Faculty/Staff Archive

  • Members Sought for Campus Judicial Board

    Members Sought for Campus Judicial Board

    The Office of Community Standards is looking for faculty and staff members to participate in the Campus Judicial Board. The Campus Judicial Board is comprised entirely of members of the Illinois Tech community. The board meets approximately once or twice a month to adjudicate student high-level disciplinary cases regarding alleged violations of the Illinois Tech Code of Conduct and is advised by the Student Affairs Cares Team.

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  • JCPenney Offering Faculty/Staff Discount Through August 13th

    JCPenney Offering Faculty/Staff Discount Through August 13th

    JCPenney is offering a special Teacher Appreciation discount that is available through August 13th to assist you in getting ready for back to school.

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  • Judges Needed for Illinois Tech Welcome Week Student Research Day/Poster Session

    Judges Needed for Illinois Tech Welcome Week Student Research Day/Poster Session

    Faculty and staff are invited to judge Illinois Tech student research. Undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students who have done research during the last year will present their work at Welcome Week Student Research Day/Poster Session on Friday, August 18, 2023.

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  • Illinois Tech’s VP for Data Analytics Mike Gosz Honored Among 2023 AWS Education Champions

    Illinois Tech’s VP for Data Analytics Mike Gosz Honored Among 2023 AWS Education Champions

    Mike Gosz, Vice President for Data Analytics at Illinois Tech, was honored among the 2023 cohort of Education Champions by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Gosz received this recognition last week at the AWS IMAGINE: Education, State and Local Leaders Conference held in Sacramento, California.

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  • 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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