Faculty/Staff Archive

  • Learning Innovation Symposium 2023 — Call for Presentations

    Learning Innovation Symposium 2023 — Call for Presentations

    The Center for Learning Innovation is excited to announce their first Learning Innovation Symposium. It will be held on the afternoon of August 16, 2023 on the Illinois Tech Campus. The theme of the 2023 Symposium will be "Chat GPT and Other Emerging Technologies in the Classroom."

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  • Register for Blackboard Basics Workshops

    Register for Blackboard Basics Workshops

    These Blackboard workshops are perfect for new instructors and those just beginning to use Blackboard, and provide Illinois Tech instructors and TAs the tools they need to build their Blackboard course sites. Register and learn how to: add materials, create assignments, create a test, use the Grade Center, and add a web conferencing tool and/or video, among other things.

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  • Upcoming: Instructional Designer’s Virtual Office Hours

    Upcoming: Instructional Designer’s Virtual Office Hours

    CLI’s Instructional Designer, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Ph.D., is holding virtual office hours next week. Instructional Designers design the learning experience for your course(s) based on learning objectives, outcomes and assessments. This can also include redesigning courses, developing entire courses or curriculums, etc.

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  • Lifeworks/Telus Health Employee Assistance Program July 2023 Features: Creating a Plan to Prepare for Emergencies

    Lifeworks/Telus Health Employee Assistance Program July 2023 Features: Creating a Plan to Prepare for Emergencies

    Lifeworks/Telus Health, Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program, is highlighting the importance of emergency preparedness in July's edition of the Heartbeat Newsletter. In addition to general emergency preparedness, there are articles with information on organizing documents for emergencies and how to deal with financial insecurity and debt stress.

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  • Join Us for Convocation 2023 and Assist Our New Students on Move-In Day

    Join Us for Convocation 2023 and Assist Our New Students on Move-In Day

    Please save the date for Illinois Tech’s Convocation, which will be held on Monday, August 14, at 3 p.m. in Hermann Hall Auditorium. In addition, volunteers are sought for Move-In Day, which takes place prior to Convocation, on August 14 from 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

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  • TIAA and Fidelity Educational Webinars and Webcasts for July 2023

    TIAA and Fidelity Educational Webinars and Webcasts for July 2023

    TIAA, one of Illinois Tech’s 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, has announced several Financial Essentials webinars running from July 13 through 25, 2023. Sessions are open to all retirement plan participants regardless of the vendor with which they invest, and are available for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the live broadcasts.

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  • Join Bronzeville Pride Walk on Tuesday, June 20

    Join Bronzeville Pride Walk on Tuesday, June 20

    Please join Mindy Pugh, archivist at Galvin Library, and the Illinois Tech LGBTQIA2+ subcommittee of the DEI Committee in a historical tour of the former queer heart of the City of Chicago, Bronzeville. The walk will begin at the Galvin Tower at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 20.

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  • Vitruv Manufacturing Conference Hosted at Kaplan Institute Tomorrow

    Vitruv Manufacturing Conference Hosted at Kaplan Institute Tomorrow

    All faculty and staff are invited to attend the upcoming Vitruv 2023 conference that the Italian Trade Agency - Chicago will be hosting at the Kaplan Institute. The conference is all about resilient, scalable, and secure manufacturing, which aligns perfectly with university priorities and future focus. It's an exciting opportunity for professionals and academics like yourselves to come together and explore the evolving industry landscape.

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  • Lifeworks/Telus Health Employee Assistance Program June 2023 Features: Making the World a Better Place & Pride Month

    Lifeworks/Telus Health Employee Assistance Program June 2023 Features: Making the World a Better Place & Pride Month

    Lifeworks, Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program, is highlighting making the world a better place and Pride month this June edition of the Heartbeat Newsletter. 

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  • TIAA Educational Webinars for June 2023

    TIAA Educational Webinars for June 2023

    TIAA, one of Illinois Tech’s 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, has announced several Financial Essentials webinars running from June 7 through 28, 2023. Sessions are open to all retirement plan participants regardless of the vendor with which they invest, and are available for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the live broadcasts. For additional information and to register, visit tiaa.org/webinars.

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