role of Director of Innovation in Practice. Come listen to them discuss how to grow our campus capacity to manage the translation of ideas into impact through intellectual property protection, commercialization, and technology transfer. A unique Zoom Meeting ID and Passcode have been added to each presentation for attending virtually.

As a supervisor at Appalachian State University, you play a critical role in creating and maintaining a safe, equitable, and inclusive work environment for our employees. Part of this role involves upholding Equal Employment Opportunity laws and our commitment to our institutional values. In order to ensure that you have the tools you need to fulfill this role, we will be implementing the Equal Employment Opportunity Fundamentals (EEODF) training. EEODF is a mandatory training for all managers and supervisors with North Carolina state agencies and UNC system institutions per G.S. 126-16.1. This training provides a thorough background in EEO law as well as thought-provoking situations to assess and improve your cultural competence in the workplace.

In this interactive workshop, participants learn how empathy mapping can be used in course design to identify specific student challenges and needs by considering often-overlooked aspects of the learning experience. Through a series of collaborative exercises, attendees will learn how to integrate empathy mapping into their teaching practice, making courses more accessible and engaging for students.

Description: Attention all Faculty and Staff! Are you interested in contributing to App State’s mission to create an environment free of discrimination and harassment? If so, you are invited to join Equal Opportunity for an essential session. To discuss employees' obligations for mandatory reporting. You will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to accurately receive and report incidents of prohibited conduct and receive resources.

Are you new to AsULearn or need a refresher on setting up your gradebook? This session will guide you through a straightforward method to translate your course grading policy into the AsULearn gradebook. We'll explain the most popular grading methods used by faculty, and discuss when to use one over another. Additionally, we’ll cover essential tasks for gradebook setup and explore various gradebook views available to you. Join us to streamline your grading process and make the most of AsULearn’s features.

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff (HPFS) provides Appalachian State University staff, faculty, retirees, and their spouses/domestic partners with programs and services that help to promote a healthier lifestyle and a better quality of life. Major components of the program include health and fitness, preventive care, and outreach programs. Our facilities are available to all faculty, staff, retirees, and their spouses/domestic partners at no charge.

How to find the "Hidden Gem" (AKA Varisty Gym): If you enter the gymnasium from Rivers Street, immediately upon entering the glass doors, take the stairs (down) to your left (next to the water fountain). There is a "Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff" poster, at the top of the stairs.

If you enter Varsity Gym from the campus side, you are greeted with the Military Science trophy case. Go down the stairs (two flights), pass vending machines (on your left). Walk across the gymnasium floor (short side) toward Rivers Street. Once you are in the lobby, take the stairs (down) to your right (just past restrooms and water fountain).

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

Come to learn a general overview of Information Technology at App State - support, security, hardware/software and Google tips and tricks.

Any App State user can create and share appropriate university-wide messages with campus. Having a Scala system is not required.

This workshop introduces participants to the guidelines for creating and sharing digital slides at App State, including communications planning, slide design standards, and side sharing and distribution.

This workshop is appropriate for anyone who wants to create digital slides for distribution to campus.

Come learn some basics for making accessible PDF tables that can be understood by screen readers.

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

All App State alumni are automatically part of the Alumni Association! Come learn about the programs and support we provide for our nearly 145,000 alumni.

Join us for an introduction to the office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Emergency Management (EHS&EM). All new employees on campus are required to take this course in support of App State's commitment to campus safety and security. During this session, we'll cover the basics of safety and emergency management on campus and indicate areas where specific position types may have extra responsibilities.

This workshop introduces you to the user-friendly Grackle Docs accessibility checker for Google Docs. Grackle Docs makes it easy to check and fix Google Doc accessibility issues and export Google Docs as accessible PDFs. It takes the guesswork out of creating accessible Google documents. By the end of the workshop, participants will know how to activate and use the Grackle Docs add-on in their Google account.

App State is a nationally recognized leader in global engagement. The Office of International Programs (OIP) oversees the university's global engagement activities. Join us in this engaging workshop to learn more about the work of OIP and how you, as an employee, can get involved globally.

Employee onboarding is crucial for creating a positive employee experience, setting the stage for long-term success, and maximizing the value that new employees bring to the organization. As a leader, it is imperative we understand the benefits of onboarding and how to support new employees during their onboarding journey. Come learn how orientation and onboarding can lead to improved performance, retention, and engagement among new team members.

Vision: This group is intended to be a support network for staff with kids birth to eight years old. It can be challenging to work full-time and parent full-time, so let’s support each other as we chug along on this journey. We hope that this group offers an opportunity for members to share their experiences, recommend resources, celebrate milestones, commiserate about the challenges, and build relationships with other staff who are parents of young children. We hope that this group allows for community building among staff that are in the trenches of dirty diapers, tantruming toddlers, kids learning to read, and never ending laundry. This group is supportive of Queer and non-traditional family types and all parent (or kid) gender identities and expressions.

Intended Audience: Staff members with children between the ages of birth to 8 years.

Meeting Pattern: Bring-your-own lunch meetings from 12:00 - 1:30 on the following days: 3/8 - PSU 169 Three Top Mountain Room 3/15 - PSU 165 Elk Knob Room 4/12 - PSU 165 Elk Knob Room 5/17 - PSU 165 Elk Kno Room

This workshop will equip you with the knowledge and technical skills to create accessible PowerPoint presentations. It will teach you what features make a PowerPoint accessible and how to include them in presentations. We will also discuss how to check and fix the accessibility of existing presentations.

This workshop will guide the user through the administrative internal proposal process for App State which will include a visual infographic that will be shared with each workshop participant. Whether you are working independently, or with collaborators from external organizations, this workshop will provide a better understanding of the internal steps your proposal goes through prior to proposal submission.

Welcome to "Search Committee Guidance, Strategies, and Impactful Hiring Practices" a comprehensive training workshop designed to equip hiring managers and search committee members with essential skills and knowledge to navigate the hiring process ethically and effectively. This course will provide a deep dive into best practices for hiring, focusing on the do’s and don’ts of recruitment, and offer detailed guidance on adhering to federal guidelines and ethical standards.

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

The Department of Theatre and Dance is one of seven departments housed in Appalachian's College of Fine and Applied Arts. Its mission is to facilitate transformative experiences for students and the public, which cultivate compassionate, creative, and collaborative communities through theatre and dance. The department also offers coursework for integrated learning through the arts to the general university student population. Its dynamic co-curricular production program provides exemplary theatre and dance experiences to departmental students, the university community, and the region.

Your Campus Connection event takes place in the venerable Valborg Theatre, home to Theatre and Dance productions and campus events since 1994. After an info session and overview of various T&D programs, includes a backstage tour of the Chapell Wilson Hall which opened in 1938 as Appalachian High School before becoming part of the university in 1965. The building was constructed through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great Depression and was, among many other things, the first home of our campus radio station, WASU.

Vision: We’ll explore the opportunities and challenges associated with relocating to the High Country in an inclusive and welcoming environment designed to support employees as they navigate being newcomers to the area. This peer mentoring circle is intended for employees who are newcomers to the area, particularly staff who relocated to the area without previous connections to the university or community.

Transparency in course design and assignments has been demonstrated to enhance student outcomes (Winklemes et al., 2016). This workshop will clarify what transparency in teaching entails and provide practical, context-specific methods to help both students and instructors focus on the “whats,” “whys,” and “hows” of learning. Transparency is not just a practice but also a mindset that supports a continuous commitment to educational parity. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about transparency, whether they are looking for concrete strategies or exploring foundational philosophies and values.

This training is offered via Zoom for Travel & Business Expense (T&E) cardholders and those responsible for reconciling travel reports for T&E cardholders. You will learn about the policies T&E cardholders must follow, what is allowed and not allowed to be charged on the card, and how to complete T&E card expense reports to reconcile T&E card charges. This training is required for all T&E cardholders to attend before picking up their card and is highly encouraged for those who are responsible for reconciling T&E card transactions/completing T&E card charge expense reports to attend. This training is offered once a month via Zoom.

Session Goals: Explore definitions of disability, ableism, identity, accessibility, and inclusion Explain primary models of disability & ableism Move us beyond compliance and toward inclusivity Offer strategies for creating accessible, inclusive, and disability-affirming spaces

Learn about the PDF tags tree, an essential part of digital accessibility. Gain knowledge in properly formatting PDFs to they can logically be understood by a screen reader.

Campus Connections are short 1-hour meet ups at various locations around campus. These events are designed to inspire you and the students you serve to become engaged campus citizens and form lasting relationships. The investment you make now will serve you well as you continue your service at AppState!

Please join us for this exciting campus connection at University Recreation (UREC). University Recreation's (UREC) mission is to facilitate an inclusive environment where recreation and wellness opportunities transform, engage, and care for the App State community to enhance student learning and development. This event features a tour of the Student Recreation Center, overview of each facility (Quinn Rec Center, Mt. Mitchell, Bike App, Camp Broadstone and State Farm fields), membership information, and overview of programs and services (aquatics, fitness, sports, and outdoor programs).

Professional development opportunity focusing on work-life balance. Learn how to improve workplace communication and engagement, prevent and address burnout, and access employee wellness resources. For leaders, you will also learn how to assess any needs of your team to promote work-life balance.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce users to Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Receipts, and Invoices in YoMart. The workshop is a hands-on workshop designed for administrative staff.