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Jan

Spring International Aggie Orientation

Information/Orientation

New Student Orientation for incoming international orientation students starting in the spring.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Taggart Student Center |
06
Jan

Inclusive Teaching Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long workshop focuses on fostering inclusive teaching strategies in face-to-face classroom settings. Participants will explore practical methods for creating an equitable classroom environment that respects and supports students and their learning preferences. Through discussions and activities, attendees will learn to design syllabi, facilitate discussions, and implement assessments that promote belonging and participation for all students.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
06
Jan

Inclusive Teaching Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long workshop focuses on fostering inclusive teaching strategies in face-to-face classroom settings. Participants will explore practical methods for creating an equitable classroom environment that respects and supports students and their learning preferences. Through discussions and activities, attendees will learn to design syllabi, facilitate discussions, and implement assessments that promote belonging and participation for all students.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
07
Jan

How to Quickly Create a Beautiful Canvas Course

Workshop/Training

Design Tools for Canvas allows you to rapidly stylize and build out your Canvas course, allowing you to focus more time on planning engaging content and learning activities in your course.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
07
Jan

Enhance your Canvas Course with Design Plus

Workshop/Training

USU Design Tools is now Design Plus. This new version of the popular formatting tools for Canvas makes it easy to add a consistent look and feel to your course and enhance the visual appeal of the homepage, content pages, and assignments. You can improve the look of tables, add borders to pictures, insert dividing lines on pages, and much more!

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
13
Jan

How to Quickly Create a Beautiful Canvas Course

Workshop/Training

Design Tools for Canvas allows you to rapidly stylize and build out your Canvas course, allowing you to focus more time on planning engaging content and learning activities in your course.

9:30 am - 10:30 am | Online/Virtual |
13
Jan

AI in Education Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

In this hour-long workshop, participants will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education. The session will cover the potential of AI tools to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as the ethical considerations that come with their use. Through real-world examples and interactive discussions, participants will gain practical insights into leveraging AI to personalize learning, improve student engagement, and streamline instructional practices while critically assessing its implications for academic integrity and equity.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
13
Jan

AI in Education Workshop

Workshop/Training

In this hour-long workshop, participants will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education. The session will cover the potential of AI tools to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as the ethical considerations that come with their use. Through real-world examples and interactive discussions, participants will gain practical insights into leveraging AI to personalize learning, improve student engagement, and streamline instructional practices while critically assessing its implications for academic integrity and equity.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
13
Jan

AI in Education Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

In this hour-long workshop, participants will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education. The session will cover the potential of AI tools to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as the ethical considerations that come with their use. Through real-world examples and interactive discussions, participants will gain practical insights into leveraging AI to personalize learning, improve student engagement, and streamline instructional practices while critically assessing its implications for academic integrity and equity.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
14
Jan

F & C Webinar: Summer Semester Updates

Workshop/Training

New tuition and fee rates for the summer semester have been approved, offering significant savings for part-time students. Registration for summer semester begins February 19. John Mortensen will share exciting changes and explain how you can help promote the summer semester to students.

10:00 am - 11:00 am | Online/Virtual |
14
Jan

Introduction to Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

Workshop/Training

This workshop will share how teachers are using annotation-powered reading to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and persuasive writing.

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Online/Virtual |
14
Jan

Summer Jobs Fair

Fair/Festival

Career fairs are the primary stage for students to actually get a job. This event is geared toward all students interested in pursuing a career, needing a summer job, or internship in any field.

11:00 am - 2:00 pm | TSC, International Lounge |
15
Jan

Residency Information Session

Information/Orientation

Learn how to become a Utah resident and save on tuition.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Taggart Student Center |
16
Jan

Universal Design for Learning Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long interactive workshop introduces Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework for creating more inclusive and flexible learning environments at the college and university level. Participants will explore how to design courses that accommodate diverse learning needs by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression. Through practical examples and discussions, attendees will leave with strategies to make their teaching more accessible, supportive, and effective for all students.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
16
Jan

Universal Design for Learning Workshop

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long interactive workshop introduces Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework for creating more inclusive and flexible learning environments at the college and university level. Participants will explore how to design courses that accommodate diverse learning needs by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression. Through practical examples and discussions, attendees will leave with strategies to make their teaching more accessible, supportive, and effective for all students.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
20
Jan

Rubrics and Equity-based Grading

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long workshop will introduce participants to the principles of equity-based grading and the use of rubrics to promote fair and transparent assessment at the college and university level. Educators will explore how to design rubrics that align with learning goals while reducing bias and promoting student success across diverse backgrounds. Through hands-on activities and discussions, participants will gain practical tools for implementing grading practices that recognize student effort, growth, and diverse ways of demonstrating knowledge.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
21
Jan

Updates From Student Financial Support

Workshop/Training

Craig Whyte will provide updates about federal, state, and institutional student aid programs. He will also talk about the new Aggie Advantage grant for incoming students who submit a FAFSA by February 1, 2025.

10:00 am - 11:00 am | Online/Virtual |
21
Jan

Study Abroad Spring Fair

Fair/Festival

Discover incredible opportunities to study abroad at our Spring Fair on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, from 10 AM to 2 PM in the International Student Lounge!

Enjoy free popcorn, exciting raffles, a fun photo booth, and more while exploring programs that can take you around the world. Whether you're just curious or ready to plan your adventure, this is the perfect chance to get all your questions answered!

Don’t miss out—your next journey starts here!

10:00 am - 2:00 pm | TSC, International Lounge |
22
Jan

Building Interactive Learning Activities with Atomic Assessments

Workshop/Training

Atomic Assessments provide 65 question types with multiple delivery and feedback options. They can be embedded nearly anywhere in Canvas, for practice or for points. Options abound for math and science. See how to create the interactive lessons you've longed to provide your students

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
22
Jan

USU Spring STEM Career Fair

Fair/Festival

The USU STEM Career Fair is open to all majors but is targeted towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics majors. This event is a great opportunity for both local and national companies to recruit our amazing USU students and alumni for open roles. Industries represented include: Engineering, Healthcare, Construction, Environmental, Technology, Energy, Landscape Architecture, Consulting and Government.

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom |
27
Jan

Rubrics and Equity-based Grading

Workshop/Training | Inclusive Excellence

This hour-long workshop will introduce participants to the principles of equity-based grading and the use of rubrics to promote fair and transparent assessment at the college and university level. Educators will explore how to design rubrics that align with learning goals while reducing bias and promoting student success across diverse backgrounds. Through hands-on activities and discussions, participants will gain practical tools for implementing grading practices that recognize student effort, growth, and diverse ways of demonstrating knowledge.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
29
Jan

Publishing Open Textbooks with Pressbooks

Workshop/Training

Pressbooks is an open e-book authoring and publishing platform available to USU teachers and students. It integrates with Canvas and allows teachers and students to discover, use, and adapt existing open educational content or author and publish new content. Learn how to use and create Pressbooks content for your course.

9:30 am - 10:30 am | Online/Virtual |
30
Jan

Creating Usable, Accessible Courses

Workshop/Training

Learn quick and easy practical tips to make sure your content more usable and easy to learn for the students in your course. In this workshop we will go over how to 1) get rid of extra content and simplify navigation, 2) get rid of broken links and make sure your content is published, 3) embed and caption your videos to make them more usable for everyone, and 4) provide content in user-friendly formats that work well on mobile devices.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
30
Jan

Hot Takes with the Grad School

Special Event

Join the School of Graduate Studies, Dining Services, Advancement, and Student Affairs for Hot Takes 2025, literally the Hottest Event on Campus! Watch USU figures participate in an interview style game show while eating progressively hotter chicken wings with heat levels reaching over 9 million Scoville Heat Units! Participants are as follows: Richard Cutler - Senior Vice Provost, School of Graduate Studies David Jones - Dean, College of Engineering Rebecca Walton - Executive Associate Dean, CHaSS Jamie Parry - USUSA Graduate Studies Senator Matt Richey - USUSA President Macy Gustavus - Coordinator of Aquatics & Safety, Campus Recreation Henry Silva - Mr. USU 2024

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom |
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