Available Workshops

To register for a workshop please click on the name of the workshop you are interesting in attending to see the list of dates and times offered. You will receive an email confirmation confirming your registration. If a workshop is full you will be assigned to the wait list. If you are unable to attend a workshop, please contact the workshop presenter to cancel your registration.

If you are unable to attend a workshop, access your My Workshops page (link also in top right of page) to see your registrations, and click the Drop button beside the appropriate entry. The workshop presenter will be notified and your seat will be available for another participant.

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Transfer Faculty Mentor Training
A transfer faculty mentor is a faculty member interested in developing supportive, academic relationships with prospective and new Appalachian transfer students. Faculty mentors, ideally in the student's area of study, will provide help in understanding the curriculum and the student's remaining required coursework as well as provide guidance, support, and referral to resources that will benefit new students in a new environment. Mentors have the ability to influence, encourage, and guide transfer students to enhance their academic success. During the training participants will learn about the characteristics and needs of transfer students, the transfer student population at Appalachian, and what you can do to support transfer students and to be a successful transfer mentor.

Benefit Annual Enrollment Information for 2018
Employees will be given information on State Health Plan changes for 2018 as well as supplemental benefit changes in the NCFlex program for 2018. Step by step instructions will be provided on how to add or change benefit packages for the 2018 plan year.

UDL and Student Success: The "Why" of Learning
Have you ever seen a student "show up and check out" for your class? You have a classroom full of students, but their minds are not focused on what you are doing in class. Are you sometimes frustrated by "millennial apathy?" How can we engage and motivate our students to really LEARN? Many students just want to "get the grade" but have they really invested themselves? Do you want a classroom full of motivated, fun, interested learners who look forward to learning in your class? Come to this workshop to learn about UDL strategies you can apply today or design into future courses.

Facilitator: Lillian Nave, AppSTAR

Google Lunch and Learn
This series of one-hour sessions will provide opportunities for sharing information and ideas about using Google Apps for Education.

Workshop facilitators will introduce topics and guide discussions to explore the next steps in using Google Apps in courses.

All skills levels are welcome, and all participants will be invited to participate in the workshop and share ideas about ways to effectively use Google Apps.

Facilitator:
Emory Maiden, Learning Technology Services

Workshop sessions:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 at noon
Tue Sep 26, 2017 at noon
Tue Oct 24, 2017 at noon
Tue Nov 7, 2017 at noon

USDA's Rural Development Program Webinar
This webinar will be presented by Colin Cain, Program Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The presentation will include program details and how this recent USDA awardee went about preparing their competitive proposal to the USDA.

Facilitators:

Colin Cain, Center for Agricultural and Rural Advancement, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Karen Fletcher, Office of Research, Grants Resources and Services

Alexander Technique for Mindfulness & Presence
The term "Still Point" reflects an essential aspect of the Alexander Technique (AT). Using or applying AT to our lives comes down to getting quiet within and touching this still point where we are neither moving towards nor away, yet we are far from stuck... We are taking time and we are finding support in the space and vitality of the still point.

During this workshop, you will experience the effects of contacting this "still point of support" within yourself and learn how to transfer that to mindfulness in your daily activities and presence in the classroom.

Facilitated by Corinne Cassini, Still Point

Reacquainting Yourself with Linear Regression
This workshop will cover the basics of simple and multiple linear regression, including when to use a linear regression, what is signified by each component of the linear regression equation, how to interpret regression coefficients, and how multicollinearity impacts the relationships between predictors and outcomes. This workshop will use SPSS.

Facilitators:
Dr. Shawn Bergman,Office of Research Consultation
Zach Morgan, Office of Research Consultation

Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a powerful, professional layout application that is a standard among graphic designers and publishers. Its feature set goes beyond word processing with functionality for fine tuning every element on a page and throughout a publication. This workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts related to creating and modifying an InDesign document as well as making you aware of some of its more sophisticated features.

Book Club
Our fall book club will read, and discuss the themes in The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser. In The Filter Bubble, Parser explores how the "personalized web" shapes what we read, consume and what we think.

Facilitator:
Emory Maiden, Learning Technology Services

The Book Club will meet Aug 30th ,Sept 27th and Oct 25th at 2:30pm.

Book club members will be given a copy of the book.

If you have questions please contact Emory Maiden at maidenev3@appstate.edu

UDL101:Universal Design for Learning for Beginners
Are you interested in creating a successful course for your students, or making the one you are already teaching a better experience for everyone? Are you frustrated by students' poor performance? Just a few small, easy tweaks can mean a WORLD of difference to your students and their performance in your class. And it makes your life as an instructor much easier, too! Come learn about Universal Design for Learning strategies to streamline teaching whatever it is you want your students to learn.

Facilitator:

Lillian Nave; College STAR

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