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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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  • Fall 2023 HawkCard ID and UPass Information — Submit Photo by July 31

    Fall 2023 HawkCard ID and UPass Information — Submit Photo by July 31

    New students joining Illinois Tech for Fall 2023 should submit their HawkCard ID photo online by July 31, to ensure their HawkCard ID and UPass (Eligible Students & Optional) are ready for Welcome Week/Move-in beginning August 14. The semester UPass effective date will be August 14 as well. Effective Fall 2023, UPass eligibility has been extended to part-time students registered for 6 credits or more. Fall registration of at least 6 credit hours and the opt-in form must be completed to have a Ventra UPass card ordered (new students) or activated (returning students).

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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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  • 10th Annual Block City Event on July 15 Will Feature More than 40,000 LEGO Bricks

    10th Annual Block City Event on July 15 Will Feature More than 40,000 LEGO Bricks

    Join us Saturday, July 15, for a community-wide LEGO block building day. Illinois Tech’s 10th annual Block City event will feature children and families building a city of LEGOs with more than 40,000 LEGO bricks that will span the floor of the iconic S. R. Crown Hall.

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  • Illinois Tech Offering New Data, Information, and Technical Communication Executive Certificate

    Illinois Tech Offering New Data, Information, and Technical Communication Executive Certificate

    Enroll now in our new executive certificate in Data, Information, and Technical Communication. No matter what your educational background, this certificate will help you master leading-edge approaches to communicating data and information whether you’re trying to write crystal-clear technical specs or show off project data to a CEO.

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  • ORL Hiring Graduate Assistant—Community Desk Assistant Manager

    ORL Hiring Graduate Assistant—Community Desk Assistant Manager

    The Office of Residence Life (ORL) is seeking a Graduate Student Assistant to join our team! This position will serve as the manager for the Community Desk Assistant (CDA) program. This is a flexible daytime position (20 hours per week) that requires a successful applicant to be an excellent communicator, be very organized, and have management experience.

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