2025 Fall Faculty Conference Resources
Fall Faculty Conference Agenda
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 - Campus Center Main Event Room
8:00
Breakfast and Mingling
8:45
Call to Order:
Dr. Michael A. Palladino, Provost
Welcome: Trustee Nelida Valentin
Welcome and President’s Remarks: Dr. Joe Bertolino
9:00
Welcome and Provost’s Remarks: Dr. Michael A. Palladino
9:20
Welcome and Faculty Senate & Union Presidents' Remarks: Dr. Michael Law and Dr. Tara Luke
9:25
Deans’ welcome new faculty
9:40
Informational updates
- Learning Access Program testing updates (Elisabeth Krupinski, Accommodated Testing Coordinator)
- Faculty mental health programming (Loretta Mooney, MSW, Associate Professor of Social Work)
9:55
Workshop previews
- Gray DI (Peter Starrett, Executive Vice President and CFO, Gray DI)
- Ospreys Navigate overview (Dr. Ariane Newman, Associate Provost for Academic Success)
- Artificial Intelligence in the classroom (Dr. Kathy Klein, Executive Director, CTLD, Abby Laird, Instructional Designer, CTLD and Cheyenne Riehl, Student Success Librarian)
- Assessment and Heliocampus (Dr. Alaina Walton, Director of Academic Assessment, Nicole Soos, Assessment Management Coordinator)
- Coursedog (Dr. AmyBeth Glass, University Registrar)
10:00
Task Force on Reimagining General Education Introduction (Dr. Lauren Balasco, Dr. Heather McGovern, and Dr. Tracey Meilander)
~BREAK~
10:20
Task Force on Reimagining General Education discussion
11:15
Faculty Assembly - Yearly Senate agenda (Dr. Michael Law)
12:00
Union lunch (Dr. Tara Luke)
12:45
2:00
3:30
Multi-Union Kickoff (Performing Arts Center lobby)