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September 6, 2024

Kathy Aoki, John Birmingham, Alison Lucas, Kathleen Schneider, Daniel Press, Kat Saxton, Maggie Hunter in Daniel's garden.

Daniel hosted the ADs and the Strategic Advisor for Faculty DEI Initiatives at his house recently to discuss priorities, plans and projects to focus on this academic year. Left to right: Kathy Aoki, John Birmingham, Alison Lucas, Kathleen Schneider, Daniel Press, Kat Saxton, Maggie Hunter.

Dear College Faculty and Staff,

Welcome back from what I hope was a relaxing and enjoyable summer!

We had a productive few months here in the Dean’s Office, successfully participating in our first in-person Orientation since the pandemic, converting all of our non-tenure track faculty contracts in light of the new union agreement, and conducting a search for the College’s first Assistant Dean for Student Services and Academic Support, among many others.

I look forward to seeing you all at our annual College of Arts and Sciences Convocation on Tuesday, September 17 at 10:30 am in the Missions Gardens. I will have a more substantial update on the College then and will announce our faculty and staff award winners for this year! Lunch on the St. Ignatius Lawn behind Kenna will follow. As usual, we will have a photographer taking head shots. Please sign up for a timeslot if you are interested. Walk ups will be accommodated as time allows.

Here is a Labor Day-themed poem for the last, hot days of summer,

Daniel Press

Labor Day

By Joseph Millar

Even the bosses are sleeping late
in the dusty light of September.

The parking lot’s empty and no one cares.
No one unloads a ladder, steps on the gas

or starts up the big machines in the shop,
sanding and grinding, cutting and binding.

No one lays a flat bead of flux over a metal seam
or lowers the steel forks from a tailgate.

Shadows gather inside the sleeve
of the empty thermos beside the sink,

the bells go still by the channel buoy,
the wind lies down in the west,

the tuna boats rest on their tie-up lines
turning a little, this way and that.

College of Arts and Sciences Calendar

Sep

6

The Mobile Professor

1-3 PM | Learning Commons Room 205

A majority of SCU students use the Canvas mobile app to access content in their Camino courses, to engage with peers, and to submit assignments and assessments. Learn how you can use the app as an instructor to optimize your students’ mobile Camino learning experience and to further engage with your students.

Sep

9

Camino Quizzes (Virtual)

1-2 PM | Zoom

Learn how to create, moderate, and grade quizzes in Camino’s New Quizzes tool. Activities include learning how to make various question types, create question banks, and set up grading, and interpreting quiz result reports.

Sep

10

Optimizing Teaching and Learning in Camino (Virtual)

9:30 AM-12:30 PM | Zoom

This workshop will teach you how to enhance student engagement through thoughtful Camino course design. Drawing from instructional design principles and research-based frameworks for course development, you will learn ways to align your learning objectives with course materials, learning activities, instructional tools, and course accessibility to put student learning at the center of your Camino design.

Sep

10

Camino Assignments (Virtual)

10-11 AM | Zoom

The Camino Learning Management System allows you to create a variety of assessment types using the Assignments tool. A well-planned series of assignments in Camino gives your students the feedback they need to succeed while simplifying your grading process. Learn how to create, grade, and provide feedback to students in Camino in this hands-on workshop.

Sep

11

Camino Basics

2-3 PM | Faculty Development Lab (Learning Commons 141)

Learn the basics of Camino, SCU’s branded version of the Canvas Learning Management System. Topics include: how to log in, access courses, communicate with students, change your personal and course settings, upload a syllabus, and organize resources in Modules.

Sep

12

Camino Course Design

2-3 PM | Faculty Development Lab (Learning Commons 141)

Well-designed Camino courses promote student engagement while helping instructors stay organized. Using modules, students can find documents, learning activities, and assignments all in one place.

Sep

13

Camino Gradebook (Virtual)

1-2 PM | Zoom

Make full use of Camino’s grading features to manage grade visibility and execute complex grading processes. Participants will learn how to: set up their gradebook with a grade posting policy that matches their grading workflow, configure weighted grades, and show students where they can view instructor feedback.

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College of Arts and Sciences

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