Faculty Development Events

The Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs regularly offers opportunities for faculty and Academic Affairs staff to participate in professional development events. This page serves as a resource and reference for past, present, and future events of this ilk. We last updated this page on July 24, 2024.

Summer 2024 Events

The Summer AI Reading Group 🤖

When:  Wednesdays from July 17 until August 21 at 2:00pm
Where: Abolition Lab in Seymour Library, Hybrid option available.

This reading group was put together by Hilary Lehmann to give us more insight into generative AI programs like ChatGPT, Ollama, Copilot, and their ilk. What do they mean? How can we use them? How can we explain their uses (and abuses) to our students as we prepare them for life-long learning?

For more information, please contact Hilary at hjlehmann@knox.edu.

Book Club: Little Fires Everywhere

When:   August 6, 2024 (Tuesday) 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Where: OM 100. Hybrid option available.

The FP Steering Committee selected Celest Ng's timeless novel, Little Fires Everywhere as the common reading for our first-year students. To support those teaching FP (and those who enjoy reading), we are holding a discussion of the book and how it can be used to encourage our students to think more about American culture and what we experience.

🥪 Food form: https://forms.gle/dxkBvQtDooZNKKRn8
If you are attending in person, please complete the food form by July 28.

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Course Development Workshop

When:   August 8, 2024 (Thursday) 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Where: OM 100. Lunch included. In-person only.

Would you enjoy some concentrated time to plan a new course you’ve been thinking about, or work on a revision of an existing course? This workshop will lead you through a process of designing a course that will help you answer many questions. While this workshop is aimed toward returning faculty, I encourage new faculty in the area to attend. Among other things, it will be a good place to learn more about the inner workings of a small, residential, liberal arts institution like Knox College.

🥪 Food form: https://forms.gle/SxuHrbLvTLkqWcDD6
Please complete the food form by July 28.

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Effective Assignment Design Workshop

When:   August 15, 2024 (Thursday) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Where: OM 100. Hybrid option available.

The research is in — students go more out of assignments when they know why they’re doing them and what you expect them to do. Come to this workshop with an assignment you plan to use in Fall term and we’ll make sure that it is ready for student eyes!

As for food, because of the timing, some light snacks and pop will be provided.

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FP Writing Workshop

【 This information changed on 7/26/2024. 】

When:   August 16 (Friday) from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm.
Where: SMC A-201/202

While this writing workshop is targeted to the FP instructors, all faculty who teach writing (that would be all of us) are encouraged to join the workshop. 

Guest Presenter: Bruce Kovanen, Class of 2015

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New Faculty Orientation

When:   August 28 and 29 from 8:30am to 4:00pm. 
Where: Wilson House (August 28); Seymour LIbrary (August 29). Food Included.

This is it! This is Knox community's introduction to our newest members. In these two short days, the new faculty will learn what it means to be at a small, liberal arts college like Knox. Sessions include introductions to the administration, the faculty, the students, and those who directly support the students.

The incoming faculty will experience all about Knox that we can fit in 14 hours without causing pain. 😸

Note:All events are subject to change.
Please contact Ole (ojforsberg@knox.edu) or Kari (ksantos@knox.edu) for questions on these events.

Past Events

• Digital Humani-teas with the Abolition Lab, please register for these events here

• Early Career Seminar - Work Life Balance
  • April 15, 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Trustees' Room (ALUM 302)

• Early Career Seminar - Beyond Survival: Building a Professional Network, Preparing for Review, and Other Life Events
  • May 20, 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Trustees' Room (ALUM 302)