Day 2: Excellent Educators Everywhere: Participating Faculty as Expert Educators on Campus 

8:30-8:45: Registration, coffee, snacks 

8:45-9:00: Welcome & Introduction  

This interactive welcome session will generate conversation and illuminate how participating faculty serve as essential educators at all levels and in all departments at Marquette. 

9:00-9:50: Emerging Technologies & the Classroom 

This interactive session will provide an understanding of the current landscape and trends of emerging technologies along with practical applications of these technologies to consider. Panelists will discuss what these technologies are, how they can be used to support student learning, and what challenges they provide on campus. Symposium attendees will also be encouraged to share their own questions, expertise, and desires regarding new technologies. 

10:00-10:50: Supporting Student Success for First-Year Students   

Featuring faculty teaching first-year students and an expert in student success, this panel sheds light on the ways that students face barriers to their success on campus—and what we can do about that. 

11:00 11:50 Students since COVID: What’s Changed?  

This cross-disciplinary session brings insights from data across the country and at Marquette to trace the shifting landscape of student well-being. Panelists will address changes they are seeing in their classrooms in this engaging session that invites insights from everyone present. 

12:00-12:30: Spotlight On: Participating Faculty Teaching Award Recipients  

Marquette provides many avenues to recognize the teaching excellence of participating faculty as members of the campus community. This session provides attendees ways to talk with recent award recipients, consider their own strengths in teaching, and learn ways to shine a light on teaching excellence across campus. 

12:35-1:15: Concluding Reflection & Celebration of Teaching in the Center for Teaching and Learning 

Teaching is hard! Thus, our day will conclude with a short reflection, sharing out teaching tips among attendees, and celebrating teaching successes across campus. Come to the CTL for refreshments and food before the holiday break.