Upcoming Events

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.

"Breathe Easy" Workshop

Workshop/Training

This 4-week series workshop is designed to help participants understand and manage their stress better, increase stress management skills, and develop a wellness plan.

Student Success Workshop

Workshop/Training

Stress Management - Tips to Improve Physical and Mental Wellness

Free and open to all USU Eastern students

Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship Workshop

Workshop/Training

If you are currently receiving a Pell Grant, then you are eligible to apply for the Gilman Scholarship for study abroad! Fall 2020, Academic Year 2020-2021, and Summer 2020 applications are due March 3, 2020.

Come to one of our advising sessions for Gilman Scholarship applications to get an overview of the scholarship,
plus tips for essay writing. If you would like feedback from an advisor on your essays, you are welcome to bring them.

The sessions will be held in Military Science 217 (upstairs). Feel free to come and go as needed during the workshops.

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).

Science and Engineering Day

Workshop/Training

Science and Engineering day is a fun event where kids from 7-13 years old get to do hands-on science and engineering activities and challenges, interact with college students, and even industry professionals from Space Dynamics Laboratory and Northrop Grumman.

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.