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Faculty Excellence Seminar Series

Academic Senate

  • Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Neill – Interprofessional Education at UAMS: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

  • Speaker: Audra Wilson – Student Engagement: The Key to Academic Success

  • Speaker: Dr. Gwen Kay – National Issues of Concern to Shared Governance

Education

  • Speaker: Marybeth Norcross – Best Practices in Peer Observation of Teaching

  • Speaker: Dr. Helen Hu – Designing Assessments That Are Aligned with Learning Goals

  • Speaker: Dr. Vanetta Busch – Prioritizing the Future, Past, and Present of Time

  • Speaker: Dr. Diane Jarrett – Writing Letters of Recommendation: Advancing from Ordinary to Extraordinary

  • Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Neill – How to Develop, Inspire, and Trust Psychological Safety in a Team

Human Resource/Leadership

  • Speaker: Lisa Wymer – Applied Emotional Intelligence

  • Speaker: Sheridan Richards and Dr. Gina Drobena – Developing a Healthy Meeting Culture

  • Speaker: Dr. Tina Maddox – Leading with Trust

Mentoring/Clinical

  • Speaker: Dr. Mandana Rezaeiahari – Healthcare Operations Management: Scholarly Work for Clinicians

  • Speaker: Dr. Thea Rosenbaum – Leadership Career Journey for Clinicians in Healthcare: A Personal Story

Professional Wellness

  • Speaker: Dr. Kevin Sexton – Creative Innovations

  • Speakers: Dr. Wendy Ward and Amber Teigen, M.M.S. – Promoting Wellness from the Leadership Level

  • Speaker: Dr. Gina Drobena – Cooking and Eating for your Health

Archived

  • Speaker: Dr. Bob Hopkins – COVID Vaccination 2021: Get a Shot, Make the Case, Defeat the Pandemic

  • Speaker: Dr. Nancy Gray – Entrepreneurship Isn’t for Everyone….Or Is It?

  • Speaker: Dr. Jamie Jones and Dr. Melanie Reinhardt – PLE in a Classroom Environment

  • Speaker: Dr. Wendy Ward, Dr. Rachael Freeze-Ramsey, and Dr. Michelle Balli – Positive Learning Environment

  • Speaker: Lynne Bowen, J.D. – Approaching Problem Behaviors in Faculty and Employees (Coaching and Progressive Discipline Training)

  • Speaker: Dr. Nathan Johnson, Dr. Lauren Haggard-Duff, Leigh Johnson and Lindsey Clark, MPH – Legos: How to build a Positive Learning Environment

  • Speaker: Dr. Seth Heldenbrand, Dr. Teresa Whited, and Dr. Melissa Haverson – PLE: Clinical/Practice Learning Environment

  • Speaker: Julie Clark, BA – Management Fundamental, Psychology of Leadership

  • Speaker: Eric Balbo, MA – Faculty Excellence Series: Change Management

  • Speaker: Dr. David L. Davies, Dr. Carol Thrush and Dr. Patricia Wright – PLE Research Advising in 1:1 Context

  • Speaker: Dr. Alexander Burnett, Iad Alhallak, MPH, Dr. Charles Quick, and Dr. Rosalia Simmen – Successful Example of Interdisciplinary Research

  • Speaker: Renee Raines, BS – Fundamentals of Research Budgeting

  • Speaker: Stephen Caldwell, BME – A Structure for Effective and Efficient Shared Governance in Higher Ed

  • Speaker: Susan Steelman, MLIS – Utilizing Expert Searches & Tools for Efficient & Effective Research

  • Speaker: Dr. Helen Hu – Aligning Instructional Strategies with Learning Goals

  • Student Engagement: The Key to Academic Success

  • Speaker: Dr. James Graham – Adult Learning

  • Speaker: Dr. Nancy Gray – Entrepreneurship

  • Speaker: Lisa Wymer – Mentoring

  • Speakers: Dr. Melanie Reinhardt, Jamie Jones and Taylor Moll – Classroom Environment

  • Speakers: Dr. Rachael Freeze-Ramsey, Michelle Balli, and Megan Smith – Career Mentoring

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