Supporting Students with Mental Health Challenges
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Daryl Farmer (ENGL) leads a discussion on his methods for giving good feedback in writing workshops. The guide he shares is a great reminder for instructors looking to deepen their feedback and also a valuable tool for teaching students peer…
As we continue through the winter season, the cold and dark becomes an ever-present factor in our daily mental health. The Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) has some helpful tips to keep in mind to prioritize our students’ wellbeing.…
UAF Career Services’ mission is to provide the UAF community with professional guidance and networking opportunities. Whether you or your students are interested in finding a job or internship, exploring career options, changing careers, or getting your resume and cover…
Remember the night before Christmas? You’re excited. You’re exhausted. Right now many of your students are simply tired. Check in with them, please. Michelle Pacansky-Brock suggests you “find a way to connect with your students…show them that the life you…
Instructors can feel isolated in their efforts to support students and their success throughout the semester. This is especially true when they have multiple students who are not responding to their outreach about concerns like low engagement, not attending class,…
By now, you may have heard of students utilizing CircleIn, the new NSF-backed, digital studying platform that UAF has been offering over the past year. CircleIn is a peer-to-peer learning app that is available to all students and their courses…
As we start a new semester, let’s focus on how we, as faculty, can better support students. Whether they’re just out of high school or an adult learner, research shows that the first six weeks of a college term are…
The following are materials created for an iTeach+ session that explored how to draw/annotate on Google Slides during a screencast recording. This was recorded back in 2019. The recorded session is available.
Do you have a new course you would like to advertise? Want to get more enrollment for an established class? It is up to you to design and develop a marketing approach for your courses. The following steps may be…