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February 2020

Feb

Integrating Digital Resources, Online Response and Feedback Tools into the College Classroom

Workshop/Training

Today, educators oftentimes work with students who have been named "digital natives" (Prensky, 2001) and therefore, it is necessary to cultivate the digital literacy skills that they develop outside the classroom in educational settings. In this session, we will focus on three effective ways to integrate instructional technology in college classrooms.

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Huntsman Hall | More Info

Feb

Fulbright Workshops

Workshop/Training

The Fulbright Workshops will provide information on Fulbright program options, eligibility, how to apply, and tips to enhance an application.

Fulbright U.S. Student Session: 3:00 - 4:00. Student applications are due September 9, 2020 for 2021-22 grant awards. Students must have earned at least a bachelor's degree by the time the grant period begins.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Session: 4:00 - 5:00

All are welcome to attend, regardless of when one may consider submitting a Fulbright grant application.

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Feb

Home Buyer Education

Workshop/Training

This workshop was developed to educate first time home buyers about the home purchasing process. Through education, individuals will better understand each step in the process and gain confidence in their home buying decisions.

10:00 am - 6:00 pm | Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence | More Info

Feb

Breaking Barriers: Wild Womxn Workshop Series "Feminine Hygiene and Nutrition in the Back-country"

Workshop/Training

Join us in creating a space where women (trans and non-binary inclusive) can gain knowledge and inspiration to recreate in outdoor spaces. Entrance is free and open to all! Nutrition bars and bandannas provided!

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Outdoor Recreation Center | More Info

Feb

Year of the Women: Intuitive Eating Workshop

Workshop/Training | Year of the Woman

Learn about how to eat intuitively from Brook Parker, RD

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | HPER Building | More Info

Feb

AIS Friday Workshop - Excel

Workshop/Training | Focused Friday

Join us as Professor Vance Reeder teaches us how to utilize Microsoft Excel in a business environment!

Location: EBB211
Date: 2/14/2020
Time: 9:00-10:00am

Donuts will be provided.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | George S. Eccles Business Building | More Info

Feb

ETE Learning Circle - Foundations of College Teaching

Workshop/Training

This Learning Circle is ideal for graduate students teaching their first class or new faculty who have never received formal instructional education. However, the knowledge presented in this Learning Circle can useful to instructors at point in their career. This Learning Circle is designed to help instructors develop course objectives and align content, activities, and assessments for those objectives.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Distance Education Building | More Info

Feb

Why Failure is Essential for Student Learning

Workshop/Training

Students are frequently asked to achieve, on their first attempts, stellar results on high-stakes, high-pressure assessments. New research on the science of learning is beginning to show us that this strategy does not work well, though, because it is not how human beings naturally learn. We need to make mistakes before we can get the right answers. In this talk, I’ll be reviewing some of the most important findings in this new area of inquiry and suggesting ways that we can generate “opportunities for failure” in our courses so that our students may learn more effectively.

Josh Eyler is director of faculty development and director of the Thinkforward Quality Enhancement Plan at the University of Mississippi, where he is also on the faculty in the department of writing and rhetoric. He previously worked on teaching and learning initiatives at Columbus State University, George Mason University, and Rice University. His research interests include the biological basis of learning, evidence-based pedagogy, and disability studies, and he is the author of How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (WVU, 2018).

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Distance Education Building | More Info

Feb

DIY Native Bee House Workshop

Workshop/Training | Home, Family, and Food

$7 per person | $5 for Swaner members
Proceeds benefitting both the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter and Hollow Tree Honey Foundation
Noon - 1 PM
1 - 2 PM
2 - 3 PM

Utah is home to over 900 species of bees, which is about 20% of the 4,000 total species in the US! The majority of native bee species live solitary lives, and nest in the ground or small holes in trees and wood. Help native bees in your area or entice them to your garden with a homemade bee house made from recycled materials.

Build and keep a native bee box (easy for all ages), learn about native bees and honeybees, and how to plant seeds in your yard for these amazing pollinators. Native bee boxes, reeds, and seeds will be provided at this event.

SPACE IS LIMITED AND IS REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Swaner EcoCenter | More Info

Feb

Tough Love Women's Self-Defense Training

Workshop/Training

Learn a little self-awareness, self-defense, and self-motivation by taking a two-hour class from Officer Tana Christensen

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | More Info

Feb

Tough Love Women's Self-Defense Training

Workshop/Training

Learn a little self-awareness, self-defense, and self-motivation by taking a two-hour class from Officer Tana Christensen!

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | More Info

Feb

Tough Love Women's Self-Defense Training

Workshop/Training

Learn a little self-awareness, self-defense, and self-motivation by taking a two-hour class from Officer Tana Christensen!

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | More Info

Feb

Solutions to Plastic Pollution

Workshop/Training | Home, Family, and Food

Looking for ways to reduce the plastic waste in your life? Join the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter and Recycle Utah for our Solutions to Plastic Pollution Workshop!
During this workshop we will discuss plastic alternatives, learn some DIY, cost effective, solutions, and talk about why reducing plastic is good for everyone.
Participants will have the chance to enter into an opportunity drawing full of all kinds of awesome plastic alternatives like _finalswab, Stasher Bags, Bee's Wrap, Simple Ecology Produce Bags, ZeroWaste Floss, and so much more!
This event is free to the public, tickets for the opportunity drawing can be purchased at the event. Participants will get a 15% discount on plastic alternatives in the Swaner Gift Shop.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Swaner EcoCenter | More Info

Feb

Solutions to Plastic Pollution

Workshop/Training | Home, Family, and Food

Looking for ways to reduce the plastic waste in your life? Join the Swaner team and Recycle Utah for our Solutions to Plastic Pollution Workshop!
During this workshop we will discuss plastic alternatives, learn some DIY, cost effective, solutions, and talk about why reducing plastic is good for everyone.
Participants will have the chance to enter into an opportunity drawing full of all kinds of awesome plastic alternatives like _finalswab, Stasher Bags, Bee's Wrap, Simple Ecology Produce Bags, ZeroWaste Floss, and so much more!
This event is free to the public, tickets for the opportunity drawing can be purchased at the event. Participants will get a 15% discount on plastic alternatives in the Swaner Gift Shop.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Swaner EcoCenter | More Info

Feb