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School of Music Faculty Win Two 2023 AVA Digital® Awards for Music Videos
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The Association for Marketing and Communication Professionals released their 2023 Audio Visual Arts Digital® Awards Winners. In partnership with WUFT Media Services, UF School of Music faculty and students won two awards: 1) Platinum Winner® for Long Form Music Video for "Oh Korea" by the UF Concert Choir, and 2) Gold Winner® for Long Form Music Video for "2022 Sounds of the Season" by the UF Symphony Choir. The UF faculty music production team included:
- Willard R. Kesling, Ph.D., Director of Choral Activities: Producer for "Oh Korea" and Producer, Artistic Director, and Conductor for "2022 Sounds of the Season"
- José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D., Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Music Business & Entrepreneurship: Producer, Mixing Engineer, and Mastering Engineer for "Oh Korea" and Guest Flutist and Saxophonist for "Sounds of the Season"
- Thaddaeus Bourne, D.M.A., Visiting Professor of Voice: Co-Producer for "Oh Korea" and Guest Baritone Vocalist for "2022 Sounds of the Season"
- Silviu Ciulei, D.M., Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Guitar: Guitarist for "2022 Sounds of the Season"
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Congratulations to the February Passport to Great Teaching Completers
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To participate in the passport to great teaching program, visit the Center for Teaching Excellence's website.
Great Teaching for New Faculty Certificate
Ellen Terry
Maria Puscama
Great Online Teaching Certificate
Erika Brooke
Great Teaching Certificate
Alex Parker
Great Teaching using Universal Design Certificate
Erika Brooke
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Self-Care Note Protocol Lifted - Student Healthcare Center Returning to Normal Capacity for Visits
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After a sustained increase in the availability of daily appointments and a decrease in positivity rates for tested medical conditions, the Student Healthcare Center (SHCC) returned to normal capacity for visits. Starting Monday, March 6, 2023, the SHCC in collaboration with the Dean of Students Office (DSO) will be lifting the Self-Care Note Protocol. This will mean a return to normal operations, including the provision of excuse notes from the SHCC and Instructor Notifications from the DSO in accordance with the UF Attendance Policy.
Find Information about services provided by the Student Health Care Center, including hours and services. Information about Dean of Students Office and Campus Assistance and Resources for Empowerment (CARE), including Case Management and Instructor Notifications, are available the Dean of Students Care site.
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Last year, the UF Author Rights Policy was unanimously approved by the Faculty Senate and took effect for all faculty on April 1, 2022. Under the terms of this policy, faculty retain broader rights to share scholarly journal articles with colleagues, students, policymakers, and public audiences. The policy website offers more information on sharing your work, including frequently asked questions and the official policy text.
Any faculty member may opt out of the policy, either for a single article or for the calendar year running from April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024.
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Certificate in Multicultural Mentoring - First of Three Sessions Begins March 27th
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The Southeastern Conference (SEC), the University of Florida, and the International Mentoring Association (IMA) are pleased to offer this three-part online series that will provide SEC faculty and staff tools for effective multicultural mentoring. Participants who attend all three live zoom sessions will earn a certificate, and participants in any of the sessions will be eligible for half price membership to the IMA.
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Session 1
Digging Deeper, Doing Better: Optimizing Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Mentorship Practices
Dr. Kelly Diggs-Andrews
Founder and CEO
Diggs-Andrews Consulting, LLC
March 27, 2023
12:00 -1:30 PM EDT
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Session 2
Why Mentoring Matters for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Moving from Research to Practice
Dr. Audrey J. Murrell
Professor of Business Administration and Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
April 6, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 PM EDT
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Session 3
Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring
Lisa Fain
CEO
Center for Mentoring Excellence
April 13, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 PM EDT
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NIH Hosts Listening Sessions to Hear from Postdoctoral Mentors- First Session is Today
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NIH seeks to lay the foundation for a strong future of biomedical research leadership and innovation through the growth of a robust and diverse biomedical workforce. To meet this goal, NIH recently announced a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the biomedical research community to provide their thoughts on the state of postdoctoral research training and NIH postdoctoral policies and programs.
If you were recently a postdoc or mentor postdocs, share your insights about the challenges and opportunities ahead for the postdoc community.
In addition to opportunities for written feedback, NIH will host four virtual listening sessions between March 8 and March 20 to gain community insights. Learn more about and register for the NIH listening sessions.
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New Workshop: Applying Learning Analytics - Begins March 30th
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As part of the university’s ongoing efforts to enhance student success, UFIT is offering a new workshop highlighting how learning analytics tools can be utilized to enhance student outcomes.
The workshop introduces instructors to course-level learning analytics data in Canvas and other educational tools. Participants will learn how analytics can inform changes in their course design and provide customized student guidance during the learning process.
Over a three-week period (March 30-April 13), participants are required to attend two 90-minute synchronous sessions (Zoom available). There is an option for an additional 90-minute synchronous or asynchronous session. All synchronous sessions are held on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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Upcoming Workshops with the Center for Teaching Excellence
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Cultural Differences in Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
Presented by Marina Klimenko
March 17, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Online
Human communication can be achieved through vocal (language) and non-vocal modalities (e.g., facial expressions, gestures, body posture, etc.). Although, there are universal principles that guide all human communication, notable cultural differences still exist and may lead to communication breakdown between people of different cultural background, even if they communicate using the same language. Some of the notable cultural differences that may affect human communication rules are degree of cultural individualism (vs collectivism), high (vs low) context and masculine (vs feminine) societal values (Geert Hofstede). In this talk, you will learn more about these three cultural dimensions (individualism, high/low context and masculinity), and explain how/why they may influence human communication styles. You will also discuss potential negative consequences that stem from inappropriate application of cultural communication rules by non-native speakers. This talk should be particularly useful for instructors and mentors who collaborate/teach culturally diverse groups of students.
Everyday UDL: Practical classroom & mentorship strategies that also enact DEI
Presented by Consuelo Kreider & Truly Hardemon
March 20, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Online
Universal design for learning (UDL) is a transformative instructional approach that, in its adoption, exposes fundamental biases in traditional curricula. However, implementation of UDL principles, in its intentional consideration of diverse learner characteristics remediates such fundamental biases. We will present principles of UDL, share simple strategies for its implementation in classroom, advising, and mentorship contexts, and discuss practicalities of shifting our instructional framework from traditional instructional practices to adoption of a student-asset framework through UDL practices that intentionally consider diverse learner characteristics.
Creating Global Classrooms Through Virtual Exchange
Presented by Carrie Martins
March 21, 10:00am – 11:00am
Online
Join this workshop to discover how to turn your class into a global classroom. Through virtual exchange, faculty can connect their UF classes with students and faculty abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on course-related material, and develop intercultural competence skills. In the 2021-2022 academic year, over 1,400 UF students took courses that incorporated international virtual exchange activities in a variety of disciplines. This workshop will help you discover different types of virtual exchange projects and will connect you to trainings and resources to get you started.
Playposit Lunch and Learn
Presented by Brady Venables
March 22, 12:00pm – 12:30pm
Online
Join this session to learn about how you can increase accountability, reduce grading, and add engagement with video based learning in Canvas.
Create Presentation Visuals Worthy of the TED Stage
Presented by Karina Kolb
March 23, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Online
Imagine you are giving the best presentation of your career. Your verbal delivery is captivating and masterfully choreographed with slide visuals and props that are attention grabbing, easy to understand, and even moving. This is what it means to use presentation visuals in a way that is worthy of the TED stage. In this course, participants will learn about the common mistakes presenters make with their presentation visuals, gain insights into the way the human brain best processes information while experiencing a presentation, leverage visual techniques for making your content resonate and stick, use next-level techniques to plan a visual presentation, analyze examples from some of the worlds best presenters, and apply key design principles. This course is helpful for both novice and even highly seasoned presenters. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop to this session to engage in hands-on design work activities in small groups.
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Developing an Innovative Idea into a Product - UF Innovate Insights Seminar March 22nd
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March 22nd: 12 - 1:30 PM
Serial entrepreneur John Engels will share his insights into technology development and overcoming commercialization challenges to bring biomedical products to market. Learn the importance of the business model, team, and what academic innovators can do to advance commercialization. Reserve your space here.
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Distinguished Professor Lecture with Mo Wang - March 24th
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Please join the Faculty Senate for the upcoming Distinguished Professor Lecture
Is Retirement a Curse or a Blessing? Work and Retirement Pathways Matter
March 24th @ 3:30 p.m., 130 Bryan Hall
With Dr. Mo Wang, Distinguished Professor
Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair, Management Department
Director, Human Resource Research Center
Associate Dean, Warrington College of Business
View the flyer, live stream, and recording here.
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UFIT Cloud Fair - Learn About Campus and Public Cloud Storage Options - March 29th
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Faculty have the opportunity to learn about UF-provided cloud options (including research alternatives) as well as hear from the three leading cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Google Cloud Services. This Zoom event will be held Wednesday, March 29, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Learn more and register.
The primary goal of hosting this event is to ensure that faculty have the knowledge and options to protect and secure UF data and intellectual property. For inquiries about the storage and compute options offered by UFIT, please contact Associate Director Barry Kinter.
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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs & Leaders: the Importance of Advisors, Mentors, and Sponsors - March 31st
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Friday March 31, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Offered virtually via Zoom
Learn more & Register
Learn about, share and celebrate the empowering potential of women’s entrepreneurship. The UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center and the Collaboratory for Women Innovators invite students, faculty, staff, and members of the UF community to attend the Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit. This event offers inspirational stories and lessons learned from successful women entrepreneurs.
The event provides opportunities for UF women to connect with peers and other successful business leaders to foster shared learning and community-building, as well as networking, mentoring, start-up and career advice, and career connections.
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Carmen, The Most Popular Opera of All Time - at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - March 31st & April 1st
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The World’s Most Popular Opera, CARMEN, comes to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1, 2023. Carmen, under the stage direction of award-winning Director Anthony Offerle, features an ensemble cast of professional artists and performers from the UF Opera Theatre, School of Theatre and Dance, and the Capella Nova Chorus of Gainesville. Tickets are available for purchase at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or online at performingarts.ufl.edu.
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UF Law Criser Distinguished Graduate Tax Colloquia - March 10th
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Reform of Sections 367(a) and (B) for a Post -TCJA Era
Bret Wells, Law Foundation Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
Friday, March 10, 11:30am, Holland Hall 359
Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information
Part of the UF Law Criser Distinguished Graduate Tax Colloquia
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Learn about AI's Role in Medicine at UF College of Medicine's Upcoming Conference, April 20th-22nd
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Learn about AI's Role in Medicine at UF College of Medicine's Upcoming Conference - April 20th-22nd
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The University of Florida’s inaugural AI4Health: Improving Health through Artificial Intelligence conference will explore how AI-enabled discoveries will change clinical practice and improve patients’ health. Registration is now open for the three-day event, which will take place at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club resorts in Orlando on April 20-22. Virtual options available.
Register now: https://ai.cme.ufl.edu/
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